WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3192, 13 May 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

i' . -:• ,-. ■«■ w ;-;■.-,■ f - .-. ;: --f ■ n^a 7* '■ ' * ■ The Directors .of the/Eastern jExteiv' Company announce. that the first instalment of the new 1 Darwin and Singapore duplicate •.cable".7leaves; .by the steamer Edinburgh in a fortnight, and another,^portion follows by the .Scotiasoon "after 'that. The "cable*"is being rapidly manufactured., TJhe core is, be^ng protected from manne./insects.' by' brass' tapes and external wire, each-protected | first by amadhesiye mixture; and then by ! tape,.the-whole? again protected by two coverings of tape. ,'U v n ■'/ ; The Hon. Secretary to the Eaitangata j Relief Fund at Dunedin,' writes -to the* | Town Clerk at Wellington, regarding fund matters : " My own private opinion on the matter, seeing that the public have come so nobly forward and subscribed an amount in excess bf^wKafctthink will be required,' i that the fund might be established or developed into a national accident funrl(, under ari Act of Parliament, the widows and orphans r of the Eaitangata accident being the first claimants and the trustees appointed in various parts of the colony. 1 ' :; 5 It is reported that'Mr Woolcock, M/H.K/, who ia 'now in Wellington, is Beriously unwell. ...... .-... „, , -„■>?.-. : --.-.r Ait the,.]i',M^ Court.to-day, !;the ; case of the Tramway Company v.J.Jl.^lSfavis, judgment was given for plaintiff for£lCO, due on Tramway shares. It is reported that there are suspicious circumstances connected -with the' recent fire at Kaiwarra, and that some of the furniture was removed out of the house oh Saturday night. v The Times urges the publication of Mr Bryce's report, with the evidence accompanying it, regarding the enquiry into the alleged roll stuffing at the Bay of Islands.. A public meeting at the Athena3um tonight passed a resolution in favor'of the establishment of a free library, and appointed a committee to carry out the object.