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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 7, 8 January 1877, Page 4

Oh the occasion of Mr Warden Beetbatn leaving . Qieeostowa for his new sphere of duties at Napier, a band?)ino clock was presented 1 3 him as v sonvenir of respect from tlie inhabitants pf the. Wakatip district. In tha course of his speech acknowledging the presentation Mr Beatham said :— f'This being a: goldfield community I have, neccesaarily been brought into connection; with, the, miners, and I canubt allude to them without btating my conviction—derived from a. long and extensive intercourse--* with' ithem-i-tbat in inßiiy respects a nobler, imore manly, more i intelligent, and more hard-working ciaaa.of men it would ba fUifficu.lt. to find. The isolated and 'independent Ufa wbiqh they load seaftis ■to generftfce' a^more than ordinary amount of. Sseli-rtilection and self-reliauce. I have frequently, been astonished in ;Court at the acuteness — I might almost |say subtlety— cf their remarks ; and, I :am not ashamed to confess it, I have •on more than one occasioa been puli .^igfct by thbm,"