City Affairs

• Mr Bethwaite – a city councillor

Nelson Regatta

• Mr Somerville
• Mr Trask

Oddfellowship

• Dr Leggatt
• H. Wilkins
• R. McArtney
• W.A. Hounsell
• G. Mercer
• G.F. Smallbone
• Bro. Rothwell [may be Bothwell]
• H. Edwards
• Mr Amos

Hospital and Charitable Aid Board

• Cr Everett
• Mr Phillips
• Mr Pattie [this is slightly unclear]

Orphanage Childrens Treat

• James Canning
• Father Mahoney
• Mr M. Hunt

The Maori Football Team

Another of the late Maori football team has gone to his long rest. Wi Karanria, of Hawke’s Bay, having died a few days since of consumption that was contracted in England.

Havelock

• Mr Reader
• Mr Doreen
• Mr Tyres [could be Tyree]
• The Bijou Band:
  • Fred H. House
  • W. Douglas
  • W. Escourt
  • A. Miller
  • G. Jacobs
  • A.H. Leaper
  • J. Reynolds
  • R. Bird  [could be B. Bird]
  • F. Whiteman
  • L. Leaper

Mahinapawa

• Wairarapa Claim
  • P. Dumphy
  • J. Morris
  • J. Cately
• Capt. Levy

Riwaka Road Board

• Mr Bate
• Mr Drummond
• Mr Inglis
• Mr Rowling
• Mr Macmahon
• Mr J. Kerr
• J.W. Cook
• D. Pattie
• J. Inglis [this looks like Inclis]
• W. Pattie junr
• G. Hickmott
• Alex Drummond
• T. Franklin

Telegrams

Dunedin, January 2
By a fire at Pakertakai, near Waikouaiti, Sa?ins, Louisa, and Madeline Ashwell, half-castes, a mother and two daughters, were burnt to death at midnight on Tuesday.  George Ashwell, the father of the family, was brought into the Dunedin Hospital severely burned, and has since died from the effects.

Page 4

This page has very faint and bad print – take the following with a grain of salt.

• Alexander Tyler – 52 year old seaman from Aberdeen. Died in Gisborne.
  

News Items

• Mr Bell – a Wellington Barrister
• Sir Frederick Whitaker
• John Burns

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Page 3

Shipping Intelligence

Inwards:

December 31 – Penguin – From Picton, Wellington & South – Passengers:
Misses Richmond, Bayliss, Combs, Vickery (2), Newman, Ross (2).
Mesdames Fletcher and child, McCullock, Hamilton, Staid, Vickery, White.
Messrs Fletcher, McCullock, Sawles, Clark, Innes, Moffat, Fuller, Connor, Ballinger, Perry, Ashton, Holdsworth, McAlpine, Staid, Vickery, Jones, White, Crump, Meads, Hon E Vickery and 12 others.

January 1 – Mawhera – From Picton & Wellington – Passengers:
Misses Cook, Hayes
Mrs Cooper
Lord Devonshire
Dr Kingsley and servant
Messrs Bunny, Wells, Pickard, Kenny, Wood, St.J. and A.R.Lysaght, Leech, Savage and two others.

Outwards:

December 31 – Penguin – For Picton, Wellington & South – Passengers:
Misses Leahy, Murray (2), Keeble, Dement, Moffat, Boyd, Vickery (2).
Mesdames Hayden, Sinclair, Hale, Kudarz, Boyd, Vickery, Dodson, Hon E Vickery.
Messrs Dodson, Gifford, Cousins, Ford, Brown, Hale, Cotterell, Murray, Vickery, Spiers, and 21 others.

January 1 – Mahinapua – For Taranaki & Manukau – Passengers:
Misses Pope, Harris
Mrs Onyoms
Messrs Cowan, O’Shea, Evans, and Dartnell.

January 1 – Mawhera – For Westport & Greymouth – Passengers:
Misses Cummings
Master Levestam
Messrs Carne and Dickenson

Birth

HARKNESS – December 30, at Richmond, the wife of W. Dickson Harkness, of a son.

