WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3327, 21 August 1879, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Last night.

Mf Levin addresstdi the ratepayers at NeVtown last evening and received a vote of confidence. ;

Messrs Jacksdn and Mason, candidates for the Hutt, addressed the electors at that district last .night received a vote of confidence. ;'!? I

The Chaplin-Osborne Troupe have made a genuine success with a new drama called "The CelebratedOa&e." „. !

The polllfag.fpr the,purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the citizens on the subject of £130,000 for additional: Water Supply resulted as follows :—For it, 1099 ; against, 388. .' lr"- '.'.' , ■

The Good Templars and other Temperance Associations have decided to act unitedly and give their support only to those candidates who will pledge themselves to uphold their interest. The Hon. J. Johnson has presented £100 to the Benevolent Society.

The following tenders were received for the Grey town* brauch contract:—Accepted, Beunetfc apd Potts, Carterton, £760; declined, Thos. lieordan, £779; W. H. Pack, Cartorton, £878; J. H. Farrell, Wellington, £924; C. Tait, Featherston, £1225; Kirkpatrick and Cleary, Wellington, £1274 ; M.B. Cave, Tauherinika, £1355 ; J. Powell, Wellington, £1420 ;'Kibblewhite'and L. White, Masterton,£lsßs. i

■ The schooner Richard utid Mary, which stranded off Kangitiku a short time since,, has been safely launched, and arrived here last nighti. She will undergo repairs in Wellington.

Mr Robert Greenfield, one of the candidates for Wellington City, addressed the electors this evening, an unanimous vote of confidence.