WELLINGTON NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 3177, 3 June 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

Wellington, June 2.

The election of City Auditor! took place to-day. There were three candidates for the two offices, and the other old auditors were re elected, the poll being — Stevenson, 342 ; Elliott, 327 ; Anyard, 182. : A haka and Mr dance is to be performed in the Theatre Royal on Wednesday night by some Wairarapa Maoris, in aid of the lufcid's of a brass band at Masterton. ; Constable Mack, of Adelaide, left by the Arawata to-day with Cowan, the bigamist, in custody. Gleich, of course, was left behind. The money and jewellery fouhd on Gleich when arrested has, it is understood, been left in safe custody here, until the right to it can be legally determined. : At a' meeting of flirectbrs of the' D'Utville IslantL Copper Mining Compafly, hdld this forenoon, Mr Hugh Owen, was appointed manager, vice Mr Griffiths, who j resigned. Mr Owen, in consequence jof appointment, resigned His p'bsititiri as a director, and Mr Kyall wits elected to' fill I the vacancy. j j The Royal Irisdradce Company hfes adopted an indepeddeiit fire' tariff oif iis own here. • . ' The annual meeting of the Wellington Licensed Victuallers' Society lapsed to|day, there beihg only eight members present. To-morroW is Annual licensing day. _ • . . „...'■•■" ! ' The Attorney-General arid Minister, of Public Works went south to-day. ; | la the Kinross perjury case on Saturday afternoon Rees wanted the case adjourned till after the meeting of Parliament because the clerks of Legislative Council i were unwilling to give evidence unlesfc they obtained permission from the Coun-i cil. iiees said a threat had been held out that he would be attached for contempt rwere he to press the Council clerks tod I much. Travers would. not consent to such I a long adjournment and the case was I adjourned till the 10th June. Rees hinted ! that he would fill up the time from the 10th of June till the 11th of July by 'calling Maori witnesses.'