LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2235, 4 November 1886, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

[BY TELEGRAPH— I'RK.SS ASSOCIATION. 1 Wkluxgtox, Wed nesday. Tr is undeistoul th it in case no further proceedings .ire instituted .against Thos. Hall, the Tun mi poivmer, he will bo ie mn\ed to Mount Kden Gaol to pasa his lifelong term of captiwty. The Minister 01 Public Works will proceed bouthward in tho couise of :v few d.iys, and will not ictnrn to Wellington foi several week I*.1 *. The Mami prisoners who have been incaicerated m tho Ten ace Gaol for the last month have now regained their liberty with the exception of To Whiti who ia required to remain in durance vile for two month's I longer. Sir Julius and Lady Vogel proceeded to Lyttelton by the Hinemoa last evening. ! The vet>sel will return in time to take the Governor and party to Lyttelton on Friday. I To-day is being observed as a general holiday, on account of the ceremony of diiving tho last spike of the Manawatu railway by the Governor. A tram containing 1000 guests left for W.uk.inao at 10 a,, in. About ."iOO people have loft for C.irterton to attend the Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Show. Samuel De^ Forge-,, the debtor who was imprisoned for negligence in keeping books has been lele.ised on a writ of habeas coipus, (.n the ground of iuegular commitment. The pemmony of diiving the last spike in the Manauatu Company's lino was performed at Waikanae to-day, by the Go\eruor. The weather was veiy iino. About 700 visitors left Wellington at 10 in the morning, amongst whom were the Governor andjsuite, Sir llobt. Stout, Sir Win, Fit/heibeit, tho Hon. Hallance, Tola and Uich.udson, Mr Allen Scott, representative of the Midland Kail way Company, the local M.H.K. the leading cituens of Wellington, and a large number of ladies. About 250 visitois came from the other end, including many prominent residents. The Governor was pi evented with a gold Hpike aa a memento of the occasion.