WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1705, 7 June 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

From our .own,. Correspondent,

A gentleman is'canvassing the business men, of the City, with the object of seeing what support would be accotded in the way of advertisements to a new evening paper, but with what results I have not'yet heard, Owing, to'.it being rather a slack time' witli the Wellington Meat Export Company, they are haying their machinery thoroughly piit in oider, and in all probability will commence Opera-, tions in about .a month,-by commencing to freeze s.s. Ruapehu. ■; .!/ ;. On Monday evening a conversazione was held under the auspices of the Rescue Lodge of flood Templars in the Athenanim hail. The affair was a very great success, and-reflected the highest credit on. those who carried it out. Mr Ffrosfc gave a lecture oh "Phrenology and Mesmerism," which concluded the proceedings of tho evening.

One hundred and eight births, thirty deaths, and twenty-three marriages were registered in Wellington during the month of May. It ia worthy of note thit the Customs, duties: collected at this port are considerably higher for. the month just past than they were for the same period last year. There were received £18,185 Is sd, and last year £15,968 2s 4d for the same month, Messrs-James, Home, Hall, and William. Bishop,'; Jun,, have been elected to be pur city auditors for the [ensuing year./

Bishop Suter, of, Nelson, is going to preach at St.; Paul's, Thonulon, on Sunday morning and evening, when, no doubt, many .besides members of the ordinary congregation will avail themselves of, hearing this most eloquent and gifted preacher. . A very great amount of unnecessary fuss and bother lias been made by the local Press because some kerosene was left exposed on the Queen's Wharf from Friday last till' Monday. It was said that the city had been in danger of being set on fire, that the wharf authorities deserved to be severely

censured for committing such a crime as leaving the oil about, and graphic pictures were, drawn of what might have happened,'■&., totally ignoring the fact that.it is only ot late years that it'has 'bfe'en considered necessary to take raoro precautions with kerosene than other oils, though it is not now

so inflammable as it was formerly. Mr Ernest H, Nash, painter, employed by Mr Tinney in painting the exterior of Messrs Jacob Joseph and Son's warehouse, Lambton quay, met with an accident on Monday afternoon. He fell off the swing stage to the pavement belovf, a distance of-some ten feet, and sustained some rather severe injuries to the hip. He was at once removed to the hospital, where, his injuries are being attended to, A very brilliant.meteor past over this city about eleven o'clock on last Saturday mglii. ' A young man, named Alfred Meek, had a narrow escape from a watery grave on Monday evening. About 7 o'clock he was paddling about off Clyde quay in a,small'dingy belonging to the Naval Brigade, when the little craft filled and sank, fortunately the young fellow was able to swim to the shore, though the water was very rough at the time. Dry clothes were kindly provided for liiui by Mrs Mooch, the proprietor of Te Aro Baths, and the unlucky boatman returned to his friend safe and sound.

Your readers will be pleased to hear that tho Wellington Woollen Company may now be considered as an established fact, a very large proportion of shares being taken up, und-the remainder eagerly inquired for. Petone has been definitely settled as the place .where the necessary .building shall be erected, and a competent managerMr Ramsey, of the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory—has been secured by the directors. Negotiations are proceeding

between the company and the Native owners of the land for the purchase of a block, and H whqn., tljese have been successfully concluded, the orection of machinery and buildings will be pushed on with all speed, There can be little doubt but that it the working of the factory is conducted on sound commercial principals, that it will prove a paying concern to the shareholders and I a very great boon to Wellington and j the surrounding districts, It is almost'useless for me to state ; that yesterday was the day on which our legislators gathered together for the purpose of commencing the work of the session; ; This time we did have fine weather, so that all those members who had arrived from places outside of Wellington liad no cause to grumble about the high'winds which, it is said, are nearly always blowing with such fury : that' one's liair is scarcely safe,, The whole proceedings passed off without a hitch, but as you will doubtless before this have published a report of the whole .affair, it is scarcely fair that I should infUcf upon your readers a second account, An enquiry into- the causes of the burning 7 of St. John's Church, Willis'street,' was Held .on. Thursday .before Pr Jobnson,; District Coroner, v when John Windsor; who had been suspected of having'caused the fire, waa brought up : and ! exa>nined, hut' there wag little or,nq to show that lie to tye cause of it, and was therefore dismissed. Notwithstanding, the" enquiry, the .cause of the "fire still., remains unknown,