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Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1889, Page 2

The mail per s.s. Wairarapa, whioh arrived at the Bluff last evening from Melbourne, via Hobart, should roach Wellington by the 8.8. Takapuna on Wednesday next. A report was in circulation last night that the steamer Charles Edwardhad come to griof in places variously mentioned, but we i have tho authority of Messrs. Tnrnbull & Co. , her Wellington agents, for stating that she is at present on the West Coast, and, bo far as they know, has sustained no mishap lately. It is understood that tko company which Sir Julius Vogel is promoting at Home to develop some of the resources of Taranaki will include within its Bphere of operations not only the working of the ironsand but also tho petroleum deposits supposed to exist in the vioinity of the Sugar Loaves. Something over 25 years ago Sir Julius Vogel, Mr. B. L. Far j eon, and a number of other Ofcago gentlemen sunk a good deal of money in trying to tap the Taranaki petroleum. Waipa is an ill-omened constituency. Of the five members who have at different periods represented it in Parliament, three have met with violent deaths. Mr. M'Minn was killed by a fall, Mr. F. A. Whitaker shot himself, and now Major Jackson has disappeared. The Acclimatisation Society forwarded to Blenheim to-day, per s.s. Botorua, a consignment of five or six thousand tront taken from the Masterton Ponds. A similar number of fish will be sent to Hawera by train tomorrow. In a passing allusion, at the Wesley Church last night, to tne disclosures made by the Rev. Mr. Munro as to the social condition of Auckland, the iJov. J. Berry declared the state of affairs in Wellington to be just as bad. We are requested to state that the St. Patrick's College Brass Band will perform in the College grounds next Saturday afternoon, weather permitting. During tha progress of the AthleticSt. Patrick's College football match at ! Petone, on Saturday, the clothing of several of tho players was rifled, and various artioles were abstracted. One individual not only lost a new meerschaum pipe and a quantity of looso Bilver, but he also was robbed of his railway tioket. Mr. C. F. Baxter, who on Monday last was elected secretary of the Cricketers' Association, has resigned the position, and a meeting of the Association is called for to-morrow to choose a successor. The Protestant Band gave an open air concert on tho Thorndon Esplanade on Saturday afternoon, and succeeded in pleasing" with their excellent musio a large number of people who went thither to enjoy tho afternoon.