WELLINGTON NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4906, 22 March 1894, Page 1

WELLINGTON NEWS.

[FROM OUE OWN COaREBPONDENT.I , WELLINGTON, Mabch 21. > The Paa Village Homestead Settlement, j situated in the Mangaone Valley, ton miles ' north of Eketahuna, is to be dispo3O<J of on the lease-ia-perpetuity system on May 16. The settlement consists o? forty -nine | acres of first-class land, on which the bush i has been cleared, divided into five sections, ! from seven to twelve a:r<2B each. J L^ Ea Press Association.} ' The Hon W. P. Reevea, Minletsr for ' Education, will leave Wellington early next month on a visit to the northern Native schools. The police are beginning a crnsade against the occupiers of disorderly houses. The Marine Department has decided to 1 hold a magisterial enquiry into the strand- • ing of the Bteamer Stormbird on the 1 Waikani Spit recently. 5 The annual balance-sheet of the Well ington Agricultural and Pastoral Assooia- ' tion shows that the receipts from subscriptions, donations and prizes amounted to ! .£677. Owing to wet weather the gate » money at the la^t show waa only .£lO7, as against £355 ia the previous year. The * total receipts were £1103. A debit balance f of is shown. During the year the 3 Association paid off JE2SI, accounts which ■ were unpaid at the close of the previous year.