Our Wellmgton Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 78, 21 December 1889, Page 3

Our Wellmgton Letter

„ [ FROM OUR' OWN COKKKSPONpENT,"! ;■■;"■. ■ Wellington, Deceniiier 19. •■■ The political air is thick at present wit! rumours of intended changes in the Cabinet ; it is said tnafc :^lr Mitchelspn who has,; been . acting . Premier since ; Sii xiepartiire T for Tasmania, is abqui ..to resign and also that Captain BussaU'i recent trip to " Wanganui, was. really; tc sound "Honest John Bryce" as.tpwheth.ei lie would .take the, portfolio of Kati ye Mm , . ister : m:Vthe eyent ' of ;the present holdei resigning. -Of course;; as soon as these rumours gain currency they are at once " denied by the. 'Government, organ, sc whether there is any truth in thena or noi time alone will tell. Our good \ citizens are on the warpatl , ; agamst\the Special Correspondents of sev eral of the leading dailies of New Zealand .. whojhave Tbeen making profit of the late ■; i^sfphoid ; fever scare, and wiring to. then : .iS^^pera 'most exaggerated-, accounts of. the "' '/^efcricUis ; of'this grirn "monster in our midst ■'.'/■: To such :an extent has the libel spread thai . intending visitors .from, neighboring colo .-•iiieß are wiring to. their friends, asking, ir ..-■ :\the ; evehf of their' haying to pass througl; Wellingtbnj whether they will be able fee tranship without having co land. This is ' truly laughablel. Cercamly there a c one ; or two cases of typhoid in the city, but ali this talk about iv being epidemical is pure ; moonshine. : : A ■little excitement was caused on the wharf yesterday afternoon o'/er'the arrest • of a sailor from .'one of the .-Direct -.Liners, who had been imbibing too freely. As the "salt" cbuld not persuade the " man in blue that he was perfectly sober, he ./.tried to prove- it by a resort to the "noble . art" ; but the -'member of the foorce" soon showed; him that he .was a second ; Donald Diunie,by: : laying the would-be flat; upon his back. After this little exchange i.of compliments an express appeared and: 'the . policenian bore his charge triumphahtly; away. ; We/ have had very boisterous weather of late; strong hprtherly gales with rain, thunder^ '•: earthquakes,' and a lot of. other unwelcome -visitors, but to-night it- has ' quietened, down and promises to be fine for the hoh'days. : ; . '