Wellington Items
■j (From Our Own Correspondent.) A funny-South Island man once wroto " that. Wellington wa3 the place all, good New: Wanders went
towheii'thoy died,", If such really is the case, there will not be many good ones, they will bo as bad as thoy can, so that their lot may be oast afar off from the city of typhoons. The unusually calm weather which has prevailed of late, gave.plaoo on Friday night last fto strong winds; and the same have continued with more or less violence ever-.since. Clouds of dual?,' stones, hats, and chimney pots assail one at .every street'corner; old ladies 'are scared out of their wits with fear of being blownintothe harbour, aud altogether life in Wellington just now is not unalloyed bliss. Possibly if money was a little more plentiful, and trade a bit more brisk, the' lbdgemut of a shoyalful or so of gravol in one!s optic would be borne with christian resignation, but when a man is worried by dull times, ;,he does not take things quite so calmly as he ought. . ■'■■' Trade is about that there is no mistake, although what is exactly the cause would be hard to say. Some lnytlieblame to one thing,somoto another, and it is very likely ; they are all-right. It is the effect of a combination of causes, not the'least of which is tint kind of competition .which sells things under cost for a little while, then a big smaßh conies, and the wholesaler suffers. A littlo while after, a three or-four day's auction of bankrupt stock is held, the public attend in numbers, and lay in (in many cases) large quantities of stuffs they have 'no' possible use for, simply because." it is cheap." Meanwhile the fair and legitimate trader who oharges a fair price must stand idle, with his stook depreciating in vake, and his oxpenßns going on. Buoh a state of things, it jb to be regretted, is not unknown here, The latest, cheap line is steam boat travelling, and on Sunday next tho.Wakatipu is announced to sail for (Sydney, saloon 40s, steerage 20s. ' This is owing to tho Ellis liner "Jubilee" being about. The present week will .present-a variety of amusemonts'to the public that will not be sebn m Wellington again for a long time; Something to suit everybody will'lie, en the board. A Minstreitroup, a Comedy Company, a circus, al| in full swing, and to orown all the, M.% cricketers play against the looal men' on Friday and Saturday on the Basin Roserve.,.. : • Some of the most prominent city lawyers are engaged fighting over the remains of the old " Inoonslant." It will be remembered by some that several years ago the ship was stranded on the beach, left there fora longtime,and used asa'store knotfnas " Ncah'a Ark," -Evontually'as the reclamation proceeded the old ship was buried, and over her hull the premises now occupied by Messrs Menteath and Stavcly wore eroded, They.are now oharged, in conjunction with the owner, Mr Jaoob Joseph, with allowing stagnant water to accumulate, thereby causing a common nuisance. , Mr' Jellicoe, the prosecutor, wishes to, m&ke them remove the timbers of the vessel, : If he gains his point it will cost a pretty penny to unearth the old tub, '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3439, 19 February 1890, Page 2
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539Wellington Items Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3439, 19 February 1890, Page 2
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