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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 20, 23 January 1877, Page 4

.. An'.unusUal o^icrirrenCe took place at the' Dunedin Gaol last week. The Star says :— " Some four months ago a prisoner waited oh the chairman of the Visiting Justices, and made apjplication to be afloWSd toifdirtn a/Mutual Improvement and Debating Society among the' prisoners, he 1 fOpttisentiug ' that,' inhis opinion, it would probably \ jftove u~m cans' of elevating '- s! <h^ tin .ral ' tone' of , .the; ! pjaee, ,;7'.^e^m{gßiQn .jwab grantedjon ,the recommendation of the Goi^rnpr; of the Gaol," aud upon.,)the applicant pledging himself for the goojl behavior of the members. The society was then formed, and conducted in a :iStt. ijar,;-. manner :-to ikind. ed.; ..pst^uthins iu the city. Papers on various aiabj^ct'p 'have . been ; brought - forward .'and disj--5 cnssed; : : aud ; aitogethi_r :: ''ih&; cla&s hajs proved itself" a decided Last Frrdayj^riirig 6* epe&al meeting { ..jwas held \' J in" consequence of its founder being about to leave tlrefollowidg day-, and the members wishing faim to, carry with h'itn'kti earnest of ; tnbfr gratitudie j and esteem -for This . effort^, qn thefr behalf. A testimonial, nicely engrossed

JNW/.. Zelax^n^^ UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS. CAPITAL: £1,000,000. PAID-UP CAPITAL, £200,000. j RE-INSURANCE FUND, £40,000 The whole of tie fani^s are invested in the Colony, making the above a purely Colonial Institution. The Undersigned are prepared to rboeive PROPOSALS; for INSURANCE on PROPERTIES in^towa ,or Country at Tariff Rates, or aa LOW as any other OFFICE. in : NELSON. Eveify : information afiorcfed by Mr. T J, THOMPSON,^ SoB r Aoa«i,. WAIMEA 7 Mr. 8. fc iJCHHOL^/Sua-AOBHT, MOTUEKA. Mr* S; G. ROBINSON, Sua-AoBOT, MOTOPiPI akd TAKAKA. CtJBTIS BBOTHEBS, AGENTS, NELSON