WELLINGTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4565, 24 August 1893, Page 3

WELLINGTON NEWS.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. | Wellington, Thursday. ; Criminal Code Hill. ' The Criminal Code Bill was third ■ oo the list of the orders of the day ' yesterday, but the Alcoholio Liquors S:ilo Control Bill effectuaJy prevented ■ its second reading. There now appears to ho no hope that this important certifying measure will pass this 1 year. • Rabbit Poisoninq. i Mr Allen is to ask the Minister of ■ Lands a question which will he of ■ interest tu settlers in certain parts of your district. It is as follows : Whether any provision is made for rabbit poisoning commencing in disr trictann one given day ? If so, is this provision carried out; if not, will ho so provide ? The Clergy. Sir John Hall is raising the question of whether the Government intend to afford any roliof to the clergy in tho Diocese of Christchurcb, who3o small incomes are subjected to the heavy graduated land tax. The Public Petitions Committee have favourably recommended that relief should he granted, The same taxation, no doubt, materially affects the stipends of country clergymen in this Diocese and them is no reason why some action should not be taken i also. Wellington Diocese. ' I hear that considerable difficulty is being experienced in obtaining in ' England a suitablosuccessor to Bishop Hadfield. The stipend, it is said, is not enticing enough for a good man to leave a comfortable living and fair prospects of proferment at Home for ' a colonial bishopric ! A Merited Punishment. ; Much satisfaction is felt here at the : severe sentence of twelvo months im- ' priaontnent imposed upon tho man flayes convicted of indecent exposure. It is believed that Mr Martin's firmness till do much to stamp out the imported blackguardism which undoubtedly exists here. ' Old Soldiers. Old PoMiers Petition for grants of land for military service aro being ■ referred to theGovernmentforconsideration by the Waste Lands Committee which practically means sholvi ing the whole question and preventing a re-opening. Measles. Lady Augußtaßoyle,eldest daughter of the Governor, having suffered a severe relapse of themeaslos the Fancy Dress Balj which was to have been held on Friday night Jias been postponed till the 31st inst,