WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3356, 24 September 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Last night. Parliament will be opened by commission to-morrow afternoon. ; It is stated that Councillor Allen will contest the Mayoralty in opposition to Hutchison. Nothing has been heard of the missing man, Houghton. The police have dragged the wells in the neighborhood of his residence, but without any tract being found. . The stewards of the Wellington Racing Club have recommended that the intended race meeting to be held during the ensuing session should take place. The Postmaster-General invities competition designs for the New Telegraph and Post Offices. The premium for the approved design is £100, for the second £50. The tender of Oaks, for £2051 for erecting the powder-magazine at Kaiwarrahas been accepted.

CHBISTCHUKCH. Last night. Out of 28 applicants for steward of the Hospital Ri T. Bell, a late arrival from England, was appointed. In the crush last night to the gallery of the theatre to see the Victoria Loftu» Troupe a middle-aged man was forced over the stairway, and fell heavily against the lower door; He was picked up insensible, and remained unconscious up to a late hour last night. A seal nine feet in length, and weighing 900lbs, was killed on Saturday near the Maori Pah, Ninety Mile Beach. The Maories round about collected and had a large feast. i The E;M. at Kaiapbi yesterday insisted that the publicans serving drink on S»nday s whether paid for or not, brok« the law, unleis served to bona-fide travellers or lodgers. A mistaken idea prevailed respecting the payment for drink. At Onraani the bodies of the two persons drowned on the Ohau Rirer were recovered. They were those of Mrs Morrison and her little daughter, who were being driven across the river by the manager of the station in company with Mr Morrison, when the buggy upset. Councillor Ayers is the only candidate at present spoken of for the Mayoralty, but there seems little disposition at present to move in the matter. A .shock of earthquake was felt at Bealey early this morning. A correspondent write! to the Times this morning, stating that the .Normal school, which is built on a pie«e of rather swampy ground, is a perfect hotbed for the dissemination of ferer. etc. He asserts that one of his children caught diphtheria, and communicated it to a family of ten, who were saved with great difficulty, while another boy died of the same disease. Sailed: Himalaya for Londoi, Caberfeidh for Auckland, and Wakatipu for Wellington. As a ship has been reported from the Head 3, 20 miles to northward, she is supposed to be one of the English ships now due run past the port.