LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. -PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Wednesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2005, 14 May 1885, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH . -PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington , Wednesday.

Tiik Government ha\o found it nece<*s,uy to uiforni officers commanding district that they .ire not at present prepared to accept tin* sr>i vices of .uiy moio volunteer corps (if .my de.scripti >n. The Aimed Constabulary is iccmiting, •uid a numbei of young men have been enlisted dm ing the past few days. The lion. Mr Ballance loft town thin illuming on a \iiit to Wanganui. While on the West Co.ist Mr Ballance intends to \isit Parihaka, to see for himself wh.it is going on amongst the natives there. The steamer Aor.wgi, winch left Plymouth on Saturday last for Auckland, bungs about 100 nominated immigrants-. The i emulations for the new •-chool of military instruction at Mount Cook will appeal in the next Ga/.ette. Lieut-Col. Pearce, the officer commanding the district, will 1)0 cnnim uuhuit of the "chool, and Major Butts will bo Adjutant. Musketry instruction will bo under the special direction of Major Kccles, A.D.C, who is an officer of the Rifle Brigade, aud is known as one of the best instructors in the Bntish army. In*truptioti in artillery duties will be given under the sijiKsrvision of Captain Badham, while C.uitain Hume and Inspector Coleman will have the special charge of the ordinary company and luttaJlion drill. At the Appeal Court to-day, the case Regina v. Vowles was called on. The Attorney-tieneral ajipears for the Crown. The prisoner Vowle^, who had been con- \ ictod of embezzling money belonging to the (iovernment Insurance Association, was uniepresented by counsel. This w.w a c.i-e reserved by Ins Honour, the Chief Justice beinjf at Wanganui. The points reserved were : —(1) That the prisoner was not employed in the service of Hoi M.ijp.sty, and the moneys were not under tlie controljjof the Government; and (2), even if he might be properly said to have been m the service of thn Government, he had not been properly appointed. The council having concluded, the court confirmed the con\irti'«n