WELLINGTON NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 243, 15 October 1886, Page 4

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(BY TELEORAI-H— OWN CORRESTONDENT.)

Wku-inciton, this day. The J.P. Roll. Some time ago it, was reported that th». Governor intended creating another batch; of Justices of the Peace, i now <md that nothing has been done in that d»recti<H>i nor has anything been done towards rfr vising the present roll. Lunatic Asylum. The contract ha 9 been let for the tempOr;, ary asylum at Porirua. A fair-sized buildV ing will be erected at a cost of nearly £2,000r to which able-bodied patients will be traniv ferred, and set to work on the groun4 Sporting Dispute. . :

Great rivalry exists between the t\fa, local racing Clubs as to which is entitles: te recognition aa the Metropolitan Clnh for tho district under tbe new rules of racing. The general public opinion seems to be in favour of the claim of the Wellington Racing Club, thaj institution bsipgthe oldest thing formedfor_ no other purpose han that of promoting legitimate sport, \<hilo the Island Bay Clup. is ot comparatively recent formation, and takes the form of a public company. Can: terbury and Dunertin Jockey Clubs have declared in favour of the former, but thft Island Bay people still persist in urging their claim to precedence. Their spring mooting will tato place at an early dstftj and some uneasiness has been ehown bj horse-owners left in entering for Ihfl events they should incur risk of di«-; qualification. In order to avoid any suclj unpleasantness, the director* of the Island Bay Company have decided to submit thenf programme under protest to the Wellington, Racing Club for approval, so that t(ig diiliculty may bo considered at an end fof the present. Tho directors intimate, how ever, their intention of fully testing the, question of right.