WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13946, 4 July 1907, Page 8

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, July 2. To-day's quotations on the Wellington Stock Exohango are:—Sales, Wellington Woollen, £2 176 (sellers £3); Waihi, £8 15s and £8 16s (buyers) and sellers £8 17s; Talisman, buyers £1 16s 'and sellers £116s 6d. A PROGRESSIVE GAS . COMPANY.

The Wellington Gas Company contemplates a large expenditure upon an extension of its works. Auxiliary works will be established in the new suburb of Miramar. It is intended to construct a wharf in Evans' Bay, in a direct line with the piece of land which the company has acquired, and connect it,by means of a tramway with that seotion. It is proposed to install an elevator on the outer ejid of the wharf, and send the coal diroct from the vessels to an immense hepper on (he company's land by a tramway running through a tunnel'in the hill. Thy motive power for tho line' will probably be supplied by a-powerful gas engine. An order has been given for. a gasholder for Miramar to cost about- £20,000. Tho works to Iks placed at Miramar are, it is stated, Ito bo up-to-date in every respect. La-rge mains are to be laid between Miramar and the city, and the company anticipates that, with both the city and suburban plants in full going order, it will be in a pqsitioi) to supply all the requirements of the city and suburbs for years to come. It « estimated that tho company's expenditure in various directions during the next two or three years will not be short of £100,000. FUNERAL OF FATHER LEWIS. .

1 The funeral of Father Lewis to-day was very largely attended. Last night the oflice of tho dead was recited by the clergy of the Sacrcd Heart Basilica, a large congregation being present. This morning solemn Pontifical High Mass for tho dead was sung by his Grace Archbishop Redwood. The church ,was crowded to the dcors, and large numbers of ucoplc wore unable to gain admittance. Impressive chants were sung by tho clergy, over 100 of whom, from all parts of the archdiocese, had assembled to assist in performing tiie last offices for one who had endeared himself to all who knew him. The solo in the "Dies Irao" was sung by the Rev. Father Ainsworth, and the " 0 salutaris" was sung by thelicf. Fathers Hills, Holley, i Ainsworth, and Mahoncy; The organ accompaniments wero played by tho Rov. Father Kimbell. During the service tho Archbishop delivered a eulogy on the deceased, referring specially to his selfdenying labours in Wellington and other parts of Now Zealand. At the conclusion of the mass the " Dead March" in " Saul" was played by Miss Putnum, and then the coffin was borne to tlic hca-rso by members of the Hibernian Society, preceded by the clergy, chanting the beautiful "In paradisum." The funeral cortcge was the largest which has ever left the church, and was witnessed by largo crowds of people from all nartsof Wellington, including very many wb" though not of the faith of the deoea6ed, had attended as a mark of respect to one who had gained their esteem. A STORY ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER. • While he was in London recently, says the Evening Post, Sir Joseph Ward had a run through the East End, and' was escorted by a detective through Petticoat lane, Frying-pan alley. Brick lane, Club row, and other interesting thoroughfares. Among all the picturesque vendors, quack doctors, and -other seekers of the people's money, none appealed more strongly to the Prime Minister than an "old clo'" man, writes the detective to a friend in New Zealand. "This man," he says, "offered us a suit of clothes, first of 'all .for 20 guineas, then for five guineas, then for ss, then for 2s, anil seeing that none of us seemed anxious to purchase the suit, said to Sir Joseph W-ard: ' Hore you anygovernor, eightoenpenee, and. Lord lovo a duck, if you haven't the money I'll trust you.',"

ORGANISING COUNTRY LABOUR. Mr Andrew Collins, of Wellington, member of the Conciliation Board and labour organiser, addressed a crowded meeting of timber workers at Dannevirkc last night. Numerous members wore enrolled in the union, and a strong branch was formed of the Wellington Timber Workers' Union. CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES. Mr H. J. Bathgate, of the Industrial Schools branch of the Education .Department, will leave Wellington shortly to become sub-manager of . the Bwrnham Industrial School. It is understood that Mr G. H. Davies, of Karori, who has held a responsible position in the Native Department for a great many years, i 6 retiring from the civil service owing to ill-health. July 3.

The ■ Bishop of Wellington has accepted an invitation from the ArcJibishop of Canterbury to l tho conference at Lambeth, which he has summoned for July next. His lordship proposes to leave New Zealand in February, and to return in October or November. The conference is to be preceded by a congress open to all churchmen and churchwomen, at which expression is to be given to the thoughts and desires and hopes of members of the Church regarding tho spread of the Gospel throughout. the world. Each diocese outside Great Britain is invited to send as many as six delegates—men or women—to the congress. The Wellington Acclimatisation Society has started a. red deer breeding park on tho game farm at. Paraparaumu. Fifteen acres have been enclosed, and four calves (three hind and one stag) have been placed there, together with a wild hind with a calf at foot, which had joined tho nucleus of the herd. From' this source it is hoped that herds may bo started in other parts of the country.