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Thursday 
2 February  1905
Wellington  -  De
RENZI  -  003
Dr Henry De Renzi  left Wellington  yesterday  by the
Kaikoura  for London  for the benefit of his health. 
During his probable stay  of 8 - 9mths  in the Old
Country     --------  
Obituary  -  Nelson 
-  BARNICOAT  -  004
The death is announced of the Hon. J.Barnicoat, 
M.L.C.   aged 91.
John Wallis Barnicoat  was called to the Upper House on 14
May  1883.  He was for many years a member of the Nelson
provincial Council  and was last 
speaker of that body,    -----  was a landowner in
the Waimea's,  in the Nelson province.
Accident  -  RUSSO  - 
005
----   accident happened to one of the Burnham boys encamped
on Quail Island -------   one of them named Bartholomew
Russo, accidently jostled his comrade  whose rifle went off 
and Russo  received the charge in his face ----  taken to
Christchurch Hospital,
Saturday 
4 February  1905
Inquest  -  SEED 
-  007
----   Elizabeth Hannah Seed,  who died in Hospital --
daughter ,  Mrs Ellen Sorton, 
---  mother was 65 years of age,    died on Friday
afternoon ---
Death  -  BASSETT 
-  008
Mr W. Bassett,  a very old  New Plymouth settler, 
died   at the age of 89 years.  He was for many years
engaged in farming,  among his children are Mr Bassett, 
contractor,  Wanganui,  and the wife of the Rev J.Clover,  of Stratford. 
deceased was a native of Cornwall,  and a warm adherent of
Primitive Methodism.
Monday 6
February  1905
Divorce  -  009
BILSON  -  Mary and
Frederick Charles Bilson,  ex fishmonger of Dunedin,  a
decree nisi was granted.
Russell  -  MARSHALL 
&  CULLEY   -  011
A boat containing 6 people,  capsized in the harbour,  3 of
those on board drowned  and 3 were rescued.  Drowned are Mrs
Marshall  and Mr Culley and 
daughter,   rescued are Messrs Goodhue
(2)  and Doel. 
they all belong to Kawakawa.
Auckland  -  GORDON 
-  010
Walter Gordon,  theboatswain  of the brigatine Carin, 
fell from aloft and ----  death was instantaneous.  The
deceased belonged to Hobart.  
an inquest will be held tomorrow.
Drowning  -  Russell 
-  011
---   a boat containing Mrs Bertha Marshall,  wife of Mr
George Marshall,  publican,  Mr John Culley,  of the Bay
of Islands coal mine,  his daughter  Miss Cissy Culley, 
all of Kawakawa  and Messrs Frederick and Gilbert Goodhue  and Ench Doel  of Taumere,  -----
more  ---
Wednesday 
8 August  1905
Presentation  -  013
MENZIES  -  the staff
of Messrs Alfred Tyree and Co.
----  congratulate Mr A.B.Menzies on his approaching marriage
----  more ---
Accidents & Fatalities  -  014
DOHERTY  -  28 years
old, of Napier,   a horse trainer,  was found dead on
the Taradale road  ----
MASTERS  - 
Mrs,  of Hastings,  victim of a shooting affray  is
still critical ---
WARD  -  John 
of Wellington,  run over by a tramcar,  died in
hospital  -----
Thursday 
9 August  1905
Presentation  -  CRAWFORD -
016
At the Linwood Methodist Church, there was a large attendance of
members of the church and friends of Mr and Mrs W.A.Crawford ---- 
presented 
Mrs Crawford with a lady's travelling case ----  Mr and Mrs
Crawford are about to pay a visit to England ------
Fatalities   -  017
PRATT -  1yr old daughter
of Mr Pratt  of Coromandel  has died -------
LODDER  -  Mrs, 
wife of the proprietor of the City
Buffet Hotel,  Wellington,  has died unexpectedly last night.
