Lyttelton
Times - Christchurch -
December - 1878
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Monday
2 December 1878
Chattels for sale - 003
ASKEW - Mr Thomas, has
sold his farm at Waddington, is leaving this
Island ---- list of chattels.
Inquest - 004
ROUND - David
----- fractured his skull --- died 29 Nov. at 5am. ----
Sudden Death - 005
MANNING - Rebecca,
sudden death in the Harewood rd, --- aged 73.
Inquests - 006
BARRY - John, storekeeper
at Meanee, was mounting his horse at Napier -------
died inquest held ----
SMITH - man, either
German or Scandanavian, found dead at Farndon railway
station ---
Infant child - stillborn at Hastings,
found in a bedroom of a servant girl at the Railway Hotel ----
Lyndhurst - 008
COSTER - Messrs L. and E.
--- township of Lyndhurst on the Rakaia - Ashburton
Forks railway -------
Tuesday
3 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 009
GRIFFITHS - William,
of Christchurch, hairdresser ----
LONG - James, of
Templeton, stationmaster. ----
Wednesday
4 December 1878
Courtenay - 012
SMITH - Mrs, the
stabling at the Courtenay Arms Hotel caught fire, Mrs Smith
saved the mare and foal ----
Springston - 013
LOWE - Mr Eli, to sell
50 acre farm RS 7177 adjoining the properties of Messrs
SIMMONS Bros, R.DAY and J.MARSHALL --- 6 roomed
house --
Waihao Estate - South Canterbury - 014
PARKER - Messrs H.R. and
J.E. --- 9500 acres -- senior partner returning to
England ------
Thursday 5 December 1878
Balmoral Station - 017
HILLING - John,
employed as a shepherd on Balmoral Station ---- he is
badly burnt from a burn off ----
Friday 6 December 1878
Irwell - sudden death - 019
GIBSON - Mr Hamilton,
--- died at Mr Gardiner's house -----
Inquest - 020
COLLETT - child
of Mr Collett, of Pleasant Point -- died after eating some
matches -----
Kakahu - Fatal Accident - 021
4 men were working in a gravel pit loading a dray -- bank gave
way --- 1 man died, unnamed as yet 3 other
men were
Daniel LEARY,
Edward SHEENAN, and
Hugh GUINNING. ---
more ----
Saturday
7 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 024
CARDE - Henry and
John Ellis, of Woolston, butchers.---
JOHNSON - Mary Ann, of
Akaroa, boarding-house keeper. --
DEVERY - Arthur,
creditors in this estate are requested to furnish particulars of
their claims.
Land Transfers - 025
UNDERWOOD - Thomas, 1 rood
16 perches, part RS 72 Christchurch district occupied by John Treganowan
McEVEDY - Peter, 100 acres,
RS 5969 and 11065 Ellesmere district occupied by applicant
DRUMMOND - William
Grubb, 10 acres 3 roods part RS 69 Christchurch
Marchwiel Estate - 027
LUXMORE - P.B.
