WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3319, 12 August 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Last night.

The New Zealander says that in response to a requisition, Sir George Grey has consented to stand for Christchurch.

Dr Newman has announced himself as candidate for Wellington City, and 0. B. Izard for the country districts. W. H. Quick will contest the Hult seat against Wm. Jackson. At the inquest on the body of Antonio, a fisherman who was found on the sea beach, a verdict of found drowned was returned.

Two Italian fishermen were found in tn open boat, 14 feet long, two miles out at sea, yesterday ; it is not known how the boat came to be adrift. , A deputation waited on the Premier to-day to urge the views of the mass meeting held on Saturday night against free immigration. Mr Crook (who acted as spokesman) urged in graphic and forcible language the evils of crowding the Colony with immigrants whilst laborers who were already in New Zealand could not obtain employment. He also pointed out the absolute necessity of. settling people on the lands of the Colony. •

Sir George Grey in reply, stated that the .Government had already sent orders Home to stop free immigration of males. He said this would have been done long since, but Government had been deputationised to death by parties acting in the interest of the landocracy, who were desirous of securing cheap labor. Government had no communication from the working men and were practically aciing in the dark. If the industrial classes were desirous of seeing their views embodied on the Statute Book of IV ew Zealand they must send men of their own class to represent them in Parliament. The policy of the Government which had been published, dealt with the evils of the land system : he would moke no promises because he

had been accused by his enemies of breaking so many. He cared not by whom his policy was carried out, his motto was " Measures, not men," and if I they desired to see those measures of the liberal programme carried iiito effect they would at the coming elections return wen, whom from their past history they could trust to support those measures. It is understood that Mr Matthew Price, who has been R.M. in several parts' of the colony, has been appointed second Magistrate for Wellington, for the hear* ing of Criminal cases, and Civil cases up to £20. Mr Maltravers, second Clerk of Ik.M. Court here, and who has been transferred' to Maketu to-day, was presented by the members of the Bar with a breech-loading fowling-piece and a gold locket, in recognition of his courteous behavior during his stay in Wellington.