WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3200, 22 May 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

.-. ..-■■•■•■:'■:■ ■■■;<■; - ,: ■ , ... ■ This day.. 1 ' ■'There were one hundred and three failures in :New Zealand during the week ending- SaturdayJast. jo i ■■. ; Glfcich, bankrupt,, and Cowan, bigamist,; are remanded to Adelaide, and leave here; under charge of Gons liable Mack on' Saturday next. ' . ; '' ;, „,'.. _,' '„-'-,> \ :. The Unemployed. " \ Large numbers of working men are out of employment, consequent oh? the generally depressed times, and the number of unemployed is increa3:ng. House rents,; which used to very recently lbe high,; are now rapidly falling, arid there are an unusually large number of empty tenements. It is stated that Forwoci has given up the idea of accepting the second (Resident Magistracy, in consequence of Parliament not having provided any money for that office.'. A '■''" "; '.< T ■.'< vi The drapers as a body have resolved to keep the Queen's' Birthday holiday on Monday.'; •,',■■■,. ;-•; r^ n; . v.. .--v'.."■'"~^ : It appears that the insurance on Moo;r«; house and Edwards office r was only £400, though all the adjoining premises are well insured. . "'"'''" " '"■ ; Hospital Maiagement. The 'Hospital Committee of the City Council arid several medical men met yesterday to consider what steps should be takerifor; organic ngalsystem of munage'ment for the Hospital in future. The general opinion s^mcd to be in favor of supporting the .institution by voluntary contributions, and it was agreed that the 'medical men of;the ciiy should be invited' !fo draw >up-. a' 'written: report embodying their views. Between 80 and 90 beds are now'iriade' up in' the wards; which are thus rendered so crowded that instead of each patient having 1200 caoio-feet of air, therb is,but, .609 or 700. The opinion of the 1 medical men was that it wpuidbe inadvisable to remove the Hospital irom its present SK9, otherwise medical men practising in the town would not be likely to undertake the work of honorary surgeons. " James Huxley, a well knowu tailor, has called, a meeting of his creditors. ' : j ■ „, • .= Wednesday. • The appointment of, a second ]$«M.,for,' Wellington, it is now said, will be deferred till the meeting of Parliament, as there is j no vote availablefor the purpose. • It is said the Government have decided. to introduce a Bill next Session to provide for a.Police Superannuation Fund. •; J. and H. Bollis, butchers, Wellington have assigned their,estate for the benefit of their creditors. '','_"" : . One ;Watson, who injured his hand by - the bursting of a lemonade botJle, and whb was treaed for it by Mr Monteith, • chemist, for some days," sought to recover;, eighty pounds for alleged^ unskilful treatment. It appeared that he only went to Monteith having failed to obtain the. services of a medical man, anc] that he neglected to get his hand, examined for several days before he went to the hospital, and when it was in a very bel state." "The Magistrate considered the.balance, of testimony pointed to the factihat the'serious character the wound assumed was due to the negligence of Watson; in not calling upon Monteith. Judgment for defendant. - A demonstration is to be got up in con" nectiqn with State school prizes. „,, S ..The following, is the official esiimate of the value of property in. the, Colony taxable under "The Land Tax Act, 1878:';' iAuckland. £3,235,000; Hawke's' Bay 1 £3,799,079 ; Wellington, .v-,£7,583,3611; Nelson, £3,000,000 ; Canterbury, ,£15,790,000; = Otago, £16,800,000: totaL :£50j707,440. -This at one half-penny in the £ will yield £105,620-per year. The Wellington district includes the Wellington' and Taranaki Provincial* Districts. The Nelson District includes the Nelson', Marlborough, and Westland Provincial Districts. The Hawke's Bay. District , includes, the Hawke's Bay jPrbvincia) District and Cook.County. , ;<,',;: The Eeform Football Club will hold a grand match by the electric light on tha 30th instant.

The release of Grleich, tho South Australian absconder, will be applied for to-morrow, on the ground that the coloD;.al and Imperial Acts clash. The offices of Messrs Moorhouse and Edwards had a narrow escape from fire last night. When the offices were closed soon after six they were all safe, but Mr Moorhouse, jun., returning afterwards to finish some work, found a pile of papers "near the window in a blaze, but as they appeared only just to have caught he had little difficulty in extinguishing the fire. He discovered matches plentifully strewed about, and a window seldom used raised eighteen inches. There is evidence that the fire raiser stood on a mound of rubbish outside, and opened the:window. Had the fire had a minute's start little of the block could have been saved. It is a most valuable block, the insuranca on Moorhouse and Edwards's premises alone being £3,000. ; ;