NELSON.
We learn by a private letter from Nelson, that a fund has been raised, partly by private subscription and partly by a Government grant, for opening up the route' from Nelson towards Canterbury as far as the Fairfield Downs at the head of the Awatere ; and that Mr. Alfred Dobson has returned to Nelson after making a careful examination of the proposed route for the purpose of reporting the same to the Government. . By the "Necromancer," we have received the Nelson Examiner to the 30 th July. As here, a great, portion of its columns are devoted to the addresses of Candidates. The nomination of members for the town in the General Assembly took place on the 24th, when Mr. Travels and Mr. Mackay were elected wilhout opposition. We understand that Mr. Stafford had been elected Superintendent, but we have not seen a statement of the Poll. The other elections had not taken place. ;, A melancholy accident had occurred on the Awatere, by which Mr. G. Kemp, a well-known and respectable shepherd lost his life. It is supposed he was thrown from his dray, one of the wheels of which passed over his leg ; from which injury he died a few days after.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 137, 20 August 1853, Page 7
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204NELSON. Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 137, 20 August 1853, Page 7
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