WELLINGTON, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1551, 13 June 1882, Page 2

WELLINGTON, Last Night.

H.M.S. Nelson leaves to-morrow for Auckland, via Kawau, where lier officers and some others will for three or four days be the guests of Sir George Grey. Mr Seymour George is a passenger by her to Kawau to do the honors as host as Sir George Grey's representative. la giving judgment this afternoon in a civil action F. Liardet, a fishmonger, v. George Harris, a baker, the magistrate said he was of opinion that Liardet had committed a most deliberate and wilful perjury, and therefore be would give judgment for defendant, and order committal of plaintiff for perjury. Bail was allowed, himself in £100, and two sureties of £50 each. H.M.S. Miranda is expected to leave for Fiji on Thursday. A deputation consisting of several members of the House of Representatives waited on the Minister for Public Works this aiorning, urging that railway laborers' wages should be increased, and also asking that ballast men should be paid during wet weather. In reply, the Hon. Mr Johnston promised to make enquiries of public, bodies as to the rate of wages paid for* non-pauper labor, and if Government were justified in doing so railway laborers would have their, wages raised to at least 6s 6d per day. He "also promised that the question of paying | ballast men during wet weather should be taken into serious consideration. At the inquest on the body of George Champion, who was killed' by the upsetting of a dray over a precipice, at-Kga-hauranga, a verdict was returned of accidental death, but' a rider/was added* thatrcertain portions of the line should be fenced. ) _ , .Major Atkinson's health is very much improved,' and'the Financial Statement 1 will be delivered to-morrow evening. - - ' It is rumouredt Jiere-that Sir -Arthur Kennedy, Governor of Queensland, is to succeed Sir; A.> Gordon. , Another rumour^ -is that the present^ Governor ,of New 1 $quth TV|Qes will bV the 4 new, man. 1 J'Th r e, Government pr^is to have received "no; ;s'informatidS; 5 'informatidS as'J^fhe i ,name of SuT;AX, ,Gprd j oilVsucc^sor^.;j'^"' \^ ,1 rjtt^gment'tW^^g^en t m^b / &/^e < bfl^b[ell^^^

since the coming into force of the Postoffice Act, 1881, his coaches that carried the mails were exempt from toll. The court found for the defendent, holding tbat all vehicles carrying mails were exempt^from toll.