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

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LATEST WELLINGTO N NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Well ington, Wednesday.

Ar the Oihiuet invtmg je-ter.lay, only formal lu-uuxs was transited. More serious (jiu^tioiii, Mich as tli<« pr'i[»n<"d di>s ilutinn, consideration of the Public Woikb Policy. iVc, aw .lit a full iul> tin ' A Cv duns I'iiquiry <\ > '• ,<1 into the Mitii.ip'nui dm-t t nil M> 1 1\ Tit" cvi deuce, w Inch \\.i-- <>f .1 ! 'i i.i il eh ir iet<T, li 11 been fniw inlt'ij to tli- Wntstei nf Muiii<A dt'put iti'iu lmiu thi' Xt'\v Zedind Temp-ranee Alli.nico «,nt"d up in tho I'lciiiict t'> <I i\ m i<--]>;ct t> thf* w.iym which tin- Licencing Att n iidiuini-t' ifl by the police .uul in.iu'i>ti.ites. Sn \V. Fi\ ">.iitj the rli>put ition h,\d ti-it c >iii<to ,i>k fui .my altci ition in tho Lici'ii-int; Act, whieli C'>iit.uin«l stn»n n ' pumsions fur the viippie^mn of the «»\ ils of the lirju >r traihe if tln'\ wiMn enf<u«,e<l. Thr c nn jd.iint \\. i-i tli.it tho cl'Mi uitl dofimti' pin vision^ won* not Ptitc'tct'l, Imt ,tll<irtcd t>> l»e absolutely' d<\id. He called attention to the fict tli.it the polico .md ui.x^i^tiati •• failed to institute p oc>edin^-> under tlu' Vet, oitlior fi>i p.cwiitiii<? <iffouct'H or f'H tli-' I imm-h nent of olle idets wl en the olffiice--came t<i thi ii kii'mled^'o. Tt «•»>< notori'niN that m Wellington, and he believed all o\ci New Z'.il.ind, a liij,'e piopution of tlm pul^lic h<m-t'-. c mied mi the dimU trade on Snnday-> nearly as fn-i-ly a> iii every othi-r dn of the week, and he fmthei mentioned itiitdiicc^ when offenders were broinfiit bufuie the illustrate and let off without any lei^oii. He also lefeired to the illicit -ale of liquoi in brothcN, whieli the nugistiate- and p ilioo were peiftctlv aware i>t and yet took no action. Several Npetkeii stated th it the result watpattially due ti) a diribion of Hnthnnty between the poheeandthedetectiveotKcer-', which tended t<i prevent the adiiiinistiatKm justice. It was stated that two constables who had broken into .in hotel and found a lai^e number of men drinking and «.«inblinp on Sunday nioriiing, when tli'jir repurt-' weie sent in weie een-Mred for the mannei m wiiich they had got into the lintel, and the matter wa> suppi eased. Mr Stout re id the document rufened to and said the constable-, were not censured, but the endorsements of the repoit was simply for illegally enteiniyr the house. HU o|jinion was that it would have been better had the cisc been b> ought into comt. Tn«pectoi> Biowno and >Shenn:in denied any degreemerit between the detectives and police, and iefute'l the charges bi ought jgain-tthe police. Mr Stont hiving continued in niaiiy point-, the piopnety of the action of the deputation, Sir W. Fox c\pies-ed a hope that it would make the police more active.