WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3385, 28 October 1879, Page 1

WELLINGTON.

List night.

A lad named Win. Williams fell down the hold of the steamer Albion to day and received a severe shaking but no serious injnry.

An enquiry into the circumstances connected with the accident to the machinery of the s.s. Wellington on Wednesday was held to-day. Efidence was given attributing the cause to a flaw ia the welding. No further enquiry if deemed necessary.

The Collector of Customs held an enquiry to-day into the caase of the accident on the steamer Stormbird on Friday, by which seaman Long lost hit life. A few facts were elicited, and the evidence proved it to be purely accidental.

A deputation from the Ladies'. Christian Association waited on Messrs LeTin and Hutehison to prevent a - memorial relatire to the neeetuty of establishing a home for destitute women. Mr Levin and' Hutchioso* promised to give the matter their earnest consideration. A memorial was also presented to tlie Mayor, who intimated that he would bring the matter before the City Council at the earliest possible moment. At the inquest on the body of Louisa Taylor, who was found dead in her house yesterday, the jury returned a rerdict of accidental suffocation. Both ends of the cable are buoyed, but the boisterous weather prevents the steamer working at it. Bhe leaves at daybreak should the weather moderate. An elderly man named David Mair has been missing • for nearly two months. Serious apprehensions are felt for his safety.