WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9480, 9 April 1894, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

; vV ::=.;,= -— ; — ♦ , . .'.'::■'. v-' i■■.<■'' ■ [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ; ' ■; •";'.'' ;'' ;; Wellington, Saturday. V. : : MR. DOTHIE, M.H.R M AND THE RAILWAY • COMMISSIONERS. ' The member for ; Wellington brings under the notice of the Commissioners the fact that at certain railway stations, which were opened for traffic nearly a year ago, there is as yet no goods shed or other store accommodation. The Railway Commissioners, however, j disclaim : all responsibility i for goods damaged by exposure, or lost by accident or otherwise. ; Mr. ; Dubhie further complains that consignees over a wide and scattered district cannob receive their goods. -He [deems the -reply-unsatisfac-tory, and sends his correspondence to the newspapers with the following -"'letter :— " Sir,—As there appears to bo no -other re-; dress; might I ask you to publish the enclosed correspondence with; the Railway Commissioners.' % You will notice thab it is admitted that now, eleven months after- the railway was handed over and opened for traffio, there is still no goods shod available ab this terminal station, f This failure to originally provide/and continued negleob to erect, station buildings disclose ; a surprising inefficiency in the public works system, and it is surely deplorable that settlers' goods should for so long be destroyed with seeming , indifferot)Co -by? a branch of-the public service.— lam, etc., JohnPothie.",. \i :: .: .';,, ; ; ■ ;;. -.".:• .--» v ;. v AGRICULTURE. ;v ■;■;•' -'v •'.' •'■'; The Department of Agrioultiire has received eight collections of 'grasses and forage plants and four collections of noxiousweeds in competition for the prizes offered by the Minister of Lands. ; . :- ~ > \, ■■'■■ '-."' SINGLE: TAX. v " ' ,! Mr. E. Withy, of Auckland, lectured on this subject lasb night in the Exchange Hall. The lecturer was accorded a hearty vote of.thanks. .-...;. ;,',...; '-■'•;■ -'•'•'•; • THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW. ' '[The first Court under 'the amended Act will be held oh Monday. v Several cases are already upon: the file for hearing. There is one feature, however, which : is rather unusual. The Official Assignee (Mr. Ashcroft) :■: will make an application to have a ".bankrupt committed for ; contempt" in having; failed : to' apply J for • his discharge within four months of his bankruptcy as provided by the Act. '; There are :tobe no more uncertificated bankrupts abroad to intercopb the business of the honest trader. ; ' i;. : \~ '■■'~ LADY GLASGOW. > Ib is understood that her ladyship will; visit Europe shortly after her return from tonga. ' .'.';"'•; ? . . "AS YOU LIKE IT." . The Newtown School Committee, in prohibiting this play for school purposes, gave the theatrical company here, Howe and Spong, an advertisement of great value last night. The play, was staged at the Opera House, and drew a large audience. The melancholy ' Jacques, the ancienb .Adam, and the rest, strutted their half-hour, upon the stage to rapturous applauses. \.I know a number of home-reading, circuits which, • since * the school ; committee's 'edict, , have this play first upon their list, although several of tho members are young -ladies who know nothing of tho " worm in the bud," and have no/fear of the " green and yellow melancholy'',, which attends - certain phases of feminine consciousness. • So great is the power of a cheap advertisement. ■:■ ; •