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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1020, 6 February 1869, Page 2

The mission ship Dayspbing. -- The Otago Daily Times says : — " It will be gratifying to the friends of missions to learn that, through the kindness of the Harbor Steam Co., the Dayspring was towed up from the Port to Dunedin free of charge, and that the only claim for towage down was the mere cost of fuel. The missionary spirit is sufficiently abroad to have induced the Government to remit the pilotage dues }> amounting to £5 155., a concession which those who have the management of the vessel thankfully appreciate, while at the same time they equally appreciate the liberality of the Harbor Company. Sic Geoege Geey had arrived in England. It would appear from the following; . extract from a Worcestershire paper, that Sir George has some idea of entering parliament :— " The nomination for West Worcestershire was held on therace-course-at Worcester yesterday. Up to Monday last there was no prospect of an opposition to the return of the old membersMr. Winn Knight (who has sat for the division over a quarter of a century) and Mr. Dowdeswell— both Conservatives. At . "the- eleventh hour, however, Sir George Cxvey offered himself in the Liberal in- • terest, and declared his intention to go to the poll. This naturally increased the interest of the election, no contest having arisen in this division for many years. The scene on the race-course at Worcester yesterday was, in consequence, of an unusually lively character, though disappointing at last, inasmuch as Sir George Grey after all did not ' come to the scratch.' " An English View of New Zealand. —Mr. Dowdeswell, one of the members for Worcester, thus refers to the candidature of Sir George Grey: — He (Mr. Dowdeswell) ridiculed the pretentions of Mr. Horatio Lay, the first would-be Liberal candidate ; but Sir George Grey, who had followed him, was a very different sort of man. Sir George claimed to have some sort of connexion with the county, but all the connexion that he '. (Mr. Dowdeswell) could see was that 1 when he was Governor of New Zealand he had the care of the convicts that had been sent there from Worcestershire. (" Oh !" and cheers and laughter.) Me. Fitzheebert. — The Government received information by the Panama mail that Mr. Eitzherbert would leave London for Wellington positively on the 2nd of February next ; he will consequently be here in time to take his seat in the General Assembly during the ensuing session. — Independent. The Eace in which Manuka won the Canterbury Cup was the fastest 3 mile race ever run in the Australian Colonies with one exception, that of the Melbourne Champion, in 1867 won by the Barb. ■.., The Barb, oarrying 7 stone : 1 pound,, did his 3 miles in 5 minutes 38 seconds ; Manuka, carrying 7 stone 7 pounds, in 5 minutes and 42 seconds.