WELLINGTON.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 4047, 22 May 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

•ANOTHER RM. FOR WiXLINQ-n . TON. " ' -•' , The appointment of a , second R,Mti for ' Wellington; it4s> now said; will b& deferredtill the meeting of ; Parliament,as f there is no ;yQte Javaifable !for ; th"epurIt' WM^over'u'roenlUye decided tdl inWSpdactf a Bill neit sWpn to provide fiir a police stiTierannuatib'n fund " .ESTATE ASSIGNED FOR BENEFITr OF CREDITORS. K yAii^J<?-.'3: .SpHis, butchers, Wei-.' •&. Ww# f? 8I ?P^ d tbeir estate for the .ujafi^niiVi W1t1 , , . . ;. 1

UNSKILFUL tAtMENT. One Watson, who injured his hand by the bursting of a lempiyadejst l tle, l aiid who was treated for it'byWonCßitb, chemist, for some days, sought to recover £80 for alleged unskilful l&atuient. It appeared that he only wenfiTto Mopteith's, having failed to 'obtain''? the services of a medical Itnan, and that he neglected to get his hand examined for several days before he went to the Hospital, when it was in, a -very bad state.; Tue Magistrate considered the balance of the testimony pointed to the Jact thafcjihe serious character the wound assumed was due to the negligence of 'W»tson in not. calling upon Monieith. "Judgment for defendant. „.. -..,r DEMONSTRATION. A demonstration is to be got up in connection with the State School prizes. VALUE OF /PROPERTY IN THE COLONY TAXABLE. The following is the official estimate of the value of property in the colony taxable under " The Land Tax Act, 1878 " .-—Auckland, £.3,235,000 ; Hawke's Bay, £3,899,079; Wellington, £7,983,361 ; Nelson, £3,000,000; Canterbury, £15, 790,000; Otago, £16,800,000: Total, £50,707,440. This at Is 2d in the £, will yield £105,625 per year. The Welling, ton Districts includes Wellington and Taranaki Provincial Districts f the Nelson District includes Nelson, Marlbourgh, and 'Weßtport Provincial Districts ; the Hawke's Bay. District includes the Hawkes Bay Provincial District and Cook County. , FOOTBALL. The Reform Football Club will hold a grand' match by electric light on the 20th next month. RELEASE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ' ABSCONDftR. .The release of ( Gjeigh, the Australian •2M&SJ" 1 De a PPlied for to-morrow. NARROW ESCAPE FRQM FIRE. fhe offices of Moorhouse and Edward's hrtd a' narrdw'escape from fire last night,, when the offices were closed:' Soon after six o'clock .last' night all was safe, but On Moorhduse, ' jun., returning 'afterwardsto finish some work, they found a pile of; papers hear the window ablaze, but as 'they appeared only just to have cfaughtj they had little difficulty in extinguishing the fire. He discovered jnatches plentifully strewed about, and a ;, Window, seldom used, raised eighteen .inches. There is evidence that the fi re>; raiser stood on a mound of rubbish outside, and opened the window. Had the fare a few minutes start, little of the block could have been saved It is a most valuable block, the insurances on Moorhouse and Edward's premises alone being £30,000.