WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3345, 11 September 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Last night, l' Iznrd addressed the electors jp& vthe Wellington country districts at' Majcara, and O'Neill met tho Ohtsiix JAector^»Ust night. Each received a vote of confidence. The election takes place to-morrow, and is causing a good deal of excitement. ": The Horn Wi Parata and several other natives left Otaki for Parihaka to attend |.the monthly meeting there on the 18th. It is believed they will do their best to persuade To Whiti to discontinue inciting the Maoris to further acts of rebellion. A license has been graated for a new hotel named i\\o Masonic. The Commissioners stated that? .unless the proprietors of the two hotels "recently burnt down orec&(l vsuitable premises within a reasonable time, their licenses would be taken away. The City Council voted last night £25 for the purpose of prospecting the Wairarapa. The Government will give a similar amount. Tbo topsail schooner Laurel, Captain Swede, bound from Picton to Lyttelton with a cargo of timber, sprang a leak off the Kaikouras. The crew, unable to keep the leak under, abandoned the vessel, and were picked up by the barque Mary Bell, bound to Newcastle from Lyttelton, and then afterwards transhipped into a steamer for Wellington. The vessel was owned by Horuby, of Picton, and was insured in the Colonial for £300, Victoria l £300, and National £400. A steamer has gone in search of the water-logged vessel, and has not yet returned. Arrived : Ifaiaroa from Port Chalmers. Cleared : Forest Queen for Victoria,