WANGANUI.
The most important items of intelligence in the Chronicle this week, came by sea from Taranaki, and is to the effect that orders had been received at New Plymouth for the occupation of the Tatararoaika block by the troops, also that the small steamer Avon was seen standing in for the Waikato river on the 27th November. 1 We make the following extracts of local intelli- ! gence from the same journal. ' Lancashire Relief Fond. — The subscriptions ' paid, amount to £92 6s 6d, which has been Bent I to Manchester to-day by the Committee, who 1 continue to receive subscriptions. We regret that t the list was handed to us too late for publication • to-day. It will appear next week.
Recent Departures. -— !$We have this week to record the loss of three of our townsmen -—all well known to the public, and occupying important positions in our community Mr Busby, the local manager of the N. S. Wales Bank has been promoted to a similar office in Nelson, and has left this with the best wishes and to the great regret of all his personal and business acquaintance, by whom he is highly esteemed, Dr Tuke, who has been well knowu here and it Rangitikei for some years, has proceeded to Wellington to go home by the Asterope ; and we need not say that his loss will be much felt in a community who appreciated his medical skill, and would gladly have had him remain among them actively engaged in the duties of his profession, And lastly, Major Trafford, who landed here fifteen years ago from the ' Inflexible ' as Lieutenant in the Grenadier company of the 65th, it which regiment he is still remembered with fond enthusiasm by those formerly under his command, left on Tuesday, to go home by the first steamei yia Suez. Major Trafford's intention is to return in about a year, the trip being taken for the bene. fit ofhis health, which some time ago was very mucli impaired, but is now considerably improved. He wa3 entertained to dinner by a few of his oldest friends on Monday evening last. Thos. B. Taylor, Esq., presided, and Major Durie acted as vice. The evening was spent very pleasantly, the only drawback being the prospect of the guest's absence for so long so long a period. We wish him a pleasant and beneficial trip.
WANGANUI.
Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1802, 9 December 1862, Page 3
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