Absent without leave  - 
018
WOODS  -  ----  A seaman named James
Woods,  belonging to the s.s.Papanui,  who had absented
himself -----  
Friday  10
February  1905
Sumner  -  016
RIACH  -  Mr F.W.Chapman, 
of Wellington,  is the gentleman who rescued
Mrs Riach and her children  from drowning at Sumner yesterday.
Supreme Court  -  017
Probates - 017
M.E. MOODY,    John H. RICHARDS,  
 William H.GARTON,    Robert COOPER,  
 James F. FISHER,    Arthur George
DOBSON,    Matthew S.BROWN, Martha SEARLES.  
 Frances BUTTERICK,    John EMPSON,  
     George W. SHIPMAN.    August
NEUGERCHWENDER
Letters of Administration  - 
017
M.D.PURDIE.
Liquidation  of the Akaroa Town Hall Company  was granted 
A Motion for discovery  - 
017
SPARKS v ADAMS -  claim for possession of certain land ---- 
defendant in England ---
COPLAND v MATSON  -  
BREARS v BELCHER  -  
Executors' commison  -   
017
MENG -  Sarah W.   deceased
HAYDON -  Selina,   deceased
LeLIEVRE  v ARMSTRONG  -   set down action  
Divorce -   CUMMINS v CUMMINS  -
Saturday 
11 February  1905
Visitors in and out of Christchurch
BAGOT  -  Mr and Mrs George,  of Adelaide,  are
visitors to Christchurch,  Mrs Bagot is a niece of late Hon.
William Robinson  of Cheviot.  - 018
CHESSON -  Dr and Mrs  left Christchurch for England 
this afternoon  -  020
DAVENPORT -  Mr Gilbert C.  of Oxford, England was a recent
caller at Christchurch  -  021
LEAKE - mr and Mrs and Miss Leake  from Aberdeen,  Scotland.
- 023
THOMSON  - Mr G.L.   from Aberdeen,  Scotland. - 023
Westport  -  022
RYAN - Patrick Ryan,  proprietor of the Victoria
Hotel,  fell in his
bar  and broke his right leg,  he died in hospital last night.
Monday 13
February  1905
Deaths  -  024
ELLIS  -  John  aged 25,  employed at Messrs gregg
and Green's flax-mill at  Aorangi  was drowned in the Oroua
river on Saturday
STAFF -  E.  aged 22  drowned at
Foxton    and his nephew
HONORO  - Oscar,  aged 14  while bathing in the Manawatu
river
STEVITSON  -  William,  a farmer,  aged 60 
was found dead in his dwelling at Lovell's flat,  Dunedin
TURNER  -  Emanuel,  aged 89  was found dead in his
chair at Bathgate st South Dunedin.
    
Tuesday 
14 February  1905
Wellington  -  WISE 
-  022
-- A young woman named Eva Alice Wise,  applied to have her infant
committed to a receiving home ----  is a single woman,  came
from Victoria on 18 January 
in search of George Astley Fowler, 
a mining assayer  of Ballarat,  whom she met in Western
Australia -- was the father of her 2 children,  the elder age
3  had been taken by Fowler  from a house where it was
boarded out.  Fowler bought the child to New zealand, ---- 
witness followed ---   she had been through a 
form of marriage with Fowler at Warraden,  Victoria,  has
since heard he was previously married -----   
Wedding -  Carterton  - 028
ELLIOTT  - WEBB  -  Mr R.H.Elliott --- was
married to Mrs Webb,  formerly Mrs Gibson,  of Greytown, 
bridegroom is an old age pensioner  and was    
           
           
    formerly an inmate of the   Carter
Home,  is 79 years of age,  The bride is an sexagenarian.
Napier  -  029
RICHARDSON  -  The death is announced of Mr
G.E.G.Richardson, a well-known settler and owner of racehorses.
