WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2162, 8 December 1875, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

(FBOM QVS. OWN CO-RESPONDENT.). ' ';'u' •'■" '"'"-■■'■ ' ■■■"'■ ' ■ November 27. In my last letter I stated that Wellington wasaenjoyingo repose oJasxi respects ] politics." Such at the time was a literal fact, although succeeding events might seem to infer that I was wrong. At the present time we arc-as much disturbed with election addresses, circulars, rumor and political gossip as any congregation of people, however fond of excitement, could, -in conscience' desire! to the. i; The local press is full of election notices. There are. now.jfour,candidates in the field for the representation of the city in the Lower House, namely, Messrs Hunter, Pearee, (two old members) Gisborne, and Travers, The firsX $wo it is generally supposed will be elected. Gisborne, though well known, ris inqt| sufficiently attaohedvtcLthy traditioiiislof Ihe place to command support as against Hunter, who is essentially a part of Wellington city, a sort of human landmark, and a most patriotic and unselfish old cock into'thebargain j .and r Tr ; avers, though, an able . m&^l&s;ipany cqr-djial haters; an 4 m?i Jin addition/to withstand' the"opposition of the New Zealand Times, which has already given out the key note of the tune it intends to play during the forthcoming elections with, respect to. Wellington city. ; Circular's ha've'beVn' issued announcing '. the intended change in the proprietorship of the Tribune. The name is to be changed to the Evening Ai'glJS, and steps already taken seem to, suggest that a hard fight will' be made <'% secure its' being a success as an opposition paper to the Post, which for a long time has enjoyed a complete monopoly. You never see jijere as on tjje Thames and in Auckland-rr ip.j4.ejs4 iff London and elsewhere—news boys running the papery.' The subspribjpg. system "obtains here. That is jjo,

doubt an excellent idea when you have got the subscribers, but the Evening Argus is about to make a change, and to run the paper by small boys, who, it is to "be;' hoped, for a brief space during the evening,: will with their sturdy luags infuse some sort of life into the most melancholy and bilious town under Heaven. ■',;iA.s, you will Jong ere thig have ascertained the Appeal Court confirmed the convictions in the case of Spencer's fori cible entry.

! Like most places in the colony, to judge I from the weather reports, we have been j^wited^Jy'"cdWtinued v:ram"f6r/Bom«l*doni siderable time, and when it does not rain | 'it blows. Of the two evils it would be Jo say, which is^the least. rl nVuity'Corporation are troubled at the action of % the Jwegi slatiye Council, who .rejected.a bill which, being carried, would have given power to borrow money for additidnidwharfaccommodatipn.' »Npw»as the increased accommod'ntioriis undoubtedly a necessity, ;they are, moving: all their powers to' manage the "business by petitioning the Government, and supplementing any* tbey may obtaiijr bs^co^gDration^resfiurces. wlnHthis "case Wfther» it perhaps a lesson -to other municipal .c-jbKjdjpSK -and? it; was (W;i|h this ;idea .in, my mind" that I' commenced the present paragraph. There'can be no doubt that th^rrejection?bf Ahe-Bilt'C#as;:ih: a-'great measure owing jtorthegnegligence of those; who were interested in proposing it. The >Legislative Council complained, very justly as it may appear, that they had not beln furnished with any,definite information asi to the desirableness of borrowing so much! money^fq&e^sC|Qo.'rl«|he ftfgt place! it was" riot shoWn'tnat' the dost wa rs rightly estimated; neither precise information givenWto* whether" the corporati§^r(Wja»T^n;;a burden "which' it asked 'for." By a" little' more*-care ; and painstaking the >: present clifficuity might never have arisen.