WELLINGTON.
[BPBOIAL.] * AUCHTBT29; '.:;. The Victoria Loftus Company opened this evening to a crowded house. It is understood that the City Council hay» decided to invite tenders from all the Banks, for raising tho new Waterworks Loan of £130,003. . The Mount Cook prison, in part of wliioK the Maori prisoners are confined, had 'a narrow escape from destruction by fire this afternoon. ' A cauldron of pitch upset, and immediately caused a fire, but it was extinguished l before any damage was done. A large number of views of the principal buildings of Wellington hare been takenj and. are to bo sent to the Sydney Exhibition. ' At tho Police Court, Matheson, a< jockey, was committed for trial for stealing. a watch from the Melbourne Hotel, and £20 from Barrott's Hotel. Thomaß Greon, for larceny, was sentenced ' to six months for having burglar's implements in bis posßcsflion.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3553, 30 August 1879, Page 2
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144WELLINGTON. Star (Christchurch), Issue 3553, 30 August 1879, Page 2
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