FLASHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6117, 11 January 1887, Page 2

FLASHES.

Gas in Wellington tun been reduced to I2i 6d per 1000 ft, with 4s discount.

Mr H. D. 801 lis spoke a of as a oandidata for tha Thorndon teat against Dr Newman.

Thompson, Shannon, and Co., ware, housemen, of Wellington, are offering 15s in the £, payable over a period of 20 months. •» • < A correspondent in the Naw JZealabcfc Times objects to changing the name of tie colony to "Maoria"or "Zealanduk'N'and/ snggests "Aotearoa"! Fancy ••-twwchum trying to roll his tongue round {bat/ Messrs Chapman, Denniston, and Perry (Timaru) will defend Hall at Danedin, During the Danedin Ciledonian Sports some spielers made £300 by the monkey and mirble triok.

Sir John Hall it spoken of m tha coming leader of tbe Oppo'itioa with Major Atkinson as first lieutenant,

' The Opposition seem .confident that if they ran only get Sir J. Hall in they will beat the Government next session— one man as usual.

If Sir J. Hall stands for Selwyn, Mr Wakefield is likely to contest a Wellington seat.

A Wellington lawyer is pretty rough on tbo leading mcioantilo men of that iweet city whom be says wa'k about the streets compounding each other's felooiei I Tin viotims of the Auckland gas explosion are progressing satisfactorily. At the Supreme Court Wellington yesterday, tho Court was oocupietf all day hearing the case against Williams, a seaman charged with stabbing the firrt officer of the Tlmarn. A verdict of not guilty was returned. Te Whiti leaves Wellington for Watkinae feast to-dty, Salmon ova will be sent to New Zealand by the Eaikoura, having London on ttie 15th, ' '

I Mrs Larnaqh, wife of tha Minister of Mines is seriously ill. £180 only have been collected for tbe Bradshaw Memorial Fond, The following is a sample of the " nows ' the Blenheim Press Awooiaton,. agent makes newspapers pay for :— Alia named Joseph Dodson, brass cleaner oa tbe s.s. Wsihi, got a month's hard labour for robbing the cook of £3 8i I— Very improper of Dodson no douht, but who in Wanganni cares if he did ! The navy and marine pensioners at Portsmouth have been invited by theImperial Government to volunteer for active service.

. h f Qaeen'a Jubilea will be celebrated in India m February.