WELLINGTON.
Wednesday
The civil sitting of the Supremo Court commence to-morrow, when the action, Griffiiths v. Johnson, will be tried. Plaintiff, an auctioneer and commission agent, residing at Blenheim, sues defendant the publisher of the Marlborough Express, to recover £1000 damages for alleged libel published in that journal. The alleged libel, was contained in a letter to the editor, in which it is contender! the writer imputed to plaintiff that he had been guilty of setting fire to Government building. The issues were tried in Blenheim in December last, but the jury were unable to arrive at a verdict.
At a meeting of the rowing men this evening, the stakes in connection with the recent sculling championship were handed over to Hearn, the winner. Mention was made as to the probability of an interprovincial regatta this year, but it was thought unlikely that it; could be got up in Wellington this year.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3913, 14 July 1881, Page 2
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152WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3913, 14 July 1881, Page 2
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