Marriage

HALE – HARRIS – December 31, at the Cathedral, Nelson, by the Most Rev the Primate, Charles Arthur Esgar Hale, of Wellington, to Annie [obscured] [obscured], second daughter of James Henry Harris, of Nelson.
[Note: the "s" in Esgar is blurred or could be a typographical error.  Annie appears to have two further names but these are blurred and are indecipherable.]

Resident Magistrate’s Court

• A. Turnbull Esq.
• W. Wells
• Catherine Fraser
• C.P. Anderson
• A. Dumble
• John Engle Bretson

Wesleyan

• Rev. W.C. Oliver
• Mr Hayes

The Richmond Sports

• C.E. Molesworth
• Roderick McRae
• J.G. Barkness
• S. Avery
• M. Lammas
• F. Green
• G. Green
• Joseph Best
• J.L. Paaps
• Mr Mills
• Mr Askew

Under 15 boys:

• R. Reay
• C. Avery
• T. Leighton

Other events:

• C. Barnett
• E. Richards
• J. Ross
• F.E. Trolove
• E. Cresswell
• A. Frazer
• C. Reader
• Tovey
• R. Eyles
• Hewitson
• J.T. Harkness
• George Johnston
• H. Arnold
• G. Arnold
• A. Green
• J. Busch
• J.T. Moore
• Greenfield
• Botterell
• Dee
• Levien
• Hogg
• E. Smith

Tug of War:

Harvey’s Moutere Team

• James Harvey
• John Harvey
• George Harvey
• S. Toece
• C. Gifford
• T. Hewetson

Telegrams

Dunedin, December 31
The body of John Davidson, Road Inspector for the Taieri County, was found last night on the road near Outram.  He had evidently fallen from his horse, as his neck was dislocated.

Mr James Wright, 75 years of age, died at Green Island, from apoplexy.

The Committee of the Anglers Association have sustained the protest against Alexander Thompson, of Owaki, in connection with the Exhibition fishing competition, and have awarded the gold medal to Henry St George Hamilton, Glenomaru, and the silver medal to George Munro, Dunedin.

January 1
To-day Mr Caldwell, agent for the Australian Mutual Provident Association, was killed by being thrown out of a trap while driving from Christchurch to Kaiapoi.

Auckland
Names mentioned:

• T. Marrin [may be Morrin]
• Sir R. Wilson of Adelaide
• W. Waters of Glenlore stud
• Henry George

SPORTING

Greymouth Races – Greymouth, December 31 & January 1
Names mentioned:

• S. Middlemas (a jockey – thrown & cut)
• Edward Dodds (jockey of Patrician – rolled on, died from his injuries)

Auckland Races – Auckland, January 1
Names mentioned:

• Mrs Mitchelson
• Hon Mr Mitchelson

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News Items

A man named John M. Cawley, has died of injuries received, it is supposed from a passing train while he was asleep on the Otakia Bridge, Otago.  When last seen alive Cawley was not sober.

In the year that I have been having my sabbatical the Papers Past website, from which all of these transcribed entries are taken, has had a wonderful upgrade.  They have added the ability to search many of the publications available on the website.

This makes my transcriptions of the New Zealander, Taranaki Herald,  Te Aroha News and the Wanganui Herald redundant.  Of my choices only the Inangahua Times remains, as yet, unavailable for searching.

I recommend you take a look here for the list of titles available through the new search engine.  I also advise that you consider doing your own browsing of papers as well.  The character recognition has vastly improved in the past year from truly appalling to very very good.  However, fuzzy images will still occasionally produce fuzzy results.  So, if you are pretty sure you should be finding entries, do the old fashioned thing and read the whole newspaper yourself.

What this means for NZ Newspaper Articles Blog is a re-evaluation of the usefulness of transcribing names from the as yet unavailable source material on Papers Past – at least until they finally have all issues searchable.

I hope everyone has at least been happy to have found out about the National Library’s wonderful work through this blog, and I wish you good luck with your research.

Cheers for now.

I am currently in the midst of getting to know the new addition to our family tree, and am therefore a bit short of time to continue regular transcriptions. On top of that, we are not currently at home due to major renovations.

This means there will be a little bit of a delay before a new entry appears. I hope that come November we will be back in our house and our new addition will have a somewhat settled routine.

I hope you will all stick with me until then, and will look forward to reading the new newspaper that I will be adding to the collection.

