LATEST FROM WELLINGTON.
' By Intee-Pbovincial Tetbgeaph. (PBOSI THB CHEISTCHUBCH PAPEBS). "Wellington, Monday, Dec. 2. Sir G. F. Bowen is expected to arrive during the first week in January. Mr Holt, the Defence Minister, has been offered a lease of Kawau, with a purchasing clause. The County of Westland Act is proclaimed to come into operation on January I. Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Provincial Council of Auckland met on the 28th ult. The finances of the Province depend on the result of the Accountant's mission to Wellington. A deputation of Natives is to be invited to meet the Duke of Edinburgh, to affoi'd him an opportunity "to join together in amity the hands that have been raised against each other in deadly strife, and to stamp out the smouldering embers of civil discord." Mr Buckland is to move an address to the Govej nor to proclaim a general amnesty to the Natives. No further gold news has been received. The Governor's horses, plate, &c, were sold at auction to-day, The farewell dinner to Mr Fitzherbert is advertised for Friday next.
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West Coast Times, Issue 689, 9 December 1867, Page 2
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179LATEST FROM WELLINGTON. West Coast Times, Issue 689, 9 December 1867, Page 2
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