to sell, a portion of the above estate
Monday
9 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 029
TRIPHOOK - Thomas
Dawson, ----
HOUGHTON - Frank,
Christchurch, cattle dealer. ---
Bankruptcy - 030
DEVERY - Arthur, of
South Rakaia, contractor and farmer -- long
column -----
BUTLER - E.M. of
Doyleston, ----
Ship "OPAWA"
- 032
JOHNSON - Charles, on
3 October, while working on the mizen, rigging fell overboard and
drowned --- lots more ---- story of the journey , left
England on 7 September
Otago Daily Times - Obituary - 034 & 034a
RICHARDSON - Sir
J.L.C. born in Bengal Presidency, India on 4 August 1810
aged 68 at death -- educated at Addiscombe 1829 went to India as an
artillery cadet,
----
for 22 years active military service in India --- in
1851 aged 41 he retired from service and folowing year visited NZ in
the"Slains Castle" and
later
published his experiences in a book called "A Summer's
excursion" and also published a book in blank verse called
"The First Christian Marytr in NZ"
returned to England and came back in the "Strathmore" in 1856
---- very long column ------
Tuesday
10 December 1878
Sudden death - 037
SCOTT -
Percy, was at Hurunui Hotel,
------ has relatives probably reside in Manchester,
England ----- more ----
Inquest - 038
McKENZIE - Wm
also known as Patrick KINLEY,
was killed in a gravel pit near Pleasant Point ------
Kirwee and Horndon - 039
KEMP - Mr J.S. 200
acres of freehold land with 4 roomed house, 3 miles from
Kirwee railway station and 2 miles from Horndon station
St Albans - 040
EVANS-BROWN -
John, sell 5 acres of land with 19 roomed house
Wednesday
11 December 1878
Lost Child - 043
MUMFORD - Mrs
Mumford confectioner of Manchester st, found a little boy of 3
years wandering the street ---
Accident - 045
TINDALL -
Samuel, thrown off his horse ----- horse
stepped on his thumb of his right hand and completely severed it
-----
Thursday
12 December 1878
Benmore Station - 046
MABEN - Messrs J. and
T., offer 15,000 acres divided into farms of 200 to 2000
acres each. situated about 32 miles on line from
Invercargill to Kingston
----- lots more ------
Friday 13
December 1878
For Sale - 048
St Albans - Amberley rd, 2 building
sites ------
Bankruptcy - 049
De Feu -
John, Christchurch, a baker --
DAMELE - Luigi, of
Christchurch, restaurant keeper ---
SMITHER - John
Francis, of Christchurch, engineer --
ROUNTREE - Alexander,
of St Albans, labourer ----
GUTBERLET -
Charles, ----
ANNAND - James
Stewart, of Akaroa, bootmaker ----
Leasehold Property Sale - 050
BOGGIS - Mrs Sarah,
deceased, 2 shops, one 5 roomed and one 4 roomed
cottage, on 2 roomed cottage --- lots more ---
Dunedin - 051
CANTWELL - Mr, a
brewer's labourer, found drowned ------
Dunedin - Marriage - 052
GORLITZ - SHERWIN - Miss
Amy Sherwin to H.Gorlitz from Sydney, Signor
Pompei gave the bride away --
Hillmorten - 053
For sale, 5 quarter acre sections ----- 2 one acre
sections ----
Dunsandel - 054
HUGHES - Thomas, was
killed at Dunsandel late Wed. night -------
Saturday
14 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 055
CARDE - Henry & John
Ellis, both of Woolston, -----
PEARSON - Alfred
Maidstone, of Ashburton, boarding-house keeper ----
HENRY - John George,
------
CLARKSON - David King,
Christchurch, Boot and shoe dealer ---
For sale Freehold farms - 059
HOSKYNS - Mr John,
leaving for the North Island --- at West Melton
--- lot 2 RS 5700, 50 acres at Rolleston --- more
---
Inquest - Dunsandel - 060
HUGHES - Thomas,
killed while rolling some land, aged between 50 and
60 -------
Weedons Clearing sale - 061
LINDSAY - Mr
Samuel, is about to leave the Colony
---- 43 acres, butcher's business ---
long list --
Geraldine - Inquest - 062
McKENZIE, KENZIE or KINLEY -
killed about 6 December last year-----
Missing Friends - 063
McWHINNEY - William,
sister Martha lately arrived address to Mrs Samuel Bates,
Waddington Post Office, Malvern.
Hotel For sale - 065
Windwhistle Hotel for sale auction 18
December with 50 acres of land house has 11 rooms
-----
Monday
16 December 1878
Clearing Sale - Sparrow Farm - 067
KEITH - Mr
W.H. Sparrow Farm, Lincoln
rd, racehorses, hacks, furniture
---- list of lots more ------
Oamaru - Fatal railway accident - 068
MALONEY -
Mrs, died --- lots more ---
inquest tomorrow ----
Sudden Death - 070
SHEPPARD - Thomas,
lately arrived by the Mallowdale, from London, found
dead in his bed at White Hart Hotel ----
an inscription on a watch
showed he had been in a weaving factory in Belfast, Ireland.
