Wellington Items.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XX, Issue 3548, 14 January 1897, Page 3

Wellington Items.

(Per t'REss association.) Wellington, This day After some weekß without rain, there is a break iu tbe weather and it is oow Bhowery. The fall is not heavy, and will scarcely penetrate the ground The wea tber for the last three mouths has been unusually dry. Pat McLaachlan, nightwatchman on the ship Euterpe, was found, drowned alongside tbe vessel this morning. When last seen at 1 45 a m. he was quite sober. The cause of the accident is unknown. The hearing of tho charge against Stephen Bosher goes slowly on and it is likely to last all the week or longer. This morning tbe statements made by him to various constables, nccoun-iog for his movements were put iu. They are contradictory to some extent. Mr F. W. Haybittle, the well known auctioneer, haß been appointed Chinese vice-consul for New Zealand.* The Times states tbat a find of rich gold-beariug quanz baß been made at a distance. from Gisborne. The discover-r is now here arranging to start operations, but prefers to keep bis information to himself. Mr Fraser, who opposed Captain Russell, denies the truth of the statement attributed to the leader of the Opposition, that Sergeant Mitchell, registrar of electors, told him tbat a person was employed at 15s per day, nominally to register electors, but really to work in the interests of hie opponent. Mr Fraser says he haa Sergeant Mitchell’s authority for denying it.