WELLINGTON ITEMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9646, 11 February 1892, Page 5

WELLINGTON ITEMS.

[from our own correspondent.] WELLING lON, Feb. 10. A canard. To give you an idea of the imaginative powers occasionally developed in evening newspaper offices, I send you the following “ baseless fabric of a vision ” from the lively columns of the Evening Press :—“ On dit that the Greymouth seat will shortly become vacant, as its present member. Me Guinness, is to be elevated to the Legislative Council as a reward for bis having saved the Government from defeat when Mr Rees was proposed by them as Chairman of Committees. Even members of the Government have admitted that had Mr Guinness persisted in his candidature Mr Fisher would have been elected. When the Minister for Public Works implored Mr Guinness to stand out he promised that the Government would bear him in mind on a future occasion. According to report, the promise of Mr Seddon is to be carried out by making Mr Guinness a Legislative Councillor,” [Per Press Association.] THE GOVERNORSHIP. Neither the Governor nor the Government has yet received advice of the Earl of Glasgow’s appointment. PROPERTY TAX. The amount of Property tax collected to Feb. 6 this year is £236,500, as against £236,000 to the same day last year. The Treasurer’s estimate is £355,000, and the Department fully expects it to be exceeded. The last date of payment to escape penalty is Feb. 18. and the Department will at the end of the month proceed against defaulters. _______