WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3109, 4 February 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

: ; Monday.; The Government ar« about to fit up an ice house on board the Hinemoa, for the purpose of distributing about a million white fish expected from San Francisco by the next mail steamer.; The principal portion of these fish will be sent to Invercargill, for the Jakes and "rivers in that district are considered more suitable, the northern parts of the colony being too warm for them. v\ < ; :; , -,- ; ] ,!,The Hinemoa will probably leave here for Auckland on Thursday next^ When she will take the Commissioners of Higher Education, to obtain evidence there, j - Mr £. J; Duncan sells reclaimed land to-morrowv ''^ v • ':':' '■; ■' - ■■-lf! I ,

Tenders wilt be called in a few days tot the' firsglve imlfes of the 1 Gieymoith and Hokitikk railway.* 1" !

■'The Hons, J.! Alacandrew.R. Stoutj J.« Sheehah and J.Ballance are expected in Wellington next week. • £2173 was collected at the Wellington ' Customs yesterday. I The Government surveyors have discovered a capital railway line for HuttWaikanae railway, between Porirua harbour and Faikakariki. The rise in fire' miles does not exceed two hundred yards. The John Elder sailed from' Plymouth for New Zealand on the 30th January. The Government will call for tenders for erection of a railway wharf on the reclaimed land befqre the 18th instant, and the work is to be completed within the shortest possible time. William Brown, from Newcastle lately, was arrested last night for stealing thirty shillings from an oyster saloon. On searching his effects skeleton keys, files, and other burglarious tools were fo ( und. When brought ,up this morning he showed an intimate acquaintance with the usages of the Police Courts. ; ?:

The Bale of reclaimed land by Mr Duncan began to-day. A corner allotment fronting Lambton Quay fetched £63 per foot, others from £58 per foot, the highest, to £40 the lowest,; averaging £47 for the first block. A large attendance, the bidding fairly spirited.

At the continuation sale of reclamation land, the four lots adjoining Mills' foundry were bought by Mr Wright (supposed to be for Mills), at an average of £53 per foot; four other lots adjoining averaged £61 per foot. The eovaet lot, Featherstone and Whitmore streets, fetched £154 per foot, but a short frontage with a good depth. The rest is now averaging about £45 per foot. -