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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 77, 4 June 1866, Page 3

It is in contemplation to erect a church in Timavu, Canterbury, in connection with the Presbyterian denomination there. The cost of the building is not to exceed £750, and stoue is to be used iu its construction. A flour mill, owned by a company, is about to be established at Timuku, in Canterbury. Engineers have reported on a favorable site for the building. A paper hat company is being formed in Boston, Massachusetts. The company own a patent, by means of which it expects to manufacture durable, desirable, aud waterproof paper hats, of any form or colour, at a cost of 8 to 25 cents apiece. There has been a discovery of closely packed human remains at Milcote, near Stratford-on-Avon. It is supposed that altogether there are some 3,1)00 skeletons, and that the spot must Lave been a battlefield. Mr. J. C. Atkins, ths owner of the property, invites members of antiquarian and firchfeologiciil societies to visit the spot. Ij.u-tism of a Gipsy Peince. — On Sunday, at St. George's Church, ilulme, the infant princess of the King and Queen of the Gipsies was baptised by the Rev. W. Wiiitelsgg, M.A., rector. The name given to the infant princess was Siberias Pomona, the sponsors being Mr. W. Smith and Miss Elizabeth Dalton, of Cornbrook. The ceremony created considerable ex.vitenient, people being- anxious to catch a glimpse of the royal party. The gipsies have been for some time encamped at Pomona Gardens, Hulmc. — Manchester Courier.