LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday.

Ar the fomth annuil meeting of the Ci\— well Sound M.uble Company, the. directing .iinxiuiiCHl that they were anxious tli.it th • 4u.11 1 y should bo fmther tested, and had agieid to subscribe £1000, provided tli < (ithoi shareholders or the out«ide publi-j would sub^ci ibo .1 similar amount This would mean an additioii.il dinUl <>f €2000, but it was not expected that mine than half of this amount would be lequiicd. Mr J. D. I3.ub, wh» at a request of his fellow duectoi-, hid \isitedthe winks said he must confer that ho was disappointed at the appoarunce of the place. Theic was no question as to the q ulity of the marble, it was all th.it could be desired. ]f the quairy weic neaiei to Wellington th.in it w.is a use could be made of the lefiw, and .1 good piofit obtained. The quany howcvei was too far dow 11 the coast to o\ er become a paying concern. It was not use disguising the fact, fiom lusMMttotlieSnuivl be was convinced that it was no use continuing operation-, lie howe\ei- would be glad to >cc soino e\peits fiom Melbourne Mi-it the quan y, and he was willing to bear a poition of the expense. He did think it possible to tfet good blocks of ih nble from Caswell Sound. He tliought the refuse wcidd make e\ci>llent cement. A further te-t i-. to bo made. A telegram from Farewell Spit states th it the. Letch Comet still lies on the beach, about 2^ miles trom the lighthouse. She is in a g'xid position. Instructions h.ne been foiwaided to XeKon by tho^o interested at Ljttelton to send a ateamer to her assist ance. 1 U]) to a late hour this afternoon the I Shcrard Osboiue had not picked up the White Hay end of the cible.