WELLINGTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3551, 28 August 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[SPBOIAIi.] August 2fc The New Zeatand Time* was served torday, with a writ claiming £6000 damages ton- do alleged libel published on Saturday against Mr W. Hutcliuuon, Mayor of Wellington*: ■ The right of entry through land vdqrwmi for the Wollington-Foiton railway has beer j secured, and Mr Blaekett, engineer ip ohaif e sipocts to be able to set men to work by d aj labour on Monday. The place where.* orjt will be commonced is just bohkjd W« destown, about two miles from town. # air Blackott» Engineer in Charge, has sent»' lettor to tho Mayor, stating tbat emiiloynient would be givea to a largo number of mpn on V tondaV next. Nearly all the landowners ' through crhostlfend the West Coast Railway * will pass bavfrpromisod to give tho las4 requi y^. out ooJMpengation. j fe. Mrßt 0. Hammorton wlu» retiw 8 from tho post oi organist.to St Peter's Ohur oh, has boen presented -with a beautifully illuminated album containing photographs of the whole of the members of the chop. —- ; At a meeting of the Kduoa' tionlßbar<f3hit afternoon, it was deoided- to dolawaj wftti sub-committees, and the wo*/k hltharttfdone by them will be transacted, by tho-Bonrd in Comtnitteo. :\7Sii '' ' ', It is understood that ,tho altercation between Mr Mackay wtd Colonel Eoader -will be amicably settled, and that Mr Mackivy will resume the charge of the Maori prisoners tomorrow, Tho following tenders were received for the Ahuriri bridge contract:—Napier (accepted), D. Glendinmng, Auoklancl, £11,200; dooline<?. -A. fiuthfirlttodt Auokland, £12,066 1 X

berley-Brunnerton Railway :-Aee 6 ptedV W. Kome, Greymouth. £12,234 « ooi-MnriA .. J.dark HokitJka, £12,S 9 5 f O'cCS?^ Grey, Grevmouth, £14,874; J. Maner* OhristohuroUls,260 i Price and Co, <W* mouth, *15,621. !JT™%