SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 7169, 24 March 1887, Page 1

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

WEMJNGTONk MiiWH 2|j. The Wellington Gaa Companyiintend to apply to Parliament for a Bill to enable them'to extend their operations and supply Petone and Lower Hutt. The local *omea are favorable, and the Company guarantee • to .supply gas at Wellington prices- j,..., In regard to the late fire on Lambton Quay, some stir has been caused in insurance circles by the action of one company in refusing to recognise the settlement of wrtain ckims as agreed to by the other «b*.mpanies, and declining to pay over to item the proportion reinsured in'their office. Law proceeding are certain to Result Ufljess tj, settleuient w **" )£ *Djr ; Tsard, of. Marton, was _ senjt >"|or in- tiot'T.haste at, night to. attejjwif a boarding - house keeper , named Jieiteon and thirty railway navvies at Ekatahuna, who had been taken very ill- an hoar after dinner,' and were supposed to be poisoned." ~After Bride in the dark of thirty doctor found the patifnts pale and anxious, 'looking as if just recovering from a bad attack of sea-sickness. On inquiry, It was found that a. washing powder had been used in a plum pudding instead of baking powder. Nolson and his navvies had their stomachs eleajed, and are now convalescent. AUCKLAND, MAECH 24. Arrangements are progressing satisfactorily in connection with the exhibition to be held in May in connection with the local Industrial Association. The Bell Bros, in Wyndham street have heen placed at the disposal of the Committee, and are admirably adapted for the purpose. The first and second' spacious,, fully ventilated, and wetLligfc&d, Will be utilised ior ordinary exhibit*; jKQlle the cellar is available for machinery, inquired. Each floor is 112 ft by 24% leaving I something like 4,500 ft for «xhibifiMi*pw--poaes. It is intended that the exhibition shall open on May 7, and be continued; for of water at'the .Wefogm Springs is running so short that the Mayor has ordered the discontinuance of streetwatering. The 'Star' urges councillors to seek out a supplementary supply. On the subjeujiof purity of *«Bplj! &»vajj»/ttir Bond's-wport on rthe ci^ t w»teiD»uppJff i« nots»erycomforting reading.-jitiawfaaKy well to be told in-one breath-that thesrtfer which ?we:consume daily is oil excellent purity for drinking purposes ; but *he?s6od 1 effect is neutralised -when in -the -next we are an womse in IheTßr- , ganio 'matter, -land-of the^^ptesenceTlof

algie _ancL- moving organism*: tfo one would pretend to dispute the correctness of Mr Pond's analysis, bat his conclusions appear decidedly open to question. Mr Pond, however, found quite sufficient in the water to give squeamish people a few unpleasant qualms, and enough to cause practical people to put on their considering caps. He found that our water supply, though in his opinion still of excellent purity, is rapidly and markedly deteriorating in quality. _Themost serious question treated by the report is that of possible contamination of the Western Springs from the Mount Albert Cemetery. Mr Pond drew attention to this three years ago, but his warning was disregarded, and burials have been going jon as before. The Governor-in-Council should he moved to close the cemetery at once." j