WELLINGTON.
This day. It is understood that Governor Bobinson will only make a very short stay at Wellington but will proceed almost immediately after his arrival to Auckland in a man-of-war and from thence make the tour of the whole colony. ■ • Saturday; It is stated the captain of the Hermione has commenced legal proceedings respecting the two seamen he wishes to leave behind in the hospital, and which is opposed on the ground that these men were employed for the benefit of the owners of the ship, and should not, therefore be made a burden on the colony. In the Wellington Educational District there are over eigb,t thousand children of school age, but the arerage daily atten-
tendance at the public schools is less than one half.
Bridget Beard, a married woman at Ohario, who had been drinking some time, walked about a mile bare-footed in her night dress, and then drowned herself in ah old mill dam.
Notwithstanding the number of new arrivals of immigrants, complaints are still made regarding the scarcity of female servants.
Tickets for the Kaitangata concert are in great demand. '
Frequent complaints regarding the rabbit plague now come from Manawatu, a district hitherto free from them.
Grace Nicholls, so badly injured by the trap accident in the Horokiwi Valley some weeks ago, is progressing very satisfactorily. The places where portions of skull had to be removed are now completely skinned over, and pulsations of the brain can be plainly seen. The schooner Unity, from Lyttleton to Wellington, with a cargo of produce, has been totally wrecked off Cape Camppell ; all hands got safe ashore. She run on a reef near the lighthouse. She was insured in the Union and Victorian offices. ■
The schooner Cynthia, owned by Steward and Co., sawmillers, Wellington, has been completely wrecked near Hokitika.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3150, 24 March 1879, Page 2
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302WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3150, 24 March 1879, Page 2
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