Auckland Tramway Fatality  - 
030
A tram accident occurred in Symond street,  a bus and tram were on
their way to town  when the bus horse swerved across the tram line
----  several passengers badly injured  a woman Mrs Foster of
Ponsonby  ----  died.   
the injured  were  -
Miss Pearl Foster,  age 3;   Miss Gladys Foster, 
aged 9;  Mrs H. Hill;  Miss Marion Hill, aged 9; 
MissJessie Hill,  aged 7;  Miss Anna  Anderson;  Mr
William Young;  Driver  Peter Ganley;  ----- 
a  very long column ------
Thursday 
16 February 1905
Wanganui  -  032
OXENHAM  -  an old resident,  Mrs Elizabeth
Oxenham,  aged 93,  died
yesterday,  said to have arrived in the 1st ship that reached New
Plymouth.  -------
Friday  17
February  1905
Auckland  -  033
HAMMOND  -  The death is announced of Mr
E.W.Hammond,  regisrar and interpreter  for the Native Lans
Dept.
Divorce  -  035
REIDY v Reidy,    dissolution of marriage
STEWART  v Stewart,    dissolution of marriage
SHERWIN  v  Sherwin,   dissolution of marriage
MURDOCH  v Murdoch,    dissolution of marriage
Greymouth  -  GORDON 
-  036
The body of a man,  who for the past fortnight had been living
under the name of Charles Gordon  was found ----  letters on
his clothing indicate he was in 
business in Palmeston North  under the name Charles REVENS  --------
Visitors to Christchurch  - 
038
COOPER  -  Arthur (Sheffield, England)
SWANSTON -  H.T.  (Melbourne)
BEAUMONT - J. (Huddersfield)
RAVEN -  R.E.  (London)
RICHARDSON -  F. (Cheshire)
MEYER  -  F. (Pudsey, Yorkshire)
Saturday 
18 February  1905
Inquest  -  040
GORDON  -  at the inquest  on the death of
Charles Gordon alias Claud Revans,
of Palmeston North -----  
Auckland  -  041
RUSSELL  -  The death -- of James Russell,  of
Messrs Jackson  and
Russell,  solicitors,  and brother of late Thomas
Russell  C.M.G.
Monday 20
February  1905
Deaths  -  042
ADAMS -  Thomas, 
stationer, of Gisborne died suddenly this
morning.  He was sitting on the doorstep of his res.  after
breakfast and expired almost immediately.
AMRIES -  Kastar,  of
Swedish descent -- was drowned in the
Waiwakaiho river  yesterday.  an inquest will be held this
afternoon.
Tuesday 
21 February  1905
Probates  -  043
Philip H.B.Luscombe;    Maren Jensen;  
     Duncan McPhedian;    Ruth
Rastrick:        Samuel Sewell;
        Joseph H. Kelcher;  
 George Barker
William Cook;        Patrick
Duffy;        John George L.
Scott;    Elizabeth Adams;    James
Bennett;        Jesse
Prestige;        Thomas Menzies;
Margaret B. C.Dods;    Robert Henry
Birdling;    Thomas Parke;  
     Campbell Brown;
Returned to Christchurch - 044
ROBERTS -  Graham, 
after an absence of 4 years and half in
England,  Mr Graham Roberts returned to Christchurch  this
morning.
Death  -  045
A child 3 mths old,  died this morning at an infants home kept by
Mrs Perrin,  in Barbour street,  Linwood,  death due to
natural causes,  but an inquest will be held.
Wednesday 
22 February  1905
Deaths  -  046
News has been received that a woman and 2 children have been killed by
a falling tree  at Pukerimu - no details are to hand.
Fatality  -  
RAVENSCROFT -  John, a storekeeper at Otautau,  was
found dead on Monday ----  
The Late Mr A.G.DOBSON  - 
047
 ------     father Mr A. Dudley Dobson
---    his son had been thrown out of a cart at
Kirwee,  while engaged in the performance of his duty as County
engineer.  ----   accident resulted in his death on 17
January  -----   
Obituary  -  048
STAVELY  -  The death is announced of
Lieutenant-Colnel Stavely,  aged
78  -----  died at res. of his son-in-law  Mr W.
