WELLINGTON NEWS.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7266, 28 January 1889, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TEL_BRA_f.I WELLINGTON, January 36. Mr Gordon, Inspector of Mines, accompanies Sir James Hector to Melbourne, for the purpose of selecting suitable mining exhibits to be forwaaded to Paris Exhibition. Mr Gordon will also superintend the crushing of a quantity of stone entrusted him by owners on the condition that the proceeds arising from the crushing be handed over to owners. If the tin discoveries on Stewart's Island are as valuable aa represented, the Go* vernment will try to obtain samples of tin for exhibition at Paris. Additional exhibits being obtained in tbe colony for Paris will be sent on by the Messag-riee-Mari-tunes-ine. l_«Age-£'43ener_-is instructed to make tbe necessary anaagenMHits for their reception. Tha Gove—meat have received no official informstirtn of the tin discoveries on Stewart's -Stand, bat have been asked to make a road across the Island. They intend blazing a track from Port William, across the Island to Post Pegasus, to enable the preapestors to get to the tinfislds. In fitamrfirfr* 1 with tha resant changes in the detsotive depa-tawnt, Detective Walker, of Ancrmnd, is oa his way to Dunedin, and Detective Ede, of InvercargUl, and Detective Madden, of Dunedin, change placet. The caee Bartach r Batta-h sad Lee was a husband's petifcua for dtvo-oa <n tbe grounds of adattsry. ▲ deane *i» was granted.