TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Mr Mitchelson has further deferred his departure from Auckland for Wellington till Monday. Hanlan has decided to return to America by the mail boat on Monday next. The Wellington City Council, by the casting vote of the Mayor, declined not jto enfore the rates. on schools, lodge rooms, etc., until after next session. The great hell for the Wellington post-office clock, a ton and a-half in weight, was successfully cast on Thursday. It is said to be the largest in the colony. Considerable enquiry is being made for land in the centre of the town of New Plymouth. On Thursday a vacant block was sold at £4O a foot for building on. The Destructor at Wellington is working well, but there is apparently more rubbish than it can consume, and most of the metal debris has to be sorted out and put on one side. The ©rack was apparently caused by the settlement which has developed in the chimney stack. Yesterday some cartridges got amongst the rubbish, and caused considerable alarm by exploding and blowing out one of the doors.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1893, 18 May 1889, Page 3
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182TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1893, 18 May 1889, Page 3
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