HBH 1890 August 22 Local news We have been requested by Mr C.E. MAJOR, the manager of the Taranaki team, to express the gratification of himself and comrades at the treatment accorded them by Henare TOMOANA at Waipatu. A letter of thanks has been forwarded to the chief. The Taranaki men leave by train this morning for Palmerston North, where they will play tomorrow An incipient fire was discovered by Constable SCHULTZ this morning in the rear of a house near the Exchange Hotel....more According to Sydney Morning Herald, Mr E. PULSFORD goes over the by-elections that have taken place in New South Wales, showing how they bear on the question of Protection and Free Trade.