LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. -- PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2003, 9 May 1885, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. -- PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

\Wi mm.kiv, Fnd..y. M.viou C\i n hv whilst- services weie only allowed to tho Colonial (Joverniuent for ( ii pei uid of twelve months by the lintish (in vernmeiit, and whose timi* has now expired, will bu Hiicceeded by Capt. Hadhani, who arrived heie today. Thn Minuter of Hefence h:is issued an nnKi that the New Zealand, forces aie to be cli-thid in bine cloth. Any v.u-iatioin m facings di-siied will" be allowed. The wilmiteeis will uo pei nutted to choose their own colour. Thu Hon. Mr Buckley, cominissionei for Mr JJryce, and tho* Hon. Mr Tole, commissioner for Mr Hiisdeu, in tho liliel action Hryce v. Riisden, leave f<u Wan^anui to-nicfht to comineiKe then duties. The CiHtoms I)i-paitni"iit hive, lewived ii teit'gnim fmiu th« Health Ofheor at Port Chalmers, annoitucin^ the aiuval of the Ariivv.i With Miwll-pox on Imaid. The castbroke out thieo days after leaving, the patient bein^ the passengers' cook. Dr Kcclen assuicd tho Health Othccr tlmt tins cane was at once lsolate-d, and is so still, tho clothing being destroyed. The patient had been convalescent for 21 day*, and that h«: hud quarantined the vessel. Tlio Health Officer has been instructed to consult with Dr btysduk' a» to what should be done with the p.isHengei s, and what precautions should bo taken to pi event tho introduction of small-pox ] before tlio vennel m admitted to pratique. Dr Drysdnle advised that they bo lauded, t(if?i'thtjr with the patients, at tho quarantine islimd ; their clothes and other effect* to bo thorughly disinfected in hot-.iii ch.inilH-rs, and that the ship and crew lie thoroughly cleaned, and disinfected by nieaiis of sidphiii. Thu siiporintendont i>f the(piiii.uitiiiostatiniivvas uistiueted to have the necessaiy measures promptly earned out.