Wellington News.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 8692, 23 March 1897, Page 3

Wellington News.

(Per Press Association.) ' Wellington, March 22. : . The , have decided to extend the close season for seals another year. Tlie invitation to be rcpieseuted • at the Fisheries' Exhibition in. connection with the Imperial Institute, has i declined, , \ The Midland Railway Company has lnade'auother. proposal on the lines of i the Bill introduced in 1894, but the Y Government comiofc .see their way to agree to it. L Ministers approve of the proposal of ''.' Cape' Colony to liecouimcnd. all Legislative Councillors who have served 10 "' .'y&trs tototain the title of" honorable " ' for life, ' * '■'Judge Williams' lids suspended the order of t discharge of J. Stedman,' the well-knowij bicycle manufacturer, ; for two years for not keeping proper! '''books,',,' ) The Governiuent approve of the cllase 0f'320 acres ot' Parson's propeity, Kaikoura. Mr Bell Tillett leaves for Auckland oil' ' Friday. He will probably visit Rotorua, and afterwards esconce himself for a Jcouple'of ."mouths jn sonio quiet liGok ' for the'sake of liis heal.a. If sufficiently recovered he will ihen undertake a lecturing tour through New v Zealand/ "\ \ " ;