WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3120, 17 February 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day.

Chief Justice Prendergast will be sworn in as Acting Governor until the arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson.

The race horses Laertes and Agent will leave for the South by the Ringarooma today.

The periou who drew Lara in North's sweep writes to the New Zealand Times exonerating the owner from the charge of levying black mail, explaining that the offer was spontaneously made by the drawer of Lara.

From a private letter to the Chronicle it appears that Mr E. J. Creighton was offered the editorship of the ISew ZeaJand Herald, but declined the appointment. Mr Creighton will shortly visit New Zealand, but merely on a visit.

At a meeting of creditors in the estate of John Henderson, C.E., the assets were put down at £53,158 ; liabilities £18,486, The assets include £25,000 due by Messrs J. Brogden and Sons, contingent on the payment by New Zealand Government of contract moneys for the construction of railways; Oamaru Corporation, £15,000; Baron and Mana, bankers, Bengal, £2000; land in New Brunswick, £SCO. The meeting adjourned for ten days. Saturday. The resolution come to some time ago to wind up the New Zealand Shipping Company was to-day confirmed at a meeting of shareholders.

The Drainage Committee have decided to adopt the Ohiro outfall for city drainage. An anti-Chinese petition is to be submitted to Parliament next session. It is in course of signature, and has already 2,500 signatures.

The Colonial Government s.s. Hinemoa arrived from Auckland, after fiftytwo hours', the fastest time yet. It is said the trip from Napier was made in eighteen hours. The Hinemoa >. leaves for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers to-night at six o'clock. She is to return from Port Chalmers on Monday, and call at Lyttelton for the Hons. Stout andßallance.

After the levee and presentation of an address to the Governor by the City Council, another address was presented to His Excellency by the members of the Wellington Working Men's Club, to which he replied, saying he had always taken a great.interest in such institutions, as he thought they had done much good, and were calculated to raise the tone and character of working men. He trusted esprit de corps would be fostered. There was no part of the world in which the working classes were ao well off as in New Zealand, and no one who could not by thrift and industry soon raise himself to the position of an employer of labor. He hoped they would make the club selfsupporting.

All the Ministers now in Wellington, exceplt Sir George Grey, were present at the levee, which was very largely at* tended.