WELLINGTON.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 6498, 28 April 1888, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

April 28. The Government' have received, through Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, the conditions rolativo to the return of French convicts to Franco.

The Government have received advices that small-pox has mado its appearance at Sumatra.

In Auckland petitions aro boing got up praying that the Property Tax may be abolished.

Messrs Sclnnders and Co tako over tho agenoy of tho Anchor Line on Monday. Tho first boat advertised in thoir name appears in this issuo.

At ft gonoral meeting of tho Unio.fi Boating Club lust night it wus decided that a ball should bo given as usual, on the lines of that hold lust jenr.

The Heads Railway Company will in a fow days roduco tho number of trains per day. They expect to be ablo to keep the train running all this wintor.

A Christchurch paper reports that thoro aro rumours of a tox having been scon at New Brighton, though how ho got thore no ono can sa^. Sceptical peoplo say it is only a bushy tailed dog.

Mr Kirkpntrick, of tho Nelson Jam Factory, experiences great difficulty in obtaining a suulcioncy of small fruits. Last soason he had to import black currants and rnspborries from Tasmania. Why should thoso things be ?

Tho Marlborough Express is responsible for tho following . —Tho Rot E. Shears, who bos laboured in tho Polorous district for the last few years, and towards whoso siiiitontinco tho Havelock congregation last year contributed £12 19s 3d, reduced by insurance and other cxpenßos to £3 14s Id, left Havoloclf on Monday with Mrs Shears, for England, yiaNolson. ±'3 Ms Id !— Did Mr Shcara oxiat on " angels' food f"

Tho Evening Press ha 3 fallen foul of tho lion Mr Fisher over cducutional matters. The alter ego of tho cditoriul mind presents tho following picture :—": — " I can't make Fishor out at all ! Ho was going to do such big tilings, anil wo all thougnt hod mako bucli a■« ondcrf ul Minister ! But Education was never in such v horrible mesa as it lias been since ho took chargo of it ! If Mr Fisher is to havo fair play, we must wait and see what ho going to do with respect to making provisions for school buildings. A Minister of Education has but little to do with tho ndministration of the B.ji'om, and ono raistnko mado by Mr Fisher wns in assuming us if everything deponded on what he was going to do.

Wo have recoived tho new number of "Tho Wanganui Collegian," which fully maintains tho character of this interesting school publication. The information is varied, and tho imiiibpj" contains appropriate and feeling references to tip death of D) 1 Harvey and the illness of Mr Roes-Mogg. Tho Collcginn gays: — "That Mr RccsMogg's health hud long been failing was an open secret, but so bravo an appearance did hi; keep up, and to unflinchingly did ho remain nfc liis post, that wo nero scarcely jiropaicd fov the sudden break-down that took plncr about tho mjddlo oi tin's term. As so often happens, «hen the strcngtli has boon overtaxed,, th? break-down, when it did come, was comploti), amf tjiough he lias rallied smco, his condition is very precarious. Wo can only earnestly Jiope that in \,\ns caso consumption may bo ohcated of its prey, and that a vahmblo lifo may yet be spared for many years (ff useful « ork." We We join in the expression of hope for Mr Eeos-Mogg's recovery.

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