Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 67, 23 November 1889, Page 2

Our Wellington Letter

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Wellington, November 21

Home Rule for " Ould Oireland" were the words that might have been heard during the past week wherever two or three " sons of the Green Isl«" happened to meet. Excitement ran high as the day approached when the Irish Delegates were io " hold forth" against Balfour and Co., tmd though tickets ran as high as 10s 6d a piece, the Theatre was crowded to the doers, and the Impe.i d Government came in for a very severe handling.- However, there are two iides to every question, and it was not long before" the "Loyalists"- an • nounced a grand meeting, but they did not ask 10s b'd for adniies.'on, the result was that the Exchange Hall was crowded to suffocation long before the time appointed to commence firing. . As was to to be expected, the meeting was extremely lively, but resolutions aympathiaing with the Imperial Government were carried by large majorities. Rather hard things were' said on both sides and one could not help remarking that the good people of our colony would be all the happier if they were not troubled with these Imperial questions. , Albert Lyford, the horse trainer, who, no doubt, is well known to the sporting, community of your township, had rather an unpleasant experience at the Agricultural Show yesterday. He was attending to Mr Tancred's stallion, The Premier, when the animal seized him with his teeth by the back, lifted him . into the air and shook him. Mr Lyford was, however, soon rescued' by a Maori who happened to be close by.

Rather a sad case came before the B.M. Court this morning ; an elderly man named John Knox Purves was charged with .vagruncy. He had given himself .up to the police as he had no home, cou-d nofc get-work, and was starving. In answer Mr Graham, the presiding magistrate, the man stated that he had tried hard to get aqrnething^tp^do to keep body and soul togetheiy^bui'^Ad not been successful. Mr Graham, "very 'considerately, referred his case to tke^BeneVolent Society. A few years ago such cases' were' unheard of in our fair New Zealand, but it is only too true now-a-dayß;that it is very hard for aman whose' " hair • has the silvery tinge," to obtain manual labouirt-'when "there aredozens of younger men ready to take up the work. _."•_ :. The new reclaimed land, in the vicinity of the Queen's wharf,' presents rather a busy appearance at present. A large brick building is in course of erection ; substantial streets are -being laid out ; the Star Boat shed has been" hauled about a quarter of a mile towards its new home ; gas and water pipes are being laid in all directions, and the finishing touches, are being given to the facing wall. Altogether the busy scene is most striking to the^ new arrival.