WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3324, 18 August 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Saturday night. ; A football match between Wellington and Wairarapa was played this afternoon. A drenching' rain set in early this morning, but notwithstanding that a large number of persons attended to witness the game. The Wairarapa men were orer- - powered from the first, and .'.Wellington, won by 3 goals and 3 tries to nothing. The Wellington team is the same that plays at Christchurch, and which leave here on the 22nd inst. Thomas Mason, an old settler, has decided to contest the Hutt seat against Henry Jackson. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn has distri-, buted the whole of his honorarium among the Charitable Institntions. Some dissent has been occasioned by the Committee of the Liberal Association having selected representatives, and it has been decided to hold a full meeting on Tuesday to definitely decide the question. Charles Henry Thompson, aged 73, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor for stealing a side of bacon. „.->. -, •■-.-.■ , .;■-. ■ ..■.:■ ... - ■•• . ; ■ ; Sunday night. - : . lt jMontague L. Browne, agent for DeLiaß, was thrown out of a buggy on the Hutt

road this afternoon, sustaining a fracture of the thigh and other injuries. A lady who was with him was also severely shaken.

A meeting of the members and personi in favor of the Liberal Association was held last night, there being a very large attendance. Sir George Grey made a long and eloquent Bpecch advocating the principles of the Liberal party. A resolution was passed congratulating the people of New Zealand on the formation of a Liberal Association.

George Fisher, one of the candidates selected by the Committee of the Association, and who, by the Disqualification Act, is ineligible for election without previously resigning his position on Hansard, has announced his intention of retiring from the contest.