• H.Logie, Postmaster.
• Messrs Wilkins and Field, Nelson, on behalf of Dalgety and Co. (Explosives)
• Wm. Davidson and Jules Simon, Westport, on behalf of Dalgety and Co. (Explosives)
• Gallagher Bros., Reefton, on behalf of Dalgety and Co. (Explosives)
• Forsyth and Masters, Greymouth and Reefton, on behalf of Dalgety and Co. (Explosives)
• Jas. Renton, Hokitika, on behalf of Dalgety and Co. (Explosives)
• Trent Bros., Christchurch (Malted Food)
• Masefield & Co., Auckland (Engines)
• John Fowler, Ashburton (Bonnington’s Irish Moss)
• W.S.Campbell, Proprietor, Albion Hotel, Greymouth
• J.W.Tatton and Son and Black, Surgeon Dentists, Westport
• Charles Downie, Proprietor, Commercial Hotel, Murchison
• Mitchell & Co., Fred M.Mitchell, Manager (Chemists)
• F.R.Manning, Agent, Dunedin (Engines)

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Advertisers on Page Two.

• Hayward Bros., Christchurch (Foodstuffs)
• George B. Shepherd, Sharebroker, Mining & Commission Agent, Reefton
• W. & G. Turnbull & Co., Proprietors, Empire Tea Co.
• R.Hindmarsh, Sharebroker, Mining & Commission Agent, Bridge Street, Reefton
• C.Smith, Cash Draper, Broadway, Reefton
• Free & Cottrell, (Notice of Removal to temporary offices)
• Jas. Wills & Co., Buller Road, Reefton
• Forsyth and Masters, Reefton (Cottages for sale & Ironmongery)
• T.W.Tymons & Co., Greymouth, Drapery
• Mr Patterson (Tea)
• E.J.Scantlebury, Chemist

Names mentioned in the news section:

• Mr Cadman, Minister of Mines (Mining Act Amendment Bill)

Local and General

In our report of the Ikamatua concert in yesterday’s issue, the young lady’s name, whose recital was so excellently rendered, was Miss Newell, and not Neville, as appeared in the report.

A press telegram, received this morning conveys the mournfull intelligence that Mr T.Phelps, formerly of this town, was accidentally killed at Palmerston North. He was in the act of stepping on to a train while the latter was in motion, and was precipitated under the wheels and killed instantaneously. In common with many others we express our great regret, for this shocking termination to a young and useful life. Mr T.Phelps was well-known in Reefton, having been a resident here almost from his infancy, and was for many years in the employ of Mr W.Roberts, farmer.

Other names mentioned in this section include:

• Mr E.A.Haggen, Editor of the Wellington weekly, People.
• Dr Findlay (mentioned in the article about the People)
• E.J.Scantlebury, Chemist (this must be one of the first ever advertorials – it is in the news section and is not a separate advert.)

TELEGRAMS

Wellington, July 31.
Mr McLean, who formerly represented Wellington, will contest the City at the general election.

To-day a Maori girl, aged about ten years, named Teuru Noahina, was severely burnt about the hands, face, neck and body, through her clothes catching fire. She was putting water into the boiler of a house occupied by a native chief named Mahupuka, one of whose tribe she belongs to, when her apron caught fire, and the girl rushing out of the house was soon enveloped in flames. Captain Russell, M.H.R., was passing at the time and promptly took off his overcoat and wrapped it around the girl, thus smothering the flames, and by his decisive action probably saved her life. She is progressing favourably.

While playing in the lower room attached to his mother’s residence, at the back of the Terrace school, Arthur Nancarrow, about eight years of age, sat down sharply againtt the window pane, which gave way, and he was precipitated a distance of some 30 feet on to the concrete path. The forepart of his head is greatly injured, the skull being badly fractured. His condition is serious, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.

Napier, This Day.
T.M.Tuffnell, accounant at the Timber Company’s Office, has disappeared, and nothing has been heard of him since Monday.

