WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3187, 7 May 1879, Page 1

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON. ', . ' ; ,;, '* • ' " "'Tuesday. In the Supreme Court to-day, the Chief Justice refused to consider an application by a bankrupt for sustenance out of his estase-untU the question jhad been taken before the creditors for their consideration.,,. „..,,•.•{ „;•.-..-..; V ;'i •--: , ' It is considered very probable Councillor^ Hunter rwjtflr be chosen by the Council to act as temporary Mayor in consequence of Mr J. Dransfield's resignation, and until such tune as a successor is appointed. ;, ...v,, rr \,~ ,■<:<:,■■■.■.i^vs 1

On Monday next a public meeting will be held to consider the scheme for establishing a public librarj. : Thejticxfc sitting df the Court o£ Appeal will be lieldf on iMoridiy ;n^xt; The following are the cases .get down for hearing : • -rßinney *} Calcutt and Pickweri yi Wren XAuckland); Joseph and another v. Wylie rand (WellingtpnJ,; Latter, t. olfrogden (Wellington). A telegram from Napier states that the •teamer Kiwi, from Wellington, was off there in a disabled condition,.having lost twq o.r.tbree, Jbladei of her propejler. IJew blades Will be forwarded immediately -'by coach, -*s''> no steamer is learing for three or four days. - 1 The cases between .Constable Cuff and Mr Tyson; of the'lmperial Opera House, were dismissed, the magistrate'sayingthat had. Tyson, known Cuff was a constable there would have been no'case. . '

,■£ sentenced to three ( months' imprisonment for being illegally on certain,, .premises l Kaitoki. The prisoner acted "and'fljok'e whilein the box as a demented-person, though two medical men who examined him pronounced him perfectly:,sane'y.lHis •^S^orshipy, however, aaid had he riotbeen aware that medical men had examined the prisoner he should certainly!hate remanded him for such an examination. ' rs^ iß^Te ;• hnndred'-perspns'riittended: Young Men's, conreriazione last night/ In regard tb Walters, whom Gleich, the defaulting bankrupt from Adelaide blamed for all his misfortunes, and who, he said, child rfibbedlhim'of £1700 while in London, it appears; that some months since a man named alters^ hnd, corresponding in per• sonal appearance wi>h the man arrested at Port. Adelaide aboard a. steamer on which he,had .taken a passage for Ger-many,-was charged with defrauding his creditors io Melbourne, and when searched there was found upon him £1700, just the amount'that Gleich alleged he bad had stolen from him. , This Walters is now ■doing, a term of imprisonment in, Pent, ridge. " The election for Mayor occurs on the 27th inst. ,

; The Hinemoa left at 4 o'clock this afternoon'for Lyttle ton, to bring His Excellency. After learing.Lyttelton the Hine^ moa will conrey Sir Hercules Robinson and party to Akaroa, where a few hours wili ibe spent ion Thursday. The ■ steamer then will! come on to Wellington direct, arrmng-here on Friday.