LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
AVu i i\(.ro\, Friday. Tilh Colonial Sccu'tary mid Mmistei of Linds left o\erland foi Xapierthis morning on departmental business. The Muustei of Mines leaves for the South on Si tuiv l.i v ne\.t. He intends to make an official visit to all tho Otago goldfields The Stella has pone to Opnnake to hung; down thnty-h\e A.C. It is understood they aie to bo dulled m the umj of the hea\y batteiy puns which are to lie mounted to piotect the harbour. It is also understood that injunctions have been wired to the Agent (Jeneral for tho purchase of ordnance war material of the sal no of upwards of £10,000, according to the iccninnicndation of Major Oantley, as lequiied in connection with his defence scheme. The annual rowing match, Chrislchurch v. Wellington, has been postponed until to-morrow afternoon, owing to the bumpy sea of water. The City Council has agreed to allow tho Exhibition the free use of water. The tin ce- masted schooner Lord of the Isles .11 rived from the Mauritius to da}. An A P>. named Fiancis was washed oveiboaid dining the voyage.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1979, 14 March 1885, Page 2
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191LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1979, 14 March 1885, Page 2
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