COLONIAL BANK LIQUIDATION

Names mentioned are:

• Justice Williams
• Mr Haggitt

PARLIAMENTARY

Names mentioned are:

• Hon. George McLean
• Mr R. McKenzie, Westport League
• Mr McNab
• Messrs G. Hutchison and Ward

Page Three:

Funeral Notice

The friends of Mrs D.Cochrane and Charles Anderson are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late beloved mother, Catherine, to the Old Cemetery.
The funeral will leave her late residence, Upper Broadway, on SUNDAY at 3 p.m.

T.Crumpton, Undertaker

For Sale

That excellent property known as CHRISTIE’S FARM, situate at the Inangahua Junction. There is a house, two barns, stables, and other necessary outbuildings on the property, which comprises 288 ½ acres. This is a favorable opportunity of acquiring a freehold homestead. The farm will be sold in a whole or in three sections. Further particulars may be obtained on application on the premises.

C.Minderman, Inangahua Junction.

Advertisers on Page Three.

• T. Hubere Lee, Manager, Hercules Quartz Mining Company
• R.A.Sutherland, Grandstand Hairdressing Saloon, Broadway, Reefton (Books)
• D.O.Preshaw, Secretary, Reefton Hospital
• R.W.Shallcrass, Manager, United Alpine Quartz Mining Company
• J.B.Saxon, Authorised Surveyor
• Sydney Black, Surgeon Dentist
• H.Carter, Watchmaker and Jeweller
• Linstrom and Prentice, Butchers (Mr F.O.Linstrom), Reefton
• Edward Conway, Baker, Central Broadway, Reefton
• W.B.Barkley, Broadway, Reefton (Fabrics and millinery)
• E.J.Knowsley, Manager, Hallenstein Bros
• Forsyth and Masters, Hardware & Iron merchants
• Parkinson & Co., Chemists, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth
• Harold Brothers, Tea, Reefton
• T.J.Malloy, Boot Importer, Reefton
• John Chambers & Son, Auckland (Pumps & irrigation)

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Advertisers on Page Four.

• Joseph Godber, Izal Disinfectant, Christchurch
• William Thomson, Proprietor, Motupiko (Late Lowden’s)
• Hathaway & Co, Market Place, Christchurch
• H.Griffiths, Proprietor, Wharf Hotel, Greymouth
• Miss Crabb, Dress and Mantle maker (late of Bain & Co., Nelson)
• Mrs J.Bray, draper
• W.M.J.Hansby, Chemist and Druggist, Reefton
• W.Thomson, Chairman, Bank of New Zealand
• J.W.Easson & Co., Greymouth (Bicycles & Furniture)
• J.C.Mercer, Nelson (Bicycles)
• Stanislaus Muller, Manager, Ohoutahi Station
• Chas. Begg & Co., Dunedin, Music Sellers
• George Collier, Proprietor, A1 Hotel, Christchurch
• Mr A.Dunbar, Reefton (in connection with the A1 Hotel)
• P. Settele, Tailor, Lower Broadway
• Isaac Lewis, Certified Assayer, Metallurgist & Practical Chemist, Mining Agent.
• James Stevenson, Agent, Cobb & Co.
• Canning & Newman, Proprietors, Cobb & Co.
• Amelia Brandt, Proprietress, Matiri House, Nelson Road
• J.E.Hounsell & Co., Bookseller, Nelson
• Sydney Black, Surgeon Dentist
• Henry Cooper, Mining, Commission and Insurance Agent, Reefton
• A.Harris, Saddler and Harness maker, Lower Broadway
• Margaret McAuley, Grocer and General Store Keeper, Smith Street and Buller Road, Reefton
• Mr Hathaway M.P.S., Christchurch
• Mrs Hathaway, Private Hospital, Christchurch
• Joseph Andrews, Manufacturer, 205 Willis Street, Wellington
• R.A.Sutherland, Hairdressing Saloon
• R.Chattock, Land, Estate and Commission Agent, Broadway, Reefton
• Mr S. Chipchase, Dyer and Scourer (ex-Melbourne) (West Coast Dye Works), Alexander Street, Greymouth
• J.Malloy, Painter & Paperhanger, Reefton
• Mrs Bray, Draper, next door to C.Rhodes
• Thomas Jones, ex-proprietor, Post Office Hotel, Greymouth
• Mr H.C.Fricker, proprietor, Post Office Hotel, Greymouth