WELLINGTON

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3829, 6 April 1881, Page 2

WELLINGTON

This day

Arrival of Bishop Redwood.

Bishop Eedwood returned from his visit to Eome at noon, and wag accorded a hearty welcome on landing. He then proceeded to the cathedral where the formal reception takes place. Mr Hutcheson, M.H.E. for Wellington, again addressed his constituents last ?njghjtj and expressed his approval of the education system, but advocated a reduction of the cost by reducing the number of Inspectors-and abolishing the Education rßoards.. A vote of confidence was passed. At the Magistrates Court to-day, His Worship gave judgment in the sly grog selling cases against the proprietors of the so called Thorndon and Te Aro Clubs. His Worship looked upon these " clubs " as a fraud to the name of Working Men's Clubs, and it was time legitimate tradespeople were protected; these spurious " clubs" were only opened by the steward for his own benefit. Mrs Strike, of Thorndon Club, was fined Is, and Mr Strike of same Club £20 and costs; C. Lewis, proprietor of the Te Aro Club, was find £20 and costs, or in default six months' imprisonment. The City of Hew York. A cablegram received by Government this morning reports that the delay to the mail steamer City of New York was caused by the breaking of a crank pin four days after the steamer left Auckland. Wm. Michael Downes, solicitor's clerk, who was recently committed for trial on a charge of alleged tampering with law stamps, was this morning again committed for trial on two charges of a similar nature. The Clyde Hotel, Clyde. Quay, was discovered to be on fire at two o'clo'ck this morning, and the building was completely gutted before the flames could be got under. Mrs Burke, the landlady, states that she wf,3 awakened by her bedroom being full of smoke, and on getting up found the fire had a good hold of the kitcheu. A small fire had been left in the kitchen range, and this, it is believed, was the origin of the fire. The stock- and furniture were destroyed. The building was owned by Mrs Kennedy. The insurances are aa follows:—-Building, £300 in the National and £150 in the South British; , furniture, £100 in the South British; stock, £50 in the South British. !

A child named Edward Bertram Verge, aged eleven months, was scalded to death at Mangaroa Valley yesterday. The mother was undressing the child before the fire, when he suddenly sprang out of her arms, and in falling caught the kettle, which capsized, throwing the scalding water all over the body of the child. The litfle sufferer only lived twelve hours after.