WELLINGTON.
BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.
TrKOM oub owh- cobbespondent.T Monday, January 18. Colonel Whitmore's despatch has been gazetted • also the fact of Bishop Monrad having, before his departure, presented to the Wellington Museum 596 etchings and engravings. There is a complete break-up of the Panama Company. Boat after boat is being seized or sold. Powers are now in Wellington to seize the Phcebe upon arrival. The Omeo's passengers find the fares to Melbourne raised £2, the first fruits of monopoly. Tenders are invited for the erection of three lighthouses — one, of timber, on Farewell Spit ; one, of timber, on Cape Campbell ; aud one, of stone, on Nugget Point. Not a line of war news from Wanganui. The Blanche has gone there, and will land a brigade if needed. Trooper Hughes has been found guilty, but his punishment has been remitted by Colonel Lyons, who had previously overlooked the insubordination to himself of Hughes' superior officers. The Kaikoura is in quarantine in Sydney. The Governor is still in Canterbury, visiting the lions.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1015, 19 January 1869, Page 2
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170WELLINGTON. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1015, 19 January 1869, Page 2
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