LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.
The Carriage of Poisons. Thomdon Reoreation Ground. (13y Telegraph.-Press Association); Wellington, Thursday. H. Batger,.-the well-known amateur hurdle racer, has left permanently for Melbourne. Ab aii' instance^of.-the necessity of the regulation of tbe oarriage of poisons, tbe Times says a shipment of whut purported to be grease was received from Hamburg, and put on a vessel for Ne* Zealand. Dnring tha voyage it broke loose and destroyed cargo all round. It reached the iron plates of the ship and eat off the heads of the rivets, so that it was a wonder the ship did not founder. The so-called grease was really muriatic acid, Determined opposition is being shown to the proposal to'borrow £9OOO to make a Recreation Ground in the Botanio Gardens, by a oomroittee organised to prevent it being carried at the poll. Archbishop Redwood has received a pressing invitation from the Catholic Congress at Chicago, which he has decided to acoept, The clergy yesterday collected and gave him £lO5 towards the expenses, which sum will be increased. The Wellington Woollen Company has replaced 12s per share, written off in 1888, out of tbe profits; having a balance of £685, and a reserve of £O,OOO, Shares are now £4 paid up. Out of 8,725 unallotted shares 6,426 have been taken up lately.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4463, 6 July 1893, Page 2
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216LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4463, 6 July 1893, Page 2
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