LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2065, 1 October 1885, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

|H\ n I.K.HVI'II. -OWN COIIIUNrOVDJ-M ] Wki-i im.ion, Wednesday. Ar a meeting of tlio executive committee of tin 1 , Exhibition to clay it was decided nut to extend the Exhibition season until tin 1 end <if IX'cen.ber, but to bung it to a clo-,o on tlio :U>t October, Lugo nunibei- of pio toils against aw aids m vdi> by the judtfe- are being ii'ccivt'd by tin; committee, ,uul it is undei-tood that the matter will be left to expert-. in con-oquenep nf tlio denth of Colour] Reader, tlio ( Jovornment offices will be cloicd to-morrow afternoon. It is expected that on Octobei I.~>th, tin 1 diy set .ip.ut foi the Fuendly .Societies Demonstration in connection w ith the Kxhibition, theie will be present fiom ,'iOOO to 1000 members of societies oiitMdo of Wellington. The Customs duties fjolleeted at tlio poit of Wellington for tho month ending to-day was £23,500, as against £K»,(iO.} foi the corresponding month of la->t yeai. Foi the qu.uter ended to day it was tv>s,723, as against fill Dili; for the coi responding mutter of ISS4. The visit of the Governor to Wanginui will be postponed fom week. Sir William will not leave Wellington until Tuesday next. He will go as far ai Paramatta by train, and tho journey from that .station to Fox ton will bo done in a special coach. Fiom Fox ton he will travel by rail to Marton, whoio he will bo the guest of Mi Arkwright for sevcial days. On Sitm day week he will go down to Wang.iuui. A meeting of tho Central Boaul of Health was held this afternoon to consider what steps should bo taken relating to the outbicak uf small-pov in Now South Wales, when it was resolved "That in conMvjm nee of the outbreak of siuitH-po\. at I SydntM, passengers and civwh by all vessels fiom Austiaba are to receive a thoiough iik'dical inspection at tho first port of call and all subsequent ports, and that all pnmenger s-teamert. are to carry a thoroughly qualified medical practitionci." Coastal passengers will not iuic ti> nndoi^o any inspection at the \arions ports. The boaid thought the foregoing steps would be quite sufficient to pie\ent the mtto'hiction of the disea-'C to the colony, and tlmt-.nbjectiiig vc^«elstoqnarantme would not injure the intercolonial ti.idn. A luge inH'ting of nati\os 1 (■siding on the Kist Coast of this island and the neighbourhood <»f the f lot L iKc> disti ict « ill be held in about a month foi the puipo-o considering the land miostion, and the advisalubty of ]iassing their land through tho Xatne Land d nut. A Lumber of Waikdto native- are adief-r to puUitig their 1 intis tlnougl) the conit, and aie endea\oniuig to inHiiPiirc other- to the samp way of thinking. Tin* meeting will be held either at Taupo or Kotoiua. The Natui* Ministei has lecenod an uiMt.ition to be pic-ent, >\hicli lie .ic< opted, .and he leave-, for T.itipn at tlio md of the month. The lion. Mr Launch is much inipnned in he, tlth. It is understood that reduction-* aie to be undo in the Aimed Con-t.ibulaiy, and that the services of two of the junioi olhceis .ire to bo dispetwd with. Se\eial changes lespecting the heads of police dopaitmentare in coutemiilatioii, but nothing definite I- settled. It is also intended in -ome m-t.iiicc-4 to alter the districts o\er which in-peetois have charge. Tho vac nicy caused in the Defence Dep.utmeiit by the death of Col. Keadei will not be tilled up at piesent. Regulations undei the Kew Zealand .St»it»» Foio-ts. l>ill aie being diawn u|>, and Will be gazetted in a d vy oi two.