WELLINGTON GOSSIP.
[FROM OUK OWN' COKRESI'ON'IJENT] W KLLI.VOTON", tlllS (lay. The City Council here is trying to get rid of its clerk. It has got rid of its solicitor. A short time ago an attempt. was made to get rid of its engineer, and the majority of Councillors would like to | get rid of the Mayor. The Harbor Board I is also trying to get rid of its engineer. | The contractor for the dredge vessels is said not to have built them in accordance with the specifications, and the vessels leak so that the Board lias decided to hold an enquiry concerning the matter. The securities in the case of the Te Aro reclamation contractor, who has failed to complete tlie contract, are said to be valueless. The Corporation is involved in litigation to the extent of £30,000, and local affairs generally aro in a stato of chaos. The disgusted ratopayors have returned ne\f Couneillqrs in every case at the late elections. The Terawhitl exoitcment seems com* pletely to have subsided. Albion shares are now at 5s ; Golden Crown considerably less, and other stocks almost worthless. The Harbor Board proposed to institute a prize for proficiency in swimming, but on consulting its solicitor, was informed that, it could not legally do so with public money.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume X, Issue 2026, 15 September 1883, Page 2
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