WELLINGTON NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 236, 7 October 1886, Page 2

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(by telegraph.—own cokhesfoxijkst.)

Wellington, this day. Tub Executive Council held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, several important matters being discue? e d. A Dispute Settled. The differences which have exi-ted between the Haibour Board and the City Council for a considerable timo past with regard to the extent of water frontage which should be reclaimed by the former body w ere settled at a conference) of both bodies on Tuesday. The Board will now pay over to the Council the £39,000 due to the Council on account of the purchase of the Queen's Wharf, which is not legally payable for another 20 years. General satisfaction is expressed at the amicable settlement of the dispute. Aristocratic Charity. A grand ball is to be held in the Hospital next week in aid of the funds of that Institution. The " aristocracy "of Wellington have taken the affair in hand, and it is expected to be an immense success. The Committee of Management consists of Lady Jervoif, Lady Stout, Lady Vogel, the Mayoress, Mesdames Fisher, C. Johnston, Grace, Newman, J. E. Nathan, T. C. Williams, and G. Johnston. Dixonlana. The name o( Dixon is legion in Wellington. A witness in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon mentioned that ho knew 10S members of one family of that name living in this district. Houso Burnt Down. Mrs Lessington'? eix-roomed cottage in Tinakori Road, which was burnt last night, was inEured in the Equitable Office for £300 Tho Government and Civil Servants.

Tho " Evening Press " gives publicity to an extraordinary rumour, now current, that the Government intend to dispense with the services of all civil servants of less than ten years' standing, and to give tho them option of re-enter-ing the service undnr the Act of ISS6. If it is true (says that journal) it signifies neither more nor less than that the Act of ISSG is to be mado retrospective, and as far back as 1576 ; that is to say,tho Government are to do by an administrative dodge what was never contemplated by the Legislature, and what the Legislature assuredly would never have assented to.

Allegod Breach of Promise. A breach of promise ca?o of a particularly interesting nature is likely to be heard in Wellington shortly. The defendant in prospect is a gentleman well known in social circles, who has been considered a " cutch " for some time past, and the lady whose affections aro said to have been trifled with is the daughter of a wealthy resident, who was born in tho Bay of Inlands district. It is stated that £2,000 damages are to bo claimed as satisfaction. The Midland Railway. Mr Allan Scott, who recently went to Christchurch to form a local board of directors for the Midland Railway Company, has succeeded in establishing a board, and returned to Wellington yesterday with several members to interview the Minister for Public Works and complete the preliminary arrangements necessary to start upon the work of constructing the railway, The directors who accompany him are Messrs C. C. Bowen, Banks, Selanders, and Fell. Auckland Estates.

The following estates of deceased persons in Auckland district have been finally certified :—Thomas Tunks, £2,211 2a 7d ; William George Connolly, £2,150 lls 64 ; Joseph Arnold, £419 Is 5d ; John Mangan, £146 153 ; Harry Kenrick, £2,407 Us 7d; William Robert Banks, £496 4s 5d Release of a Forger, At tho Cabinet meeting it was decided to recommend tho roleaee of P. R. Watty, who is undergoing a sentence of five jears for forgery on January Ist, when he shall have Eerved about haif his time. Watty has shown exemplary conduct in gaol, where he has rendered considerable assistance to the authorities. Sheep.

The flocks on tho Ciarence runs, in Ksikoura district, taken over by the Government undtr tho Scab Act, are coming in cleaned. Five or six thoueand sheep have recently been dipped. The Sheep conference at Sydney are now considering regulations for dealing with foreign sheep and cattle. Thoy expect to finish tomorrow (Friday.) First Offender's Probation. Tho case of Peat who was acquitted of the charge of larceny as a bailee without a stain on his character, was drawn attention to the fact that there ia no provision in first offandei'd Probation Act for extending its advantages to-men who have previously been honourably acquitted.