WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10520, 13 August 1897, Page 5

WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES.

♦ [by telegraph.— correspondent.] Wellington, Thursday, * THE GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION. It appears that the captain and officers of Her Majesty's ship Pylades received no invitation to attend the recent reception. Nevertheless the yards were manned and the salute fired. The City authorities were blamed for the omission. The officers of the Pylades had no official knowledge of the arrangements. This is the explanation of the fact that there was no representation of the Royal Navy at the landing, Another error was that the present French Consul was not invited, the card of invitation having been addressed to his predecessor. The City authorities made the necessary amende this morning by explaining that the omissions and errors were purely the consequence of inadvertence, and the desire to keep the times already fixed for Hie Excellency's landing and arrival at Parliamentary Buildings and Government) House. UNCHARTED ROCKS. A rumour has been in circulation to the effect that the rocks on which the Tasmania met her fate are not in any known charb, and that, this circumstance was known to the Marine Department for two years. The Marine Department this afternoon gave an emphatic-denial to the rumour. . LETTER FROM LORD SALISBURY. The following letter, addressed by Lord Salisbury to the Premier, is published. It bears the date June 11, 1897:-"Sir,~I am very much obliged to you for your courteous letters, and for your kindness in acting as the bearer of a beautiful rug of splendid wool from the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company, together with a very kind message. I have just received the nig, which is admirable in quality both as to material and manufacture. lam very much honoured by the receipt of this present from the company; still mora by the fact that ib comes to me from the hands of the Prime Minister of the colony in which it was made. In days long gone-by I had my' acquaintances in New Zealand, and many pleasant associations connected with it, and I have always followed its prosperous and honourable history with unfailing interest.— me, yours very truly, Salisbury." . OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Parliament is prorogued to the 3rd of September, bub the words " for the despatch of business" do not appear in the gazette notification.