NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1740, 28 September 1887, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

In another column Mr. McGuire returns hearty thanks to the many electors who gave him support at the poll, and especially to those gentleman who worked for him on bis committees.

Some excellent jumping appears to have taken place it the National Agiicultural Show at Melbourne. The winner, a horse named Sponduhx, is described as a compact and powerful bay, which jumped with gieat vigor, and the finish is thus described :— The bar was now raised to the last hole in the posts, and the jump, as afterwards measured, was Oft O^in. Spondnlix, who throughout had never once refused or made a mistake, just touched the bar with one of his fore hoofs, and it came down. Being brought round again he made another game effort, and cleared it amidst the excited applause of the Bpectotors.

From a classification in the Canterbury Press, we gather that the strength of parties as regards fiscal policy is as under. F. indicates fieetrade ; P., protection ; while L.I. is adopted for candidates who will uot go the length of saying they are protectionists, but profess themselves willing to support industries which promise well, by adjusting the tariff without increasing the taxation, or by bonuses :—: — F. (30) : Rhodes, McGregor, Pearson, Anderson, G. L. Richardson, Cowan, M. J. 8. Mackenzie, Mills, Valentine, Fergus, Hislop, Pyke, Fulton, Allen, Ross, Barron, Dodson, Seymour, Izard, Macarthur, Wilson, Smith, Bruce, Beetbam, Buchanan, Ormond, Russell, Tanner, Buxton, and Withy. P. (29) : Vogel, Percival, Blake, Wather, Steward, E. Richardson, W. P. Reeves, Langhrey, Jones, Taylor, Joyce, Turnbull, O'Callaghan, Feldwick, Fitchett, Fish, W. D. Stewart, Larnach, Lance, Levestnm, Kerr, R. Reeves, Guinness, Ballanr*, Moss, Goldie, Cadman, Kelly, Fraser, L.I. (27) : Sir J. Hall, Duncan*, Ward, J. McKenzie, J. C. Brown, T. McKenzie, O'Conor, Griuimond, Seddon, Newman, Fitzherbert, Hutchison, Fisher, Marcbant, | Samuel, Atkinson, Hobbs, Peacock, Monk, Thompson (Aucklaud North). Mitchelsou, O'Rorke, Hamlin, Moat, Sir G. Grey. Wbyte, Thompson (Marsdeo). Several others have made no declarations. I

A rather amusing joke has been told ns (Taranaki Herald) by a gentleman who visited Paribaka the other day. It appears that all the pigs in this native settlement were tabooed a few days ago by Te Whiti for wandering through the native burial ground, and orders were given by this chief that they should be all destroyed. This order was strictly obeyed by the natives, but some of the number who apparently had an pye to making money, and at the same time getting rid of their porcine triends, entered into a contract with a local butcher to take a number of them at 4s each. The porkers were duly handed over, and the money paid. The knight of the cleaver also had his eye to business, and retailed the pork back to the natives at 4d p°r lb. The Maoris bought the pork readily at that price, thus proving tbe truth of the adage " What the eye does not see the heart does not grieve for.

Almost every other pprson one meets complains that he is Buffering from the influenza epidemic or dandy fever. Mr. Samuel had to he up on account of it on election day. Fifteen voters failed to record their votes at Egmont election in consequence of it. One gentleman informed us on Monday that six of bis family were in bed on account of it. And from an exchange to hand we learn that Archbishop Redwood was laid up for twelve days in Mnrlhorough, suffering from a severe cold. The Rev. Father Sauzeau was laid np in bed at Blenheim during the same period, and his Grace the Archbishop states that he himself had not been so ill for years, and that in consequence he was totally unable to go to Nelson, while, owing to other engage ments, he has been compelled to postpone his visitation to Nelson until summer. We are glad to learn that the Archbishop is now recovering.