WELLINGTON.
This day.
H.M'b. Nymph Las arrived from Sydney. She will await the arrival of the Commodore, who is expected some time next month.
Miss Ada Ward took her benefit at the Theatre Royal last night. There was a good house. After the performance she delivered a farewell speech, during which she made an attack on a well-known member of the Press, and said she was told before she came here she would be mercilessly cut up unless she cringed to or paid his particular reporter. She referred to matters connected with the management of the theatre, asserting that she had been brought under falsepretcnces. She concluded by saying she was going to stay down here. It is reported that she is about to be married to a gentleman in the Christchurch railway department.
During the quarter ending December 31st there were fourteen cases of contagious diseases in Christchurch. Scarlatina, 7 ; typhoid, 5 ; diphtheria, 2.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2787, 19 January 1878, Page 2
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155WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2787, 19 January 1878, Page 2
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