Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 52, 19 October 1889, Page 3

Our Wellington Letter

[from buS 'ovrs cokrespondent.] Wellington, "Oeitobpr 17. Mr Hislop has returned, after his whitewashing, like i the prodigal son, and has been received into the bosom of the family, but even Sir Harry Atkinson's staunchest supporters condemn Mr Hislop's re-admittance into the Cabinet, as it is considered the " whitewash " has not been of a sufficiently scouring character to efface the staui ; which he laid upon his character through his, , attempted coercion of Judge Ward.'. "Though the Cabinet has been materially strengthened by the inclusion of Captain .Russell and a re-distribu-Ntiori of -portfolios-has taken place, it is not bought that .any very startling reforms will take place while Sir Harry Atkinson

■" rules the roost." : The announcement from Auckland that .£IOOO had been sent from that city yesterday to Sydney- for investment in the Melbourne Cup Sweeps has roused the sleeping lion in the editor of the Post to once more advocate his pet idea of " State consultations," and there is no doubt but that there is a great deal to be said in its favor, for we .cannot be blind to the fact that tens of 'thousands of poiinds leave our colony every year, and that this species of gambling is carried on just as much, now as... when sweeps were in full swing in 'New 'Zealand. The suggestion of the Post that the Government shmild promote " sweeps'," oi' that they should license certain individuals U " run " them, is a very good one, and worthy the consideration, of bur legislators! Making sweeps prohibitive really adds a charm to them, and like the proverbial " stolen lasses," they become the sweeter because they are "naughty." The shooting case which took place at "Waddestown a few \veeks ago is a far more serious affair than was at first supposed. Smithy the victim of the outrage, is still an inmate of the Hospital, and for this the hearing "of the charges "against OambriJi have been put off for three weeks when, no doubt, he will have to answer for his foolishness. Hearn, the champion sculler, is in active training for his face with Sfcephenson, and is that he will be able to assert his superiority. A peculiar case was called on at the B.M. Court this morning. A man was charged with having stolen some flower seeds from the counter of a greengrocer, ."but it came out in the evidence that the accused had put the packet into his pocket under the impression that it was an advertising card. At. this stage May el (the .accused) was seized with a fit and had to be carried from the -.court. However, on Iris returning to consciousness, he was greeted with the intelligence that the cases had been withdrawn.

Samuel Elliot, the expressman, who recently received some severe treatment at the hands of some Chinese storekeepers here', seems to have implanted within him the idea that the " pensive and childlike " John jvas invented especially for /him to practice the art of pugilism upon, but as might be expected " John " did not " savee," so the would-be Sullivan had to part with £2 7s, or ? spend 48 hours in Mt. <3ook, where Ms superfluous energy would •be put toa better use.