LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2263, 11 January 1887, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

[by telegraph.—PßESS ASSOCIATION'.] Wellington, Monday. Government do not think it necessary to send any one Home to take part in the colonial conference, which is to be held in London to consider the question of colonial defence and other matters. Sir D. Bell will act for New Zealand. Mr Ballance leaves for Hokianga and Rotorua to-morrow, and will be absent five weeks. His trip to the first-mentioned place is in connection with the special settlement recently established there. At Rotorua Mr Ballance will make enquiries into the grievances of the natives, who, since the eruption, are said to be in a very depressed condition. Mr Harry Wrigg, chief draughtsman of the Public Works Department, has received by to-day's mail intimation that he has been made draughtsman by appointment to the Duke of Edinburgh. The first consignment of salmon ova for New Zealand will be sent by the Kaikoura, leaving London on January 15. At the Supreme Court, Mr Jollicoe, counsel for Charles Chcyinol, said he did not intend to apply for a charge of venue. He felt that what he had previously said in reference to the Union Bank might equally apply to other towns in New Zealand in which the bank was carrying on business. The bank had branches in the chief towns of the colony and the objection which he had made to the gase being heard in Wellington, might hold good as regards other plaoes in New Zealand. Mr Justice Richmond made a few remarks, regretting the tendency of the present day to prejudice cases by ill-ad-vised remarks, and specially commenting severely on the levity of newspapers in speaking of such a serious thing as a charge of murder as "The Timaru Sensation." He considered that it was absolutely shocking. He further remarked that a great cjeal of scope for prejudicing of cases was givpu by the fact that preliminary enquiries before magistrates had'been allowed to develops mope into trials than mere stating of prima facie gases as originally intended.

Te Whiti leaves for AVaikanae to-morrow, and a great feast is to take place in honour of hi* visit. Several dray loads of stuff have pone up from town. Mr B. Wilson, chief Engineer of the Midland Railway Company, will arrive in the colony this week to inspect the route. The colony huve made arrangements to send some 30,000 tons of plant by direct steamers, part having already arrived. They have till July to spend £15Q,Q'00 required by the Act. : " ''' The erection of the new Government printing offices starts to-morrow. It is understood Mr Price Williams has expressed the opinion' that the New Zealand Railvyay§ were as eqonoiniqally worked as any in the world. ' '' : '