WELLINGTON ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9392, 19 March 1898, Page 2

WELLINGTON ITEMS.

o , (f er United Press Association.) . WECLnsSTOif, liarcK 19. Tlie iuard (rim jjngine'ar/df the goods tralii wliifali ddlUded with 1 a passenger train at Mangamahoe have been suspended. An inquiry ( -will be held into this and ihe derailment of the engine at Kaitofea. The presentation to Sir liobert Stout will tako thd fdrtli of an illuminated address, and a public rrieoting will be oonv6ned for the ceremony. ihe addrtss referS to Eiir.lt. Stdtit's efforts to promote measures for tho i welfare of his fellow colonists and the advance of the material and moral tfgll.beiilg ol the coloay. A. McDean's Wakakahl estate, Canterbury, of 48,000 acres, lias been placed under offer to the (Jovernroent. The Cominissionei'B are liow esaminin j and valuing iti Conferring the $i 2 (JcqbS bn an Anokiand re'sidantnasprdvoHed the resentment of the local Veterans, who intend to make' combined representations to the* Government on the matter. Colonel McDonnell has put , in claims foe badges of honor. H. Biirhes, chief' clerk of the Christchurch offices of tho N.Z Shipping Company, has been appointed manager at Wellington vice Captain Eose, who retires at the, end of the year. Bnrnes takes up his duties here in June. The Harbour Board has agreed to exohange its Hunter-street endowment, a valuable block on which Sargood's tmd other large buildings stand, for the extra land required for dock purposes. This land is at present in the possession of the City Council. Tho Premier leaves to-night for the South. The report of the Kauri Gum Commission is in the hands of the Government, but will not be made public till Members have seen it.