Baillie  of Blenheim,  ------
Thursday 
23 February  1905
Deaths  -  049
O'NEIL  - 
Richard,  the reamins of a man have been
found at Four Peaks station,  Geraldine.  left home 11mths
ago and never seen since.
PATCHETT -  T.A. 
aged 37  died suddenly yesterday  ---  formerly a
hotel-keeper  ------
Friday  24
February  1905
Presentation  -  PAIRMAN
-  050  - 
Dr T.W.Pairman  and his daughter Miss Beatrice Pearman  who
are about to leave Lyttelton  for the zold Country were
entertained by their friends at Lyttelton ----  Yesterday Dr
Pearman resigned his post of surgeon at Lyttelton gaol  being
there    for 15 years---  a travelling rug, 
silver mounted pocket book  Miss Pearman  with a ring set
with diamonds  and emeralds  and a silver mounted purse -----
 
Fatalities   -  051
MacDONALD  -  a
teamster on the Mangatoro Estate  was
found dead,  he had been carting posts -----  was a single
man  aged 24.
HART  -  3 brothers
-- a blasting accident at Para  ----- Picton -- Abel Hart 
died ---
Saturday 
25  February  1905
Picton  -  HART 
-  053
The Hart brothers waited for 30min  for the charge to explode and
the William,  age 28 and Abraham,  age 24,  began to
bore to withdraw it.  James aged 14  was some distance
away.  Shortly after they began work,  the explosion took
place  -------    Their father and another brother
were just returning to the spot with 
a cart ------ more
Waihi  -  054
PENNO -    Harold Penno,  a well-known
bandsman  was killed in the Waihi mine today ------  he was a
married man.
Death at Sea  -  YULE 
-  055
Mr Andrew H.Yule,  late chief refrigerating engineer of the 
steamer Matatua,  who was stricken with paralysis of the
brain  and 4mths in Christchurch Hospital  died at sea on 5
December  while Homeward bound by the Athenic -- expired shortly
after leaving Rio de Janerio,  ---  widely known in New
Zealand  ---  age 37.
Monday  27
February  1905
Divorces -  Wellington  -  056
PROUSE -  Mary Howell
Prouse  v.  William Prouse
GRAY  -  Clara Bailey
Gray  v  William Franklin Gray
Fatalities   -  057
LARSON  - 
Niels,  engaged in rafting posts down the Opoiti river,
Wairoa,  ---drowned  -----
RUSS  -  a lad aged
11 ran into a trap ----   died early this morning  at
Stratford
PACEY  - 
Ernest,  drowned while surf-bathing at Levin  last evening.
COSTER  -  Richard,
aged 19,   a drowning accident in the Sounds,  employed
on the steamer Elsie ------
Probates  -  058
COOK -  Sarah
COLVILLE  -  William
Invercargill - Death  - 
TANNER  -  059
Mr Edward Tanner,  a solicitor,  died suddenly on Saturday
night.  ---- for many years secretary of the Acclimatisation
Society.
Presentation  - 
GRAHAM  -  061
At a meeting of the employees of Messrs Graham and Greig, 
builders,  Mr Graham,  who is about to visit the Old Country
was presented by his employees a deck chair and travelling rug. 
and a gold and greenstone brooch for Mrs Graham -----
Death  -  PEPPER 
-  062
William Pepper,  ----   died last night.
Rhodes Scholar  - 
ROBERTSON  -  063
Mr Philip N.Robertson,  of Victoria College,  a son of Mr
D.Robertson,  chief clerk at the General Post Office,  has
been selected to hold the Rhodes Scholarship  for New
Zealand  this year.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch  NZ
4 April  2009
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