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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 78, 20 March 1876, Page 2

"We regret to learn that Mr John Siggelkow, jun., who on Friday last met with the serious accident which we reported on Saturday, died last night shortly after eight o'clock, having been quite unconscious and unable to recognise his wife and family from the time of the accident to that of his death. Ofr telegrams regarding the cricket match date up to 3.30 p.m. It will be seen that there has been a sad fallingoff in the play of the Nelson men, six of whom are out for 33, leaving them 28 to get to win. A cricket match between the Bishop's School and St. Mary's School was played on Saturday last, and had to be decided by the first innings, as there was not time to play it out. The result was: — Bishop's School, 80 ; St. Mary's, 33. Tijck termination of the hop harvest was celebrated on Saturday afternoon and evening by a dajjee jq. tylr T. Harley's malt-house.. The hop pickers mustered in force, and in addition tp them there were many "visitors who looked ip. occasionally ; ancl were hospitably entertained by the host of the evening. At the criminal sittings of the District Court, before his Honor Judge Broad, this morning, the only case set down for bearing was that of Edward Tyler for obtaining money under false pretences. The evidence has already appeared afc length in our columns. Prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labor. At two o'clock an argument was commenced re the probate of the will of Jane Allport. Mr Pitt and Mr Atkinson appeared for the executors, and Mr Henry Adams and Mr JLctpri Adams in support of the c'ayeafi applied jfor, The question in dispute, so far as we have pepn able to learn, is to the following effect;— r John AJ'port, late of Stoke, made a" will | leaving a/i his property to his wife, to be disposed of ' jag gbj3 thought proper, after her death, ' b.ut at the sam^ time leary^ng instructions' how it yas jfco be left in jtbie efPftp pf her dying intestate. The wife, Jinowjng thje pontents of his W'iJij fflsd.9 hers during bey lifetime, and.

although she survived him did not in any way alter it prior to ber death. The question at issue is, whether a will'; made by a woman during ber husband's,, lifetime ,is legal? The arguments bad not concluded when we went to press. 1 - ; By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen tbat the sale by Mr Mabin of hop gardens, cattle, &c., is postponed to Saturday, April 1.