Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 24, 10 August 1889, Page 3

Our Wellington Letter

7 1 -(Tioi 6tf» OWN CORB.ESPOXDENT.y ! WEU.INGTON, August 8.. -• 'fhe : Government received & deal 'of chaff from various meio.bers-i'esterday 1 -^caSteraoon whten the Premier anjnounced that it was not their intention to appoint a committee to enquire iiitp the \vard- . Hlalop trouble. Several members hinted very that the- Government were . aifraid of. the consequences. Mr Fisher (who it is said should know therun of the ■•'• ropes) declared that Mr Ward would not .- receive justice at the hands of the present : Government, and this statement being cheered by Mr Ballance Premier challenged - the leader of the Opposition to tahle a no- { confidence motion on the subject, but the ~ ' challenge was not accepted as it was well > known that the Premier had a majority alt his back or he would not have been so desirous of having a battle. To many of our nervous and excitable citizens ihe very name of " Kaiwhara " has as much terror about it as the mentioning of " Wbiteehapel," so that it wag not very surprising to hear last Sunday, when the body. of a man named Hebbend was found near that township, that another man had been murdered; and as the day advanced it was asserted that the person murdered was a gentleman who ■'■" "gave important evldance in the Chemis case. As 'your telegrams no doubt have -' • Jcfuainted you, th« man had committed .-; suicide V.' • . j Our newspapers are again threatened with an epidemic in the shape of letters on the typhoid fever question, which malady is becoming very serious in our <sity ; some attribufe the unwelcome guest to the overcrowded cemetery at Thorndon Which, being. situated on a hill, is said to ■ 0 drain on to /the-. lower levels.:: One rfe- '■■'■ markable fact aboufc the disease , is that it -is attacking most of our most influential - .and "(respected citizens. Lord Cranley, who was taken by the Countess of Onslo\v ,-.., to Nelson to avoid the dread enefny, has not succeeded in getting out of reach of its octapus-like arms, and his condition is such as to cause much apprehension as to - : tlie result,, so that it is said the Earl of Orislow ias informed the Premier that should bis son succumb he (the Earl) will •■ resign-the Governorship of the colony and : return to the Mother Country. Several letters have already appeared in the Post sympathising with His Excellency and • expressing a deep trust that as His Excellency has so recently shown mercy to one under his power,, that a higher power will preserve a life' that is so dear to him. . The 'Earl and ' Countess, though almost '.:. strangers amongst us, have completely 1. - w.on the hearts of the people. . " 'Four miles for a halfpenny I" was the cry to be heard in almost' every street a few months ago, but this " cut throat" policy was too hot to last, and the busses have gone to try their luck at Dunedin and left the Tramway Company once more in possession of a clear field and to return to their threepenny fares again.