BREEZES FROM THE EMPIRE CITY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2984, 23 August 1888, Page 2

BREEZES FROM THE EMPIRE CITY.

(By Boreas). >' Notanift of grout iiiiportanco lias transpired in Wellington sinoo my. last cqMunicatioiv, excepting;', perhaps, a' few'niinqi; events,,sgch : 'as a, robbery,, earthquake, delivery, of : tho' Public Works Statement,.and :SUch;like.i, 0£ these,the latter has! been theileaati interesting to the 'putlicvgenerallyii The pcople scetu' to -bo " ' very'< uricoricerued'as tq how'tlio.money is expeii-; ded ' ~ A couiplimqntary.banquet. w;a8 : , tcnj deved the Hon. W..J;iL Larnach- on |" Saturday:- evening last;: prior to his ! tak.ihg^liia s to : Victoria, wfiere 'iVe* ; interids'Y.'to; Settle/' ; tjie- ! 'various tdasti ,were drimk:'fentj&'jjsjasti;' ca)ly/aud an.' illuminated,' was. presented to tha hon. eentjeuiaii from bis'i'uiining friends at Kumar*. It has been spggestefl that jiobjo oxBJitjes 1)0 exhibjted iif MelbpVme a spepjippn o|,Np\y, Zea ; , mpy, bis geniergijs; ilispqsitjqn : bgejj exhibited in tlio fact of h|apresentingto Fates Ginatyxtho; full apimtiof: his libnbi'aritim for-the'pk session-#; beb'all 'of ? tlio. Magdife -AplunV, 1 anjlJ wijqle wij} fepi tlje effeefcof jiis absence'. TJ)e deijjaud for !* and Lotl«-

I 'isfar^ra^',' eljUal-io the : 'v just now, I ''as will be : seen froni the following instance, j.which .• has .couie beiiratli tlie'botice'of ■ yoiir correspondent j-A'certain young.raan, who was ;dosirouspfjiudiog home in'a retired ! of the city!" advertised in an.e vening; papeivto than effect, ,nnd on visiting . 'the'.office,- he found to his amazement tlmt tliert3* * were* Ko less than fifty li|)onß'e&"' frdliT rtbTcity/lhe chargcß ranging from-lis to 25a per we # ...zj m- . Eftorts aro being tuade by tbejw dents of Thorndon to procure a recrea- , tioii grouhd? There is no doubt but that it would M an acquisition, for, at the present time, if persons in the' North ond are .desirous of watching- a match - at football ■or cricket theyjh'ave W trayel 'a : ,''distance • of three or tour miles,' A public jneeting has been held, and a committee formed to take action in the inattS The contractors! for. the reclamation have been makiug- consideritble headway of late, and a diver has been employed laying concrete blocks from the first (iter j [ 11 ( f j {j; j' jf The'»rubbish destructor" is causing a great amount of bother in the City Council just now., fj lt. ,was,at,first, decided to' erect' the machine on "Clyde | Quay, but. the residents ,of that j neighborhoo'd k ,caniQ,to: the ; conclusion | tho' chre ?was'' worse r than ' the. ! disease, an^..,therefore, for,warded a j written 1 protest I 'to 'tile ' The ; result has been that in view of tho ■ : approaching elections the Council jiaye. : Bhuffled and a'ro' ; gotnrr to Wait until tney are sure of : their seats for another term. .This delay in getting the "destroying angel" ! at work is causing no small sensation . in tho city, and there is no doubt biM that some of the "shufflers" will get a peward at : the.electionjtime; .. : i.o, defeat.

for its possession of a largo numbMf "spielers":, Hardly ti-tday; but what somebody is" robbed," and I would therefore adyia^cpujitry visitors to be cautious in making ncquaintansea here. I may state that only the other day lit Masterton:;man, ...who) possession of something liko L 250, sas way-laid, and/had :itl not been;for the prompt assistance of a passer-by, would havo hebii re)ieVed ! of his! jirobjMK for the future.