WELLINGTON.
< ' ,This day. The Athenronm committee have resolved to remit the question of .opening the reading rooms of Athenamth on Sunday to a general meeting to be called in a week or two. An unusually heavy ste u ji of thunder, lightning and ra'i passed over the city last night. It has been decided to run the tramway cars in single stages from one end of the city Lo the other, doing away with the present short stages. Ihe police yesterday served a summons upon Geo. Wood, of Wainuiomata, calling upo him to answer on Friday next for having committed a breach of the. Lunatics Act, 1868. ' i Several cases of fatal diphtheria are reported from Wairarapa. The election for Mayoralty has culminated in the , keenest election contest ever known here. There being only one polling place, with an ordinary door as entrance, a large crowd collected outside all the morning, each 1 voter having to wait his turn, which takes some considerable time in consequence of the block at the door. ■ , * i
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3053, 27 November 1878, Page 2
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