WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3205, 28 May 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

-i.The fcontijiuatioa!,"o£ theJ Sutherland lleef at Golden Point has been struck in fi.c'ul'lySdO feet; belowß 'tlie' clai ii^.'iio^:; q.t wort, and Su'ilierland s( claim "N&. 2 has been takeu up. The reef is two feet thick,

and snid to be gold-bearing. The whole H hilLcan now be worked without any heaj:y pl.clipiTnary expenses being rendered, necessary; y':\ "An accident happened last night by onepassenger getting out of the^train car and anotjier getting in at the same time, one fejl in froiifclof the wheels and.,had seTeral ribs broken j the train only being brought to a standstill just as it was going over him. Another few inches and it would .have cut Aim Jn two*- v ■? < TkG Pross on the Situation on ;2.'..t J; tli© West Coast, The New Zleaiander again finds fault with the quaVefiik'tTpo'licy of the Government in regard to the Native troubles on the West Coast, and thinks the credit of the. cojony js.as lively to super at Home )fr3i£l.!theTfact tmit the<autnor'rt.ytfollhe Colony is defied and that life and property are in danger, as if^ actual hostilities had broken out.'''lt' recommends prompt action.

In the Supreme Court to-day, before a full Bench, a writ of Habeas Corpus was applied for,on bp,halt'of:,(xleich Vi the.Adc-"Miae'b^krapti-'defiuiy.^kfter'hearing the argument the Court took time to consider. —»« !

Mrs Phillips' case, a charge of arson at Kaiwarra, has been occupying the H.M. Court all the morning. rj I i)i>;>l'tJ)S^l. ■fl:^4^esaay. .j ■ The body found near Lyall Bay hap been, identified as that of a carpenter ( named John Butch. He left home on Sunday last, saying he was going for awalk, but 'pever jrettlrned. Deceased' leaves a wife and four children. He had? not been drinking, and there was nothing' unusual in his Manlier. The case is unaccountable. * i Tfie ■ director^-haf| «esolTed to sjtop ttte p¥Bctjcl! 1111*116!3 of foul linen in cars in future, or other things of a nature, obnoxious to passen^ gers generally. l ! ' In consequence of the regular Police Court being, occupied aJL'Qay with Xiriross' ca^e,' other' busin"els had to be transacted in the old Court. The neW Police Court being densely crowded, th^effluvium became so bad that one person f»inted. r, oY\ f\ Tl I I "■'ln rdply to a'telecrdm as' to" wlieh the reprint of tKestatu'tes^autliorised by Act of Assembly^pa^fed'la^t session w^uld.. be '^s^ied,' ilie;,H^f^,,'^tpu|^li'a^ ? ;repiied. .that* "it williibe. some time: before the • -work? of tb;^' 1 statutes [! revision" fioinbiis- • !^me^;)P i;l ; h;!!! 1" \^ | The JNew Zealander, in compienti?g v nppn i>wiitqrer) affai|g latjrNwr/iPlylnOuthl recommends thKS'QVfeFriment to deal with rtMm's preciijelyj'siß3lhe!fß«meißmanner 'ai i (^erin|; ,tb^ > | p^^, !;^|f ft^^^;se<|le^ < show'avboldjfcont vtOithe intriidera.j ■ »•«« | 'oTheipoll for^the Ma'yoralty^ election was ( •'dp'cMel^^mglit'i^;;;;^. l^-" ";!- ; ";.,-'■ : I^&U^^li?SpJ^^ ! t'jU-"'.ri'.O*^"jS^'jfl \ . ::r ; -.8f1Uter.L.t;,....,;,,^.,;,.;.' ii»".ri:;c.i^6,4;.,-; [ ' There has been a good, deal of _ t eiftsite;-' '"|ouu|;* tiJie;|§o'^ yjjsii ffie, p9Jl^as,^ng t.declared. =nßiipift!i?:» hr.r. ,-^(;;iy- lo roii'.-!iLih I •«o CAndfebo'n; WJtht l GtrpfiWl^W^fefifei' and . .carried,, shoulders'" }fiigit> to ..'the. f^r( <)nic]s,,pffice,,o^hejsQ ,be,.,hajfapgued r ;an ( lienlhiUaiastid and; tretnendous crowd; red 'close to the shipping, and,;jremaiped stationarjjgisom^Olilflej lspjt v llhen moved 'away iaamottiireaiitißrlytdirection.) -'ul \