WELLINGTON NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4514, 4 September 1893, Page 2

WELLINGTON NEWS.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Wellington-Hawke's Bay . Football Match,

■ .-.. WwjHngton, Monday. The Wellington - Hawke's Bay Football match on Saturday resulted in an easy victory for Wellington by 15 points to nil, The game was the tamest exhibition of football eve; seen here, and the spectators commented freely on the contemptuous indifference displayed. by the home team towards their opponents. TheQourlay-WaltonCoij, The Gourlay-Walton Comedy Coy, concluded a most successful season on Saturday night, "The Monarch of Utopia." The Amateur Operatic' Society aro likely to have a very successful season with tho locally written and composed opera, "The Mouarch of Utopia." The music is said to ba very timeful and OBtohy, and thoFcenery and dresses have been provided on ut scale of great magnificence. A feature of this production ia that everything in connection with the opera is of local origin, A Large Vessel. The Southern Cross, the largest oargo steamer which has ever visited this port, arrived yesterday from Noumea with a cargo of nickel ore m rov.lt for South America and Havre, %a Southern Oro»s ia 7,600 tonß register,-but her.immense si'zo'is not noticeable owing to her symmetrical proportions. &he leaves to-night after taking in a cargo of coals and fresh provisions. This, steamer- is to, be regularly employed in frozen meat trade in future,

IkMinqton Seat In spite of persuasion by his friends, Mr H, D. Bell has definitely decided not (o stand for the general election Tbo announcement of his determination is a complete surprise, as ho was looked upon as a certajnty for one of the seats in the Opposition interests.