Akaroa - 071
Town of Lakebourne - The watering and pleasure resort
for Canterbury, Little River and Akaroa railway about to be made ---
Tuesday
17 December 1878
STRATHERN - For
tender - 075
McEWAN - Peter, 18
acres adjoining town of Invercargill, -----
lots more ------
The Wolds, Mary's Range and Irishman's Creek Stations - 077
SAUNDERS - Mr W.
72,000 acres leasehold, 2,100 freehold, 26,000 pure
merino sheep ------- more ------
Wednesday
18 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 080
Statements of Accounts have been filed ----
KERSHAW - Henry, of
Christchurch, traveller, ----
DAVIS - David,
of Christchruch, merchant.
MERSON - John Isaac,
of Christchurch, grocer.
DAY - Robert, of
Whitecliff, limeburner.
Inquest - Waimate - 082
BUDGE - William, died
suddenly in bed at the hotel on Sunday, -----
Missing Friends - 083
O'CONNELL - Mary Ellen
Cotter, write to her father, address
Post Office, Reefton.
Thursday
19 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 084
WALLIS -
Samuel, trading as Wallis & Co. Rangiora, ----
HORWELL - Job, of
Christchurch, a butcher ---
FUHRMANN -
Herman, of Christchurch, furniture dealer ---
Fatal Accident - 086
FREW - George, of Greendale,
---- kicked by a horse ----
Clearing Sale - 088
GRAY - H.F. leaving
for England, selling all ----- lots more ----
Missing Friends - 089
HUNTER - Joseph, of
Airdoch -------
Friday
20 December 1878
Sell by Auction - 091
De FEU - John,
baker, of Christchurch, groceries, firewood, sacks
of flour etc -----
Inquest - 092
FREW - George, a
little boy, fractured his skull -----
Inquest - 094
MacFARLANE - Samuel,
fell down dead on Saturday --- witness, George E. Bolger, labourer of
Ashburton, deceased a native of Ireland,
came from Armagh --- Angus McClure ----- lots
more ----
Saturday
21 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 095
PRIEST - Frank Hodge,
of Woolston, trading under Bamford & Priest -----
PERKINS - Richard ---
aerated water manufacturer. ---
TURNER - Henry,
sewing machinist, Colombo st. ---
Blue Cliffs - Property for Sale - 098
MEYER -
Chas. to be sold 22 miles from Timaru
---
Clearing Sale - 099
ROUNDTREE - Jno
William, of St Albans, a debtor ---- live
and dead stock for sale ---
Monday
23 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 101
MANSON - John, of
Gebbie's Valley, Little River, farmer and cattle
dealer. ----
BEATTIE - Joseph, of
Christchurch, stonemason ------
Funeral write - up - 103
ELMSLIE - Mrs, wife
of Rev. J.Elmslie, took place Saturday afternoon
---
Tauranga - 105
KEEN - a man
named Keen, mate of the steamer "Rowena" fell overboard
and drowned ---
Furniture Sale - 106
COBB - Mrs R.
