LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.
.© .. (i;y ti:u:c.u.u'h— piii->s association.) Wellington, List Xight. The following will represent Welliiicton at the athletic meeting at Aiu'kl.md :—B ilger, hurdles ; Kin?, sprint races; McDonald, walking; and Hume, jumping. Xo Inn;; distance men will go up. Tlie French flagship, Dubordieu, rear Admiral Presuienic, arrived from Auckland tliis morning. The Wellington Branch >>f the Irish National League, lias decided to take no action in connection with th' 3 Iri<h atf.iiiv. Tlie members think the matter is in vorv Stood h:iii'3s, ami th-.t the ve-esUblishtuent of tlicir cnti-e ti|i.in a proper footing is only a question of time. The reduction in Hie Ocean post-ago r.itns does not seem to have, iirfectpd the hist mail under the new r.ity. The Tainni y»sl.mjiy only took 1.1,(loo letters, imilndinc 70 lio~tCarcls, as against !),555 by '.lifl I.mic, in 1'•:• cembor, and 11,'.111 by the Unptic, in November. The (.Tiivenmißiit calculatti that tlin colony loses mui faithio;; upon each letter, under the -l<\ rate, the payment t) the mail stoanifr bt-.iiiß V2< nerlb for letter.--, and the avvir.sti! cost of each is On letters, via Hrindisi, tli« lons in 111 earh, but nnt ui.iiiy cm by that route. The Government is under enf?.icsiri«iit with the linpei'i.il aiiUiorities So reduce the Biindisi rale fro,a Ijl to 2!.' i also imxt yc.ir. in view of the healthy state of the revenue tlie (roveniment are lo'ikinjj forv/ard to a considerable kui plus at tlie end of the year. _^____^____
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 2
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242LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 2
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