WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3147, 20 March 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day.

The legal disputes re administration of the will of the late W. B. Ehodes will be brought before the Court of Appeal for its opinion. ; A couple of accidents occurred yesterday at the Featherston and Summit stations through the. fouling of the points. The result in each case was that the engine was thrown off the line, smashing, the cow-catcher, and other slight damage.

The Athenaeum committee have determined to give an entertainment in aid of the Kaitangata sufferers.

Many cases of typhoid fever have been reported here lately, several of which terminated fatally.

Complaints come from Wairarapa of the tightness of money and the difficulty of obtaining accommodation.

At the E.M. Court to-day, Mr Allen, on behalf of the other members of the bar, called the attention of the Magistrate to the way the criminal business encroached upon the civil, thereby inflicting considerable inconvenience upon the profession, (seven solicitors then having been waiting an hour and a-half). He suggested that arrangements should be made for the criminal business being taken by a separate magistrate in

future. Owing to the rapid growth of Wellington, the two days now allowed for the despatch of civil business were insufficient. The magistrate concurred in the representation, and told the Government (?) the time had arrived when the criminal business should be deal with by a separate magistrate, as when once the business fell in arrears it was almost impossible to overtake it. Probably the representation then made would have the effect of inducing the Government to appoint another Magistrate. Wm, Shaw and James Connell were committed for trial on a charge of garotting a drunken man a few nights ago, and robbing him. Wednesday. Ati alleged case of garroting was heard before, the R.M. to-day. The case was remanded for further evidence. Complaints appear in the press of the difficulty of obtaining information from the local police authorities. The City Council will this evening .con. sider the advisability of forming a charit-: able aid committee. ; The question of establishing^ a .free public libraryis "supported by the press. Complaints are being made regarding the unwholesome quality of some of the bread retailed here. . > i ' The benevolent institutions complain of being short 1 of means owing to subscriptions coming in slowly. • • i

Shortly after the ship Hermione came into port, Captain Eobinson placed one of his crew, who was very ill, in hospital. The seaman not having recovered during the vessel's stay in quarantine, the captain wants to leave, the man in the hospital, but to this an objection has been raised, on the ground that the man is only a burden on the country. As the captain refuses to provide, for the man in any other way, an inquiry will shortly be held into the circumstances of the case.

. At, a public meeting tonight, presided over by the Mayor, the following programme was adopted to welcome the new Governor t-r-All, the ships in the harbour be requested to dress on the arrival of the Governor. On the announcement of the arrival of the steamer the church bells to

.ring a joyous peal. On the.arrival of His Excellency -at the wharf he will be received by the Mayor arid City Councillors. A salute of seventeen guns will be fired, and an address of,,'welcome presented. If the vessel arrives in the day time a public holiday will commence forthwith; if during the night a public holiday will be observed the next day. Various societies, friendly and others, will be requested to turn out on His Excellency's arrival. Subsequently His Excellency will be invited to a public ball. A large committee of influential citizens will be appointed to see the programme carried out. ' : , . ; . !