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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 160, 9 July 1877, Page 2

WBXQiersfcaad.th-ii Mc. J.--A.lHarloy haE sent in his resignation of his aeat in" the City Council... .The.writ foc:a new -election 'will be issued to-morrow. ' .••• -,Q.oft':Au3tralian telegrams announce* the^ vaeat&Pfrbm consumption of W. H: v DVveh- c r ,portj of the Davanport Brothers, *-