WELLINGTON.
March 7. THE WELLINGTON HARBOUR. A deputation of the principal members of the Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Premier this morning with reference to obtaining a site for a Sailors' Home and au endowment for the Harbour Board. The Premier said the Government would next session support a proposal to grant an eighth of an acre for the site of a Sailors' Home on the reclaimed land north of the Government Buildings. With respect to the Harbour Board, the Premier said he was anxious to force on the creation of a Board, so as to relieve the Government of the control of the administration of the harbour, and any proposal in that direction would receive the warm support of the Government, who would do all they reasonably could to further the attainment of that object. THE NATIVE MINISTER. The Hon John Sheehan will go overlaud to Wanganui on Monday. MORE IMMIGRANTS. The Government have telegraphed to the Agent-General to send out 550 immigrants to Wellington before the usual immigration season. About 1500 more will be ordered to be sent at the same time to the other principal divisions of the colony.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 3384, 8 March 1879, Page 2
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193WELLINGTON. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 3384, 8 March 1879, Page 2
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