WELLINGTON.
October 12. At the Magistrate's Couit 10-day, Edward Mullens, on a charge of arson, in connection with the fire at a boarding house at Tawa flat, was committed for trial. Bail allowed himself in £500 and two sureties £250 each. The body of Henry W. Williams, one of tbe principal clerks in the head department of H.QI. Customs, who has been missing since tbe 2nd icst, was picked u\> in the harbor tbis afternoon close to Queeu's wharf. The general supposition ii that be had been drinking and from the appearance of the body it bad been ia thi water for some days. An inquest will be held. Ministers will meet next week. Mr Connolly is expected to return to night} Messrs Oliver and Dick, on Sunday ; and Major Atkinson, on Tuesday. Several urgent matters will, it is understood, come before the Cabinet on their meeting. The police have drawn the attention of I the City Council to the means of egress from the Salvation Theatre, and it has been left to the city surveyor to decide as to what action will be taken. An amusing discussion took place as to whether it was a "place of worship," or a "place of entertainment."
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West Coast Times, Issue 4438, 13 October 1883, Page 2
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204WELLINGTON. West Coast Times, Issue 4438, 13 October 1883, Page 2
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