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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1676, 17 December 1873, Page 2

The annual meeting of the Borough Council for the purpose of electing a gentleman to fill the civic chair for the coming year will be held at noon to-day. Owing to the recent retirement of Mr Masters fcoin the office ot Mayor, Mr G-. Glenn was elected to fill the vacancy until the annual election. During the short period be has been in office he has maintained the dignity of the position with credit to himself and honor to the town, more especially throughout the Governor's visit, and although he is now absent on a short visit to' J&elbourne, we consider it would only be graceful on the part of the Councillors to re-elect him to the honorable position of Mayor for the next year. 1 here may be other complications or combinations among the Councillors, of which we are not fully aware, but it is rumored that a member from the East Ward is likely to be nominated. It is to be regretted that Mr Glenn was allowed to leave for Melbourne -without any expression of opinion being asked from, or volunteered by him, as to the probabilitj.es of his again accepting, if elected, the office of Mayor An accident occurred to a miner named Daniel Sutherland, at Nelson Creek, on Mon? day afternoon. It appeals he was engaged freeing a sluice which had got choked up, when quite unexpectedly, and with great force, the water rushed out, knocking him into the sluice-boxes, through which he was carried a distance of 60ft and then thrown to the ground from a height of 20ft. He was brought to town by his mates and friends last night and received into the Hospital. He is badly bruised about the body. The English church at Ha*ter'"§ Terrace, Nelson Creek, will be opened on Monday, the , 22nd instant, Members of all denominations residing in the surrounding districts are invited to attend. The next sitting of the District Court at Grey mouth will be beld on the 9bh prox., and the next sitting at Beef ton on the sth . The rain of yesterday will, after the long drought which we have lately had, be exceedingly welcome to the mining community, whose operations have been almost brought to a standstill during the past week, and fears were beginning to be entertained that the present summer would prove as dry as the last. ijTor will gardeners, graziers, and agriculturists, all of syhpm. have lately suffered in some degree, be less thankful for the rainfall. ' '■" •■ ■ • •-•■■_■ -\»