OHRISTCHURCH. 7th January.
A testimonial has been awarded to Joseph Day by the Royal Humane Society, for saving the life of the boy Morton, when a boat was capsized at Suniner last year and three men were drowned. It was presented this afternoon by his Honor the Superintendent, who spoke warmly of the cotirage shown" by Day in saving Morton's life. The Grain market is dull. A little wheat has changed hands at 3s 9d, but millers are offering 4s ; oats, Is 9d, Is lOd offered ; barley, quiet, quotations nominal ; butter, 7^d to 8d ; cheese, 6|d to 7d. The Coleridge election resulted thus : — Wason, abolitionist, 168 ; Tosswild, mild supporter of the Government policy, 162 ; Bluett (old member), abolitionist, 71 ; Jephson, provincialist, 53. , * Kaiapoi has two crews in training for the Wellington Interprovincial regatta. Dr. Deamer has been appointed by the local Board of Health to inspect each case of scarlet fever as it occurs, and report to the Board on the best means to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1876, Page 2
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