Our Wellmetion Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 76, 13 December 1890, Page 3

Our Wellmetion Letter

• ■-'"•' (FROjf Ottß «WN CORREBt»ONI>Ei>T«.) WKfcI.IN»TON, D<*ceml>er : H Natta__3S - H '** g° ssi P of tbe wee lias been about the general election, an „ the ones who were supposed to be in -th 1 - Swim have been pazaling tbeir brains t r? ; solve ths mystery how Mr George Fishe "taanaged to head the poll for Wellingtoi ► - ~ City, as it was considered on all band :it that if elected at all it would just be bj the skin of his teeth. However, at is plan Slow that the " plump" votes <©f severa . ■:. unions and the "' third" vote tbat so manj electors were puzzled who to give to musl have fallen to tbe let of Mr Fislier, to saj "nothing of the dark rumour which is afloat to the effect tha* Mr Fisher outgenerailed Mr-Jellicoe.at the last momenl in his negotiations for the Catholic blocK Vote. Mr Bell's defeat was a great surprise to himself; as well »s many others who looked upon his refcHm as a certainty. Tbe result of the elections is regarded _s a great win tor the labor party, but of many years standing consider that nothing can be done in the House "with the. present members, and that an •early dissolution will take place. Many •of Mr Ballance 's friends say that they do toot envy that gentleman his position when lie comes to marshall his "awkward fequad;" At a meeting of the Benevolent Society this week, the officers of tbe Society found that their funds were being rapidly exhausted by having to support little children whose mothers had left them. A practice has grown up of women leaving their babies with some "motherly" person and after paying for a week or two in advance for the maintenance of the children, they leave " for fresh fields and pastures new," and are not heard of again. The woman who has been " duped " (?) then applies for assistance from the Benevolent institution, but the officers now «ay that tbe game is played out, and with the object of making people more careful about taking children in, in such a haphazard fashion, tbey will net contribute to- cases of this nature. The good people of Wellington have salways been proud of their harbor, but they are more co ;now than ever conse- i •quent upon the GFerman squadron being : able to carry out their manoeuvres without -having to go to the open sea. Tbe German Admiral is Highly pleased with the harbor, which is now rapidly approaching for nat jonly. is the wharf (and . its conveniences) one of the best on this : *ide the line, bu<j Wellington can now boast of a pier, which runs the full length H)f Victoria street," and at which oceangoing vessels can) be berthed. The ship Rangitikei, which was blown to sea at Napier last week, and subsequently towed here by the Waihoaa, is now lying at the pier ready to load; To the inexperienced eye it seems very peculiar for large English ships to be berthed almost atthe road side. _ _ Wellington has been exceptionally lively the last month owjng to so many " Jacktars" making their appearance on our peaceful shores. First we had our own blue jackets from the Curacoa, after them •came those of the German squadron, and now we have the polished Frenchman with us, so that business is very brisk. The squadron alone took in seyeral hundred tons of provisions and some thousand coal which, no doubt, has benefitted more than one tradesman and merchant. Though husband and wife are generally '-supposed to be one, Mr Graham, the Resident Magistrate, has decided that they Are not. A case was brought before bim to-day in which a man named Walsh was sued by Webley, a storekeeper, to recover <a certain amount! for goods . supplied to the defendant's wife. The husband argued 3hat hit allowed bis wife a slated sum to ieep the house upon, and that he had twritteh to Wabley not to supply goods bis authority. Webley, on the other hand, contended that as they were necessaries of life, the husband should *-/pay for them ; he admitted, however, that A^alsh bad warned bim against supplying any goods without his written authority. _vlr Graham finally upheld ohe defendant Walsh, and entered up judgment accord-