WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3318, 11 August 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day. Electioa Writs to to issued in a day or two. The Elootioneeing Tour. A cable menage reoeired from London

slates that a deputation of merchants and p^neraV^aited on, thia •Chanc^^ of the the Exchequer: on the question of the Eastern Mail Service, a result of which has-been that the Orient Steam have expressed'their readiness to carry the Australiarioolonies-Emails (a fortnightly service) to and from Naples fiJr'ine 1 ■>' The Committoe Clerks atid_ ) m< isienKerß are Roing to present Mr O^Rprke with a; hanaiomo illnminated addreB 1* jq recognition of Bis serrices, in Tprocuring them halfway durinr tlie *eoVs£ | Writi;*br' T tile 5 new elections Will be issued* within the next four days, and made returnable b~£th£ 17th|September 'next. "_ .'/' ,-\,....';,'"' #\ } <-'■'•'■'' ' : The Premier and Native ; will visit Nelson in la few days. It is j understood the Premier .will ft»rt his electioneering campaign there, i Samples of quartz .brought in 1 from Makura yielded afair percentagej silver. Tests ■< on a more extensive scale will be made. ,i,h~U by,- ;,\l ■■.[:-■*■. ' ; . . . The New Zealand tea; per Menmuir, comes to Wellington direct per Wakatipw, which leaves Sydney on the 15th inst. "■ The-•; Bydnpjr<iExliibiiibn > has! been definitely- fixed"-W' 1 open'bn thjß, 17 f th 'September. *TiY-n srr ;-.\'ih 'l j ■ Freo Immigration. ; A deputation waited upon the Premier regarding assisted immigration, and he 'replied that instructionshadalready been sent home to put a stop to any fun her free immigration; except for ' single women. - f -„ T f <^i r?-% h:; A } .«....,,..

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