WELLINGTON, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1766, 30 October 1883, Page 2

WELLINGTON, Last Night.

A daughter of J. (xouie, fanner, Whitemans Valley, ue,\v Upper Hutt, died suddenly on Saturday. She had boon to Wellington, and on her return for home &he complained of being ill. She went to bed, and in a fe^y minutes called out for assistance, remarking that she was going. Assistance was rendered, but she died almost immediately. The medical opinion is that the .symptons are those of poisoning, but nothing is known a^ to how it could have been taken. Probably an inquest will take place. It is expected that Hi.s Excellency the Governor will letuin here towards the end of the week. The Agent-General, under date London, 27th inst. wires the departure of the ship Waitangi, for Lyttelton, with 304 Government immigrants, and the Victoiy for Port Chaln»eia, with a complement of 330. Dv Hay, of Dunedin, the referee m the lOcent chess match between Ohristchurch and Wellington, has, decided as follows with regard to three games which were bubmitted to him :— No. 1, between Mr Hookham (Ohri&tchurch) and Mr Benbow (Wellington), drawn game ; No. 4, between Mr Moore (Ohristchurch) and Mr "W. Hiltern (Wellington), drawn, gftwa j No. 8, between Mr Smith. (ChUfctehureh) and Mr Searle (Wellington), won by Mr dearie. The final .score of the match shows Wellington to have won by two games. Archdeacon Stock lias been asked by Mr Stone, the director of the Kadcliffe Ob^y-. vatory, Oxford, to forward his obwv^jpjvi aed work in connection with tha tyMysty « Venus.