BROAD BAY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2201, 7 May 1896, Page 30

BROAD BAY.

May 4.— A very successful, gathering, was held at tbeWesleyan Church here last, week towel* come the new Horn* missionary, Mr E. R. Buckingham. The church was very nicely decorated for the occasion. Suitable addresies were given by the Revs. Messrs Griffin and Greig and Messrs Buckingham . and Duke. Several choruses were well rendered by tbe, choir, and solos by Mrs Thomson, Misses Bilmaa, F.. Greea, "* and Buckingham, alto a recitation by H. Green. The church was well filled, and the audien.ee genial and hearty in their welcome to' tbe new missionary Why the tarm " missionary " ? Does it not infer that we aro just emergiag from savagedom? . Local Elections. ?-Tbe school committee election was a very quiet affair, just sufficient nom£« nations to.fill tke vacancies— viz., Messrs J. Scott* Every one with a garden should grow one oE Ntsimo & Bum's Jap*ne*d " Crimson Rambler* Roseß. It is the woccter ot the period in slaot*! Plants! 5a and 8s 0d ©ach.

g. Nyhon,_J. Olearwater, A. H. Binnte, and J. raineer. A' great deal more interest was taken in the road board electi .n, which resulted in the re-election of Mr S. Hinklaj^T the voting b,'ing— Hinkley 36, Grainger 23 ; for North East Harbour subdivision, Milne 33 (re elected), MavryAtt 5. Obituary.— Mr John Styles, whose death wa3 HOtifled in last week's Witness, was the first resident in the B^y. He was a native of Oroydon, England, and cams oxit here in the ship Ajax from London In 1849 or 1850. Immediately after arrival hV agreed to go to work in the Clutha district, making the trip from Port Chalmers there with several others in a whaleboat. The royagc occupied a week, as they kept pretty close "to the shore, and at night, or if the weather was bad, they managed to laud somewhere. Shortly afterwards he returned to Dunedin oveiland to - fetch down some valuable cattle, a feitt which he accomplished under difficulties snch as only those acquainted with, pioneering can imagine. Returning to Port 'Ohalmejra loon afterwards, he WorkedVith the late Mr D. Carey in discharging and (supplying ships *for a time. Afterwards marrying, he went to the North Taieri to a shaep and cattle station belonging to a Mr Hopkinson, , where wild pork formed the staple article of diet. After a time he ag»iu returned to Po.t Chalmers, and shortly afterwards, in 1851, Ibok up land and his residence at the Bay. here. -The land, excepting the, township of Oban, which he sold s-me years ago, he retained till his death. After selling the township named he with his family took up land in the Gore district, and removed there. Two yeara ago he took atrip to- the old country, - only to find the farm at Croydon he had worked on coveredswith homes, street?, and tram lines, and not half a dozen people, who knew him. Several yeira ago be had a bad attack of iufluenzaj never regaining hisjprevious robustness, and during the last two months his health broke up rapidly. He was an intelligent conversationalist and a good fatory teller.' .It was*, real pleasure to hear him relating his experiences and - knowledge of the .early days Hearty and genial in manner, upright and noneat, his • friendship was valued by those who knew him best. His wife predeceased him some yeare. It* leaves a large £*ntily, al! «town up *nd s<rtH^ al>oui, the ' Waimea Plains.