WELLINGTON NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3210, 21 January 1893, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

|«V mKfiRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Wklmxutox, Last Night, The IUU Aliir.e'ln with tlie English mails nf l-ith I left 'Frisco for Auckland mi the 'Jiii January, three days lute. The Mariposa with the colonial mails of 31st Decii.her arrived «t 'Frisco from Auckland on the llllli January, contract (lata. _ Iha Culiiii'al Secretary find> it would bo impossible t» remedy tho grievance laid before him by llie brewers' deputation until the law is amended. Tho question will consequently have to be considered bv the Cabinet. An Urdei-in-Cnuncil, authorising the acquisition of the Cheviot Hills Estate, is fciwetteii, Tim Railway Commissioners believe that their estimate of the prosa revenue for the year (£1,140,000) will be exceeded. Three of the crew of H.M.s. Katoombia to-day are sufferirg from typhoid fever. Hainan Johnston, telonging to the same vessel, who had been ailing for some time, died to-day. He will be accorded a military funeral. Dr. ITacon informs the Post that he has sent a letter to tho Secretary of State for the Colonies in reference to tho Ah Ching cmr, asking for an English Commission to enquire into the matter, as the doceaied <sk an alien.