WELLINGTON NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 12397, 10 January 1905, Page 4

WELLINGTON NOTES.

[SrECIAL TO THK STAR,]

WELLINGTON, January 10. An officer of the Euryalus, writing to a friend in Wellington, states that the flagship will arrive in Dunedin from January 10 to January 14, and depart on the 15th; will arrive at Lyttelton on January 20 and depart on the 21st; will arrive at- Wellington on January 26 and depart on February 1; will arrive at, Auckland on February 7 and depart on February 11; and then, proceed to Jlobart, where she will stay till the middle oi April. Mr J. A. Kinseila, dairy expert, leaves Wellington about the 18th inst. to be present at Invereargiil on the 23rd at a meeting of the South Island Dairy Association, when the instructors and exporters will be present. Ho will give addresses and discuss matters in connection ■with the manufacture, grading, and export of butter and cheese.

•Sir Joseph and Lady Ward left to-day for ltotorua. Lady Ward, whose health is not at present good, is to mate a stay there. Sir Joseph will return to Wellington next week.

Mr Gullett, one of the principal shareholders in the ' Daily Telegraph,' Sydney, at present in Wellington, was for some years editor of the ' Australasian,' associate editor of the Sydney 'Herald' and ' Daily Telegraph,' and is one of the oldest, best-known, and most respected jonrnaKsts in Australia. Mr GuSett, who is accompanied by his three daughters, has just come through the Hot Lakes country and down tie Wanganui River. They start for the Sounds on Thursday. As a result of the first year's working of the railway superannuation scheme, the fund is in a very prosperous condition. The accumulated funds amount to over £60,000, contributions to about fi40,000, and the total amount paid out is at the rate of £16,000 per annum. The last meeting, of the Board for the year was held yesterday, and the elective memtiers will seek re-elec-tion. They are Messrs T. Wilson, Pepper, Brownlee, P. Thomas, and Graham. An interesting experiment is about to be conducted on the New Zea&tnd railways by the Government. It is intended to obfc<un two motor carriages like those used on the railways in Great Britain. The carriages will be placed on one of the suburban lines and employed solely for passenger traffic It is hoped that if the experiment is successful me department will be able to maintain a more frequent passenger service on such lines as Wellington and tie Hutt, Auckland and Onehunga, Christchurch and Lyttelton, and Dimedm and Port Chalmers. The line on which the experiment will be made has not yet been chosen. The bodies of the new cars aie to he constructed within the colony, but, as with" ordinary railway carriages, the axles and otiher under gear wfll be. imported. Re the passengers by the lonic last week, the Labor Department officials state that they have had perhaps fewer applications for work from ihem than from any other ship; in fact, some who sent testimonials from Home in advance have-so far not appeared at tie Labor Department. Some of the immigrants were snapped up before they left thf ship. The lifeboat meeting yesterday was remarkable (1) for the strenuous speech of Mr Moore, the seamen's missioner, who rode rough-shod over aH. timid arid obstinate opponents ; and (2) the Government promise of assistance in Sir J. G. Ward'* excellent speech. Only £4O was collected. £7OO is wanted for the boat and £350 for a shed. The latter has been practically promised by the Government, and the boat is certain of location. Otherwise the meeting went beyond its original scope, and passed a warm resolution for a second and lower light at PencaTrow and a better lighting of the fairway into the harbor, as often requested by the master marmera.

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