WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1711, 14 June 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

(Fkoji Our Own Correspondent.)

Wellington, June 12th, 1884. The City Council has among its members alfrPethericlc, who .cer-tainly-possesses the bump of obstinacy, if any one organ causes such a disposition. Almost from being elected Councillor Petberick has. proved a most troublesome member, trying at meeting ■after -meeting to force his resolutions through. Ono of his latest moves has been his endeuvor to induce the Council to dispense with Mr Johnson as Secretary of the Benevolent Institution, 'Councillor Petlierick lias for some months past made repeated efforts to attain "this object, At Thursday's meeting of the Council, the member'for'To Aro Ward again moved his well-known resolution referring.'to■ Mr Johnson; but directly he-began to speak our iCity Fathers made themselves scarce in the luill. The bell was rung to.get a-quorum, but to no purpose, and'the meeting broke up, leaving Councillor Pethcrick's motion -unearned, as' it was several months a gv .;•.'..'.. , '.''/■ " '•■'■■ •:''

A resolution that rubbish should be removed.from premises in.the city between 10 p,ro. and .8 a,m. was recently ..passed ,by. the City, Council But as the business people on Lambtonquayifindit a; very great inconvenience to send their assistants to open their

places forjtlio purpose.of allowing tho dustman to fill liia cart before 8 o'clock in the mpruinsj, a deputation, consisting of.Messra.-.Wilsoiv andKirkcaldie, representing two of tiio'leadingdrapery firms in the city, waited.on the Council on .Thursday for the purpose of getting tho hour altered from 8 to 9 u.m. Tho Chairman took a favorable view of the affair, and. tho Council decided, to see what could 4e/ done in the matter. ■':',t i^ '"■[ '""'"■ Last Saturday evening Messrs Hannah and Co,;- boot 'manufacturers, opened their new business premises on Lambton-quay. The building is a fine brick structure, two storeys high. The front part is fitted up in a,handsome mannei;. as.a retail shop,Awhile 'the back parts and upstairs are. used for. the. storing and manufactnre of the goods.'' This firbv haa, during tlio last .four or five years, steady /increased 1 its j business, and now'l should think it does an enormous business, j chiefly owing. to\the. good value it. gives its customers for'their:money! ' ; ; The Resident Magistrate on Saturday gave judgment in an' assault case. James Hamilton, a cab-driver sued James Robinson, tram-driver, for \wing: struck .him' on the'. 31st; May. :

Complainant stated that oil the; day in ■question'he was sitting "oil tho ibox-of his cab,. while being' driven through Cuba-street.^, Just as a tramcar came; up close behind him a cart was almost directly iii front of lum! To avoid a collision, jiho'cab was driven across tho rails, and, according to the evidence, thetram-driver whipped his horses for the purpose of catching tho cab, and nearly caused a collision. ! Both;parties concerned in the suite leaped from their vehicles,.and, it was alleged, at this •time the assault took plae.. As complainant did not press for a heavy fine, defendant was let off by paying 5s aud costs,

At the same sitting of the'R M. Cou'rV as the above, a'chinaman', named Ti Go, was brought, up, having been arrested as ho was taking his departure 'from.NerZealand by the .Wakalipu, at the- instance of another Celesti.il named' Young Ti, a compatriot of the defendant, who charged Ti Go with intending to depart with ,£SO belonging to him. The matter in dispute arose out of a partnership account, the chief cause of a rupture between.the parties being a decision given in the Supreme Court sometime ago against ahem in favor of Mr Tdddiford at the Lower Hutt. Mr Shaw, who appeared: foiv the defendant, contended that as the dispute arose out of a partnership account the inferior court had no jurisdiction in the matter; The Bench, after hearing arguments on the other side, held Mr Shaw's objection to be good, and dismissed the case.

On Monday, a rather important native chief named Wahiinui, arrived in town. He was accompanied by eight Maoris, including three women. As be had come on important business, he visited tho Buildings- during the day and had a conference with the authorities. Wahanui is a fine looking man, and as lie walked along the street accompanied by his staff, he attracted a good deal of attention.

The s.s. Albion arrived frb'ni Sydney on Wednesday, after being almost given up for lost, she heing three days overdue. ' IjYoiii' the report of tlio ship's' lo«, it appears that she left Sydney un the. 2nd of June, and from that timo till Friday, the 6th, she.experienced line weather, with light easterly winds. The wind then veered round to the northeast, bringing with it a heavy Rea, which caused. the vessel to : labor heavily. On Saturday, the ?tlj/at2 p.m., the pumps were sounded, when it was ascertained tljat there were ton inches of water in the forehold, and two feet in the afterhold. To the surprise of everybody on board it was found that the pumps were completely choked, and would not work. By 7 p.m. the water rose so high that it put out the fires. All hands were then put on bailing out the water with buckets and anything else that could be got suitable for the purpose', tlio vessel being hove-to under canvass,' Aftor bailing all night, and till late on Sunday morning, the water showed signs of decreasing. On Sunday about 11 a.m. the boatswain (A, B, Proud) got severely injured in the steam winch, and in consequence of internal injuries received, died the same day. On Monday the remains of the'boatswain were consigned to the sea. By this ; timo •the water in the hold was considerably reduced, and the weather more moderate. Preparations were made for getting up steam in the forward stokehole, and by3p.ni, the vessel was slowly progressing on her voyage, under steam from one boilor, At 8 on. Tuesday morning steam was got up in the after boiler, and full speed was continued for the remainder of the voyage. The water was bailed out, and she arrived here without any further mishaps, A fire oconrredra Tuesday "night in the workshop of Mr A. Macdoiiald, carpenter, in Stafford-street. A neighbor observing the fire, soon put it out with a few buckets of water. It is supposed that the tire was caused by a lighted match being thrown carelessly on a heap of shavings on the floor

Great excitement has been caused in political circles here through the want of confidence motion being carried against the Government. Very few indeed had any idea that that the present Government were going to be turned out so early in the session, and it is generally understood that; the Opposition themselves were surprised, at their victory. The present Govern ment has held office, for a long time, nd it does see m a pity that they have not been allowed to continue in office till tbo end of the present session and up to : the time of the .next general election, for it is scarcely worth while a new Ministry taking office with the chanoe of such a short lease of life. The question 'discussed;outside of Parliament is whether the Government should quietly resign, and advise Bis Excellency to.send for Sir George Grey or some other menibor of the Opposition to form anew Ministry,, <nvretain office and obtain a dissolution of Parliament, thus giving the ministry another chanceof life. l However, in a 'day or two we;, shall soon know" what Major, Atkinson and:his, colleagues have decided to. do.'; '■ •'• : i