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Colonist, Volume XVIII, Issue 2105, 27 July 1876, Page 5 (Supplement)

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y flD Archdeacon Thorpe has left Nelson for W1" (ijUjßCH.—The" annual meeting of the ("f rs of this Ghurch;;.was held : oil. .Tuesday, "" 1 the Ko'- J.Jiei«hton.;being in the chair. >. receiptß were reported to-be £764 19f1.-4d. "'?' eip«»ditur° 55' Oa* 3d* Messrß> Acton l1".-^ Pickering were Te-appointed Church- ¥>' rj't'Saaly and MrV Anthony,: Sidesmen ; . MeiWfcX?. 'Oooke, A. Pitt, A. E. 'l Scaife, A. J. Richmond, and C. Hunter *"' Vestrymen.- Adonation >y Mtr. C. E. o f Seafosth, Liverpool, of £50,% .through the <* n( j jira. Leigliton, was, announced. Votes Were passed to. the Ladies'(by whose & 01 12s. were raised), to the. Choir, and to I^IL OSDEB OF FOEESTEHSj NeLSOIT DISTRICT. hilf-yeavly meeting'of the Nelson District of ?\ Order of Foresters was held on July 21; when BL D tß and reports:;..presented showed the l|! |j e ; n a very flourishing - condition, both r. .I ran d numerically. The total worth of the Jjaidi amounts to £696 3s- .113. fst WiS&Aiftfi Gold.—On Thn i'sdayj July 19, ht Darkly brought across 132 ounces of,gold Ridge mine ; also; 40 ounces from ?eiCTCottbt. —On July .10, before Judge Broad, wort Adams -applied for probate and duplicate »toba granted to the executor in the estate of I' Jfr 0. Wilson. . The. personalty was sworn £300 and Mr Acton Adumtf was the sole Lander the will. Duplicate probate was !L that one might ho used in England and the J fi Hi» Honor granted ordinary probate, 'arred tlio question of granting a duplicate. MB ioDaB o:F Oddfellows.—The usual l r |v financial meeting was held on Wednesday, L During the past six months the sum il 7j 4d haß oeon a^ded to the capital of the ''matin? »t°tal amount of £2865 12s Mto the j\f the Sick and .funeral Fund, and of ilid to the credit of the Management Fund id June last. Of this capital the sum of ■j«inverted at interest on fr^ebold securities. 'wtswere, contributions £187 5s 6d, initiation ill and interest £113 19s lid. The dis'Jnts: Sick Pay £64 16s Bd, Funeral Si 1&( Wi(?ow and Orphans £21 5s 3d, and ;l salaries, and District Levy £67 13s Bd. 157 members. The following are L for the ensuing half-year: J. P. Kissel, H[,jler; H. M. Burnard, Noble Grand; J. fe'telti Yine-Qrand ; H. Freeman, Elective jn|Dr Squires, Surgeon; and E. Moore, oil Secretary. 255W00D.— The last crushing of the Golden iiijm yielded over 131 ounces of retorted gold. M came from a small area of cement. The Lithe Morning Star claim, adjacent, yielded lime of gold to the ton, ana the material Sjtirtrse of being a picked lot. si Kelson Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M.U.—The halfmeeting of the above lodge was held in the WHall on July 12. The auditor's report iace-sheet were read and adopted. The inters 215 members, and their capital is <\{i 10d, having increased £145 15s lOd ills half year. Dr Farrelle was re-elected j, He new system inaugurated last year of b medical attendance for the families of si of the lodge has worked so satisfactorily lii 3 resolved to continue the same. si Road Board. —We have been informed jlonday last the following gentlemen were ii! members of the above-named Board for Mentioned sub-districts:— iita.—Mr. Macmahon; jKiMontere.—Mr. Dencker; kk-Mr. M'Donald; *oti.-Mr. E. F. Burrell. 3asd Pox Him Railway.—The following fan of traffic for the four weeks ending 17th X:Passengees. No. £ s. d. £ b. d. p 1,728 262 13 11 lie 7 2 2 Seti 0 18 1 270 14 1 Goods. tmtr} »»* 124 19 4

*l £395 13 5 uy safely Bay that never was there larger »within the walls of the Oddfellows' Hall !%13and July 18, to witnessthe production ii company, composed of members 6f the laplars Order, of the drapaa in 'five acts '"I™Nights in a Bar-room." The hall was immmed, and throughout the entertainment Wdnration the audience paid the deepest Btwif8 t wif anxious not to miss a single word or tit came from the stage. To say that the Smtm a success, and that it reflected great sfimnanagement and performers, is scarcely Wor it was a decided suoceas. The happiest S bad been displayed in apportioning the 'iwacteM, and everything connected with in remarkably Bmoothly. s,which, weighed when dressed ready for the unop,no less than seven hundred and sixtyVtracted much attention at Mr Warren's ant the other day. We believe it was reared flit's farm at Appleby. It was a retnarkllßllHl, learn from the Buller News that J Narrived at Mokihinui from the Palmer JM). They are looking for a reef, which «came across in the Mokihinui district "So, and " obtained half an ounce of sold "Mi of Btone." ' *H!.--At about 20 minutes past four '■Way, -July 19, a smart shock of earthH«I m.r elgon > its diiection being from "Mod its duration several seconds. In j»»a aeveral other towns in the Colony fau T- BOvere ' but here we have only «e 3 being thrown off shelve* in one or

■Hf o ACCIDENT AT WaNGAPRKA.— il,i A at tlle Darfc Hotel, ■ Wangapeka. ".before George' Gillow, Esq., J.P., If *h? m Mr John A. M'Donald was i •( death of Ponsonby Adamson, Wtl, •''I 111011 were re]ated in ourla ß t * ™c evidence it appeared that deceased i»i3r lr nty feet fr°m tba m°uth °f th» iljj ,' w^ en the accident occurred, and iv 'e, arth his whole body excepti,,; JM arms. He was killed .instantly, C,;** in Bayi«g he was disfigured, tie grazed and body ocly Bhewi Wd2t a ne boin S broken- A verdict tijJJJ v"J e refcurned' Tbe deceased was !Cjr°n tbe 12fch July» an iDq«eßt tfft. •J recent firo whioh occurred at Vital i M adduced it appeared that Hi T** ci t0 Mr. Webby, had long '^horn til Wa9 burnt down during th« S\i hi T* owner 'that the house had KSOT Up> and Hat no one was *J! 6d Tbe verdict returned was { n» evidence to show how the fire >Jof.tl BT BBroo E .-The contractors for Kief bmbßr for fche new Maitai '""•Ihs BOrne time had a quantity of Hnaf °, d| and yesterday the prelimi!H»J pile>driTinß' &c" wero begun, ,'Jcoml may bo expected that the work KIZVZ of the llth ' r?P° rfc that *>maj y "wjust had a crushing which Dd i n q"a, rtpr ounces of gold per ton.— *ClJ c 8th' the WeaUh..if .Nation. S if 1023'I 023' sdw^-The -Ajax' Com\A\ll° tbe Tal»e of one thousand crushing.