RICHMOND.
Waimea Road Board. —The Annual Meeting of Ratepayers in the Waimea districts was held at the Richmond Institution on Monday for the purpose of electing members for the Road Board of those districts to supply vacancies caused by the retirement in rotation of three members. Mr. Harkness having been called' to the chair read the.advertisement calling the meeting, also extracts from the Road Act. relative to the duties and qualifications of electors, and called upon the persons present to proceed to nomination. Messrs. Barnicoat, R. Eden, Baigent and N. G-. Morse were proposed and seconded and upon a show of hands the choice was declared to have fallen upon Messrs. Barnicoat, Baigent, and Morse, whereupon a poll was demanded oh behalf of Mr. Eden, -but as it appeared that he was not qualified to take part in the present proceedings the other gentlemen were declared duly elected. Messrs. R, Malcolm Mid W. Hftrkneu were elected to audit the, Bwrtfi wowntl f<Kth% pwtJW ..." .. \ v:.;,:. .;: ...
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STOKE. [from our correspondent.] Accident. —An accident, nearly attended with serious results, occurred last Monday morning. As one of Mr. Saundei'3! -carts was passing Mr. Ching's, part of the harness broke, when the horses took fright and became unmanageable. After running a short distanc^hey suddenly swerved to the side of the road; thJWriver was pitched into the "hedge, the cart tilted over, and one of the horses thrown down under the shafts. Fortunately help was near at hand, for the early van from Nelson just then happening to pass, the driver stopped, the passengers got out, and helping " with a will," soon emptied the cart of its load, and set the horse free. The driver was no worse. Constable for SToiae.—Some steps have lately been taken to get a constable appointed for this district. A memorial has been drawn up and signed, and personal application made at head quarters. Stoke is generally a quiet place—perhaps a.little too quiet; still, accidents will happen .in the host regulated families, and so in case of need it would be very satisfactory to the inhabitants "to have some one to appeal to-a-little nearer than Richmond or Nelson. TnE proposed New Church.—There is now a fair prospect of the church; which' has so long been spoken of being soon erected. The plan is drawn out, the ground enclosed, and the tender for the building accepted. Long ago it would have been up, but for the old difficulty—want of money ; and even now I j believe the building committee is somewhat straitened on that account, and would be very pleased to find by the fact of a few more .donations coming in that " Poverty is not in the land.."
RICHMOND.
Colonist, Volume VI, Issue 596, 10 July 1863, Page 2
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