Wellington Items

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3423, 31 January 1890, Page 2

Wellington Items

(Prom Our Own Correspondent).

Quite a consternation has been created in this city by the reported outbreak of that awful epidemic which has caused such destruction of life in Europo and Amerioa-influenza-and from what I heard to-day, when passing the office of the •' Star and Comet" luminary, the most serious and disastrous results may beexpcctod. ' Sneeze I sneeze! These are the symptoms and correct symptoms too, Should anyone in the street bo overtaken, by a fit of sneezing or oven an exaggurated cough, as suro as eggs are eggs, influenza is not far dißtaut, and I therefore advise your readers to exercise the utmost care, as do tho dootors in Wellington, in the mastication of thoir diet, otherwise they may cough, and thus be overtaken by the dread disease, which, by inflaming tho muoous membrane, develops itself into pneumonia, and results in almost immediate death. A southern medical adviser suggests as a prevantitiye the uso ■of oold baths, plonty'of open air exorcise, tho strictest adhorenco to temperance, and a generous and regular diet. lam sorry, however, to relate that this advice is not being aoted upon to the letter by the medical, fraternity ot this city, and what the result will be I cannot therefore state. No deaths have yet been reported, but as I have missed from the main thoroughlares some of our leading citizens, the most serious anticipations are entertained.

Could anybody conceive a greater pieco of straight-up-and-down rodtapeism than the closing of the public offices of tliia city to day (Wednesday) in commemoration of tho Jubilee celebrations being hold in Auckland ? What greater faroe ? Is it not quite time the snubs given the empire city were resented by. its inhabitants in an oppropriate. manner ? I submit most emphatically nith all duo deference to-Uovernment officials that it is, Of course.evorybody knows what is the influonce of a noble" Lord," and by our esteemed Governor practically passing us by and conferring his royal blessings and patronage upon the more favored Aucklanders, wemustoonclude Government "flunkies" have been granted a much needed rest from their daily toil. r Tho matoh for the scu'liug championship between Hearn, of Wow Zealand, and Stevenson, of New South Wales, is to be rowed in the harbor on Saturday. The betting is decidedly in favor of the visitor, and it is thought that the agility of youth whioh he possesses will be more than a matoh for the greater weight of his oppouent. However, a number of our brave sportists are sticking like glue to the" local boy." It is bad enough, as all will agree, to commit a petty larceny on an innocent church, or even to rob one's father, but when such an institution as a museum is made tho victim of a burglarious outrage, it is something more than mere vandalism—it is the height of roguery. And lam sorry to say that in Wellington we have such beings who are so degraded—so hard up I—that they have actually effooted an entrance into the museum, and have extracted some of tho most valuable coins of the mini, and probably Used them for their own personal gratification. How sad 1 and yet tliero was a custodian sleeping on the premises. The police have as yet no due to tho perpetrators of the outrage. The Colonial Secretary, who is ono of the delegates to tho Federation Conference to be held in Melbourne at an early date, left for that oity to-day. lie will probably not roturn for some weekj.

The weather at the present time is all that can be desired, and a most remarkable fact is the 1 absence of that prevailing element-wind.