WELLINGTON.
This day.
P. Webb has been chosen as fifth man from Wellington to. go to Sydney; with the football team. All the represent* tires, with the exception of Warbrick, of Auckland, are now here, and a match against a local eighteen will be played on Wednesday. A portion of the proceed*
to go towards paying the expenses of th c team. Queen's Birthday Celebration not to be Deferred. Government, after consulting with the Governor, have decided not to alter the arrangements made for celebrating the i Queen's birthday this month. At Wellington and Canterbury the holiday will' be held on the 26th, and at Auckland, Otago, and other places on the 24th inst. Suicide, An old woman named Pyke committed suicide by drowning at the Upper Hutt on Saturday. She threw herself into, the river, and was seen by her husband, who Sprang in after her, but was unable to save her. She is believed to have been of weak intellect.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4792, 19 May 1884, Page 2
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162WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4792, 19 May 1884, Page 2
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