LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 550, 24 August 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) j WELLINGTON. Monday. A deputation from the City Council waited on.the Colonial Secretary re a new cemetery, and pointed out that it was the duty of the Government to make provision •in this direction • The Government promised to |give the matter their careful consideration. The Government having promised to treat any company undertaking the construction of the West Coast railway liberally re sections already formed, efforts are being made to form a company. Large amount of business is to be disposed of in the House. It appears impossible to close the session this week. It'is uudorstood that Miss Bligh will not bs prosecuted for attempting suicide, the evidence being considered insufficient. King Tawhiao has sent a message to Major Kemp that it is his intention to visit him at his ranaiia on the Wanganui river. : Captain Thomson, of the barque Trochraque, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment at Melbourne for neglecting. to rescue the orew of the Catamaran in Java seas, Cable news reports that the Australian cricketers lost, til© match against Scarborough by 90 runs. The correotneßS of the message is doubted. The wool market is steadily improving. The Loan ; and .Mercantile Agency received a message that , there is a moderate competition on continental account.