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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 158, 6 July 1877, Page 2

Mrs Bravo whose name waa ao much before the public last year died suddenly shortly before the Suez mail left England The Wellington Argus understands that the officers of the Eailway Department purpose presenting a testimonial to Mr Passmore pn his retirement from the service. He was given his choice of 12 months' notice or 6 months' salary, and elected the latter Ifc i 3 understood he intends to settle in Canterbury. " A painful accident occurred in Wellington * c ?? ce m day '°, I a lad ' I 2 y eacs °£ age, a Bou of Mr Turnbull, a merchant in that town. He was ndmg through the streets when his horse bolted, bringing one of the rider's le*s •in violent collision with an express waggon andbadly fracturiag it. Still the little fellow pluckily stuck to his horse with the broken hmb uselessly dangling in the stirrup until .fche horse pulled up at its stable, when he jell fainting from the saddle. _ A ; sudden surprise (saya the Banodin ■GuardtM) happened to a devout old lady named Mrs Hesford yesterday morning. She was attending mass, aa was her custom, at eight o'clock, in St. Joseph's Chapel, and was kpeehng down just inside the porch, when her attention was directed to a shawl .covering a bundle, lying under a form alongside. At first she imagined it was a portion of fche garments of an absent worshipper and she was about to examine it when an infantile cry was heard, and at the same moment a tiny bullet head protruded through the folds. The bundle was at once overhauled. It was found to contain an infant apparently about a fortnight old, dressed in white baby-clothes, and wrapped up with a black plaid shawl, and an old woollen shawl outside. The police were immediately communicated with, and ifc would be seen by a telegram on Saturday that a woman named Bridget Ryan has since been arrested.