WELLINGTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 512, 30 September 1857, Page 4

WELLINGTON.

We have been prevented by the pressure of other news from noticing the contents of the Wellington papers lately arrived except as far as they summarised the news from other quarters. We find little local news of interest. The nomination day for the Superiiitendency election was fixed for the 28th instant, Monday last.' The '" Independent" gives the following news from London concerning the Wellington Provincial loans.

The loan of £75,000 to be negotiated by the Union Bank of Australia in London, on behalf of this Province, has been submitted to the public. The tenders were opened on the 10th July. The minimum rate previously fixed by the Directors was £105, but as the highest tender was £103 35., the whole were declined, giving parties the opportunity of purchasing at 5 per cent, premium, the minimum rate fixed as above mentioned. We are happy to learn that one-third of the first portion of this Loan was immediately taken up at this satisfactory rate.

Tenders for the Light House had also been received. The competition was very close. Messrs. Conhrane & Co , of Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, are the contractors. The price is stated to be under £3,000, which of course does not. include the erection at Penearrow.

Prom private letters received in Wellington we learn that the home voyage of the Oliver Lang, though very quick, was very rough and boisterous. As far as the passengers were concerned the voyage provet very satisfactory to themselves, (as at its termination they presented a testimonial to the commander of the vessel, Captain Mundle, for his skill in its management and attention to their comfort, and ulso a testimonial to the Rev. H. Govett for his kindness and attention.— Spectator, Sept, 9.

Emigration Contract.—We understand that the contract entered into by the Agent of Messrs. Baines & Co., with the Provincial Government for the introduction of two thousand Emigrants, has been refused acceptance by Messrs. Baines, and the expected vessels of the Black Ball line will not therefore arrive this season. The Oliver Lang has been laid on for Melbourne, but in order to carry out the arrangements made in the colony, in anticipation of her return, Messrs. Baines propose despatching a first-rate clipper from Liverpool during this month, to bad tor England direct.— Independent.

Melancholy Accident On Tuesday last, Mr. Mackenzie, shipbuilder, left his son, a fad nearly 12 years of age, to attend to the grinding of a bushel of wheat, in the mill, on Mr. Kelley's station, near the Wairarapa Lake. It appears that, by some accident, the poor boy's clothes became entangled with the spindle which connects the mill with the water-wheel, by which means he was carried round with every revolution of the wheel, and, when discovered by a native woman, he was dead and very fearfully mangled. A messenger was immediately despatched to the bereaved parents, who were on board a small vessel in the lake. About three months ago they suffered the loss of a little girl, about five years old, who was drowned by falling overboard. Their distress can be more readily conceived than expressed.— lbid, Sept. 9.

Strike.—Early in the present week the men employed on some of the roads near town suddenly struck for advance of wages. The excitement consequent on the diggings has led to this s,tep, but the absence of the expected success by many of those who have recently left here, and the accounts by the Wonja Wonga not being so favourable as others had anticipated, have somewhat allayed the excitement, and the Ohariu and Ngahauranga road parties are again at work. Private employers have not yet raised their wages, and at present both skilled and unskilled labour receive the same as previously.— Ibid.