HAWKESBURY HANDICAP. SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1115, 16 August 1879, Page 2

HAWKESBURY HANDICAP.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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fPBESS AOBNOT.I AUCKLAND, last night. A deputation waited on 'Mr Reader Wood to-day, and secured his assent to stand for Waitemata ; he cannot, therefore, accept Waipa. In an address to-night, he pledges himself to support the Liberal party, under the leadership of Sir George Grey. Captain Morris has commenced an energetic canvas for Gisborne, and is opposed by Woodbine Johnson and by Allen McDonald, who has already started his canvas at Tatranga. Mr Vesey Stewart will not be a candidate for the East Coast, as he will shortly return to England. Mr Blakey, Mayor of Onehunga, has decided not to contest the election against Mr O'Rorke. NEW PLYMOUTH, last night. A land-slip occurred to-day, at the Sugar Loaves, on the new harbor works. Four men were buried in the fall of earth, one man named Regan had his leg broken, and the others were more or leas seriously injured. The Parihaka meeting will be a largo one. Natives are passing through town dajly for Parihaka. Captain Skeet is a candidate for 1 Gray and Bell. Mr Carrington retires from politics. CHRISTCH.URCH, last night. At a meeting of the supporters of Messrs Stevens, Moorhouse and Richardson, Mr Moorhouse notified his intention to withdraw. A committee was appointed to secure the return of Richardson and Stevens. This leaves a walk-over for Sir George Grey, but probably

another candidate in the Ministerial iuterest will be put forward.

WELLINGTON", last nighfc. (From our own Correspondent, j was <ii.3solvc4 today by proclamation, nndar tlio hand and «eal of His- Excellency thoj Governor, Sir Hercules Hobinson, The writs for the new election will be issued on Monday. They will be made returnable by the 17th or 18th of next month. ■ Mr Fisher, who Was standing for the City of Wellington, ils is asserted, is disqualified through' beiug a * Hansard' reporter. Mr Reid, of the .* Mew Zealauder, 1 contests Hokitika. A requisition is being got np to Mr Sheehan, to stand for Olive against Mr Ormond. y The Premier does not go to Ohristchuroh till the 21st instant, where he will address the electors as a canidate for that city. oarposes, afterwards, goin«» South as far as Invercargill, making speeches at the various chiet centres of population, and is expected to return here on the 31st. He will leave again for the North almost immediately, and will probably make speeches in Napier, Auckland, and at the Thames. Messrs JFlutchinson and L9vin are favorites for Wellington.* Mr Sheehau goes North on Monday.

THAMES, Thursday. Colonel Frazer announces himself as a oandidate for the electoral district, in. the event of Sir George Grey not standing. The ' Thames Advertiser' states that the Hon. J. Sheehan may be expected to address the electors of the Thames on Saturday week. He -will be followed bj' Mr Eowe, who intends to give an account of his stewardship, and to seek re-election. Mr George Mclean, M.H.R. for Waikouaiti, and one of the principal leaders of the Opposition—who informed the House that half a street on the beach, Giahamstown, suitable for a station, could have been purchased for one tenth the cost of the reclamation work—is expected to visit the Thames in the iuterest of his party before the election comes off. GTSBOKNE, Tbarsday. Captain Porter met tho electors last sight. He calls himself a Liberal, but is evidently a strong Oppositionist. PATEA, Thursday. The candidates for the Egmont electorate are Messrs Sherwood, Atkinson, and McGuire. Mr Sherwood has declared for the Liberal party, but is not favorable to Sir George Grey as leader. Mr Atkinson, the old member, is forward, and Mr McGuire has not pronounced, and is expected to retire. Major Atkinson addressed a large meeting at Oarlyle last night, when a. vote of confidence was proposed and negatived. THE DISSOLUTION" OF PARLIAMENT. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. n Parliament will be dissolved by proclamation either to-morrow afternoon or Friday morning, and the new writs will be issued on Monday. NAPIER, Thursday, An extraordinary case is reported f r«m Reponaoo, a Maori settlement near Gisborne, Poverty Bay, A native named Henare, at the beginning of last week, , was found by Mr Chambers, jun., lurking in the bush about his shee,p run. He came out at night and begged for food, but in the daytime he again retired to the bush. His strange conduct caused Mr Chambers to question him, when the poor fellow stated that he had been accused of witchcraft, found guilty, and sentenced to death, and he was now lying in concealment to avoid the natives Mr Chambers at once communicated with the police at Ormond, and Sergeant Kidd despatched Constable Villers to Reponare, to make inquiries into the truth of Henare's assertions. The result ot the inquiry was to establish the accuracy of the poor fellow's tale. It seems that nearly a dozen natives mado formal complaint about him, alleging Various acts of witchcraft, and demanding an investigation. A rnnanga, was accordingly held, and a committee of influential chiefs, including a native clergyman, were appointed to hold the inquiry. Henare was found guilty, and sentenced to death, though the precise manner in which the sentence was to be carried into effect does not appear. He retired to his whare, but at nightfall quietly escaped. Soon after he got clear of the pa, the natives surrounded his whare, and set fire to it, probably thinking he was inside. Henare then made his way to Mr Chamber's station. The natives found when they had burned the whare that he had escaped, and they set themselves to the task of discovering his whereabouts, and succeeded, in opite of his watchfulness, in tracking him to the bush. As he was clearly on Mr Chambers's land, the natives appear to' have doubted their right to follow him, and held a meeting to discuss the matter. They decided to demand Henare from his protector, and the next day requested Mr Chambers to give him up, threatening to carry him off by force if their demands were not complied with. Constable Villers, however, appeared on the scene at this juncture, and Henare gladly placwd himself under the protection of the law. He was evidently in great fear lest his people should capture him. Accordingly Constable Villers took him to Ormond, and provided him with temporary lodgings at. the police-station. BLENHEIM, Thursday. A largely-attended meeting of sheepowners from Northern Amuri, Clarence, and Wairau districts was held this afternoon, to consider the desirability of applying to the Government to amend the Sheep Act, 1878, and extend the period for clearing runs. A resolution was carried, " That this meeting requests the Government to take the necessary steps to cause the Governor to suspend the operation of sections 23, 25 to 29 in Marlborough and Amuri for as long a \ time as the Act allows; that the interpretation of the word 'run,' in section 5, should be altered to mean any sheepstation, farm, or part thereof, being substantially fenced, and, in clause 33, to do away with the arbitrary power of the inspector, and enable a magistrate to inflict a penalty on owners, the minimum being £10, and the maximum £500.