WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3420, 8 December 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This day;

The steamer Limtania left Plymouth on December 4th ior Australia, with 414 passengers. Major Te Wheoro received a letter from one of his principal supporters in the Waikato informing him that when llewi left by train for Te Kuiti, his last words to the Europeans end Maories before leaving were:—"l will now listen to the words of Tawhino. I will never consent to see the present Government, nor will 1 again return to dwell amouust Europeans. I leave it with those important persons who have abused Sir G. Grey to see how they can manage affairs in ray absence." The Penguin left for northern ports about 12 30, but had to come back in a couple of hours, one of her tubes having become injured. It is expected she will be able to proceed on he voyage in five or six hours. Saturday. Court of Appeal. Mahr t Boyle, an appeal from the decision of Mr Burt, Resident Magistrate of Westport. The appellant was charged with selling beer by the hogshead without a license. He pleaded he was a brewer, and licensed under the Distillation Act, therefore did not require a wholesale license, and there was •no law in force in the district of Nelson, which required him to be licensed as a brewer. The magistrate held that as there was no law in compelling him to be licensed as a brewer he must hold a wholesale license, and fined him £5 and costs. From that decision the appeal was brought. Mr J. B. Fisher appeared for appellant, and Mr Bell for the respondent. Judgment was reserved. »