all household furniture and effects ---- long list ----
Auction - Glengarry Station - 108
McKELLAR -
John, runs no's. 328 and 424, 53,000 acres,
under lease, with 20,000 sheep ------
Tuesday 24 December 1878
Missing Friends - 113
HICKSON - Harry
William, who wrote from Newcastle, NSW. in July
1876 -- going to Hong Kong by the barque "Burton Stather"
contact Mr
James EDELL, 33 King
st, Cheapside, London, solicitor ---- deaths of
mother and grandmother ----
Death - 114
JACK - Margaret, a
little girl, ------ an inquest held
yesterday ----
Bankruptcy - 115
WHINNY - Harry Edmund,
----
BASSINGTHWAITE -
James, of Rangiora, cattle dealer ----
McDONALD - William
Brown, of Ashburton, storekeeper's assistant ----
GOOD - Peter,
----
HARRISON -
James, of Lyttelton, storeman ----
Farm for sale - 116
Belmont Farm - 1404
acres, 18 miles from Rakaia township, 3 miles from
Methven ---
Inquest - 118
BROWN - Oscar, died
suddenly at hakateramea Station, on 18 December ---
Death - 119
IVENS - George
---- Mr Benjamin Bailey found his horse ---- at
Waikuku --- leaves a widow and family --- long column
---
Timaru - land for sale - 120
LUXMOORE - P.B. of
Marchwell estate, 35 building sections on
Main South rd, a mile from Timaru Post Office ----
Found Dead - 121
SLOCUM - Albert, on
road near Fairlie Creek, near Timaru -- an inquest to be
held today -----
Thursday
26 December 1878
Partnership Dissolved - 122
BENN - William
Anthony and
NEWMAN - Albert
Mount, as Merchants, Amberley -------
Sefton - Clearing Sale - 124
CAIRNS -
Mr, about to leave the district
---- lots more ------
Inquest - Leeston - 126
HENDERSON -
Elizabeth, found drowned in Hart's Creek, ---
Inquest - Woodend -
127
IVENS -
George, ---- more ----
Newry - The Hutt - Wellington - 128
LUDLAM -
Alfred, freehold for sale
--- 10 acres, laid out in
gardens --- more ----
Bankruptcy - 129
McGREGOR - Peter
Drummond, late of Sandhills, Christchurch,
farmer, ------
Missing Friends - 130
COTTER - Mary Ellen
-----
BORNHOLDT - John,
from Kremdorf in Holstein, send his address to Consul
for German Empire in Christchurch.
Death - 131
TULLY -
Frederick, ----- at Station Peak, on
the Waitaki, ----
Friday
27 December 1878
Balclutha - 133
CHAPMAN - son
of Andrew, was drowned ---- playing by a
water-hole ----
Funeral Notice - 134
PIERCE - John,
Lyttelton, will leave his res. Coleridge st, Friday at
3pm.
Death - 135
MILLER - Harriet,
------ more ----
Red Lion Hotel, Rangiora - 136
MOODY - Harry, just
completed purchase of ------
Bankruptcy - 138
PATTON - Robert
Stuart, ----
Kumara - 139
SKATEN - A miner named
Skaten, died ------
Inquest - 140
SLOCUM - Albert,
found dead on the Allendale rd Fairlie, last Sunday --
-----
Saturday
28 December 1878
Bankruptcy - 141
SMITH - M. of
Ashburton, a builder, ---
DEVERY -
Arthur, -----
Inquest - 144
TULLY -
Frederick, held at Waimate, suffering
the effects of drink --------
Monday
30 December 1878
Invercargill - 146
CRISP - Mr
George, arbitrator, drowned, en route from
Wrey's Bush to Waitoi ------ more -----
Fatal Accident - 147
WHITE - a little boy
about 6yrs old, son of Mr White, saddler, Victoria
st, was knocked down and run over ------
Tuesday 31 December 1878
Inquest - 150
WHITE - William, a
little boy who was run over by the Papanui bus on Saturday ---
William White, father, ---- 6yrs next April --- lots
more ----
Blenheim - 152
SMITH - William, a
labourer, working at Tuamerina was found drowned in a
creek ---
Wairuna Estate - Otago Property for sale - 153
TOLMIE - W.A.
estate, 12,081 acres, freehold land, 5 miles from
Clinton, ----- lots more ----
Missing Friends - 154
TREDIGA -
George, of Truro, of Cornwall, --- write to
William John READ,
Ship Builder, Inner Camber, Portsmouth, England.
Inquest - 155 & 156
WILLIAMS -
William, died attempting to cross the Rangitata River on
Thursday, ---witness - James WATKINS, publican,
employed
Williams as a ferryman, ------- Patrick Hy BROOKS, ploughman,
employed by Sir J.C.Wilson, ---- lots more ---
Zetland Arms- For sale - 157
SEABRIGHT -
William, - Zetland Arms, on Cashel and
Lichfield sts, on half acre of ground, --- stalls
for 65 horses, 12 looseboxes, ------
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
18 April 2012
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