WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3858, 11 May 1881, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Tuesday

At the Magistrate's Court this afternoon, William Earnest Greatrex, of the firm of Greatrex and sons, appeared to answer an information charging him with neglecting to furnish a statement of hia property m the manner required by the Property Tax Amendment Act, 1879, within the prescribed time. At the outset, Mr Brandon, on behalf of the defendant, asked the Magistrate to decide a point which he desired to raise, preparatory to the evidence being entered into, viz., had the defendant a right to set off all debts due by the firm in Wellington to a firm in London the members of that firm being the same. After a long discussion His Worship said the question was one affecting the mercantile community, and he would take time to consider the point. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until Tuesday next.

METEOROLOGICAL KEPORTS.

To day Dr Hector received his first telegram from Australia, under the arrangement recently come to by the Meteorological Conference at Melbourne. The message which was from the Govern* ment astronomer of Victoria, stated that a depression was passing through Tasmania The inference from this statement is that a storm is approaching New Zealand. It is estimated that it will take about a day and a half for the depression to travel from Tasmania to the Bluff.