WELLINGTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1757, 9 August 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

(From our own Correspondent,) Fisher's Burlesque and Pantomime Company appeared at the Theatre Royal for the first time on Saturday night last. ' The performance opened with the opperetta " The Swiss Swain" followed by the burlesque, " The Bride of Abydos," in which Miss Howard played young "Prince Selina," The performance of these two pieces was only a moderate success, though some excuse is to be made for the company, aS they had just come off a sea voyage, and they have been more successful in their performances since the opening night, They will pay you a visit next week. A crew of the Wellington Naval Brigade proceeded to Lowry Bay on Sunday in one of the cutters belonging to the company. The boat left the wharf at 9 a.m. and reached the Bay on the opposite side of the harbor in a short time, and the crew, after spending several hours on shore, embarked for home about 1 o'clock. 'They, had not proceeded far on their journey when a heavy, southeast squall was encountered, and shelter was taken under Soames' Island for about three hours, when a start was made. The furious wind, however, carried away the jigger boom, and tossed the boat about so much that several planks in her bottom were , started, and she had to be bailed out continually, to prevent her sinking. Such was the fury of the gale that it took three/hours for a strong crew to get a distance of three miles, making it about six o'clock when they reached the Queen's wharf. One of the seamen named Meek fainted through the cold and exposure, and did not recovor until some time after ho had been taken to the Post Office Hotel. The second of the winter courso of lectures arranged by the Parachial Association of St Paul's was given on Monday evening in tho Churchroom Tinakori road, the subject this time being " Gordon Pasha and the Soudan," given by Mr Ashcroft, whose experience in the land of the Pharos enabled him to speak with authority on the the very vexed question of Egyptian affairs and how to release General Gordon from Cartoum. The lecturer handled the subject in an interesting and instructive manner, and was listened to throughout with great attention, Considerable fun was created on the Queen's Wharf on Monday afternoon by the IW. Mr Rishworth narrowly missing his passage in the Wairarapa. Just as the steamer left the wharf the the rev, gentleman in question was seen tearing towards the boat in a very undignified manner, waving his aims and hands and shouting at the top of , his voice for the boat to stop. The crowd, seeing a parson in such a flurry thought it great fun. and their mirth was heightened when they saw his reverence reach the end of the wharf just in time to be too lata to jump on board, but Capt, Chatheld kindly put' back the ship, and Mr Eishworth was able to gain the deck and laugh at his tormentors, Cecillia Hogan died very suddenly on Monday night at the Wellington Hotel, Molesworth-street. She had been, during the past two months, employed as cook at the hotel, and on Sunday she attended to her regular duties and went to church in the evening, returning between eight and nine. She retired about half an hour later, at which time she appeared to be in good health. Finding she had not risen at her usual hour on Monday, one of the male attendants went to call her when she said she would not get up, Later on in the day the barmaid tried to get her out of bed, but she refused to leave her room, Mr Blower, the landlord, finding 011 Tuesday morning that she had not been seen or heard of, broke open her door and allowed the barmaid to enter, when, to the horror of all present, the deceased was found lying dead on the floor, with a bottle of gin and a glass standing close liy her. The body, which was quite colt), was fully dressed, she evidently having having not gone to bed, but sat up and drank herself to death, The deceased was about thirty-five years of age, and was so much given to drink that her employer used to keep a strict watch on her to prevent her obtaining beer or spirits, but she must have smuggled the gin into her room notwithstanding the strict watch kept on her. You will doubtless have'heard before this of the case of small-pox at Napier, and that the patient was one of the lamp trimmers on board the Waihora. When the boat passed through here the poor fellow was treated by a chemist of this city for inflammation of the bowels, and as he moved a good bit about the city many people are now quite frightened lest small-pox will break out in some quarter or another.- In fact a great deal of alarm prevails in the city about small-pox, and the Government is blamed for not taking more strigent measures with steamers arriving from Australia. At Napier, every precaution is being taken to isolate the patient and prevent the fell disease spreading, while in Auckland the poor Waihora and her passengers are to be quarantined for a fortnight, The city is again looking lively with visitors on account of Parliament being assembled, and it is easy enough to note many new faces among our honorable representative to those, who were iere for the last time for at least three years perhaps did the best, thing they could for themselves by grabbing their full honorarium,'but it does seem unjust to the people in this heavily taxed country that they have to pay so many of our representatives the enot'' mouß sum of four hundred guineas for comparatively so little work. Paliament.was opened by commission on Thursday, and after Sir Muurice O'Eourke had been elected Speaker of the House and other routine busines gone through the House adjourned till Wednesday at which time Major Atkinson said he would be prepared to make a statement as to the' intentions of the Government. A fatal accident happened on the Hutt road on Wednesday, As a persbn named Holmes was proceeding along • the road about 10 o'clook on Wednesday night, he discovered the

dead body of a man on the road near the Ngahauranga bridge, and at once acquainted Sergt, Anderson in town by telegraph of the discovery. The deceased had evidently met his death in a violent manner, The back of the head was bruised and the neck dislocated,, Blood was oozing from the mouth, ears, and nose. The body was removed by the police to Clapham's Hotel. Shortly, after, the body was found a horse with saddle and bridle was discovered at Barber's stables on the Hutt road, One of the stirrups was found hanging over the wrong side, and the other was very much bent. The body has been identified as that of Albert Bellmain, teacher of the Public School at Gladstone, near Carterton. He was a married man with a large family. An inquest is to be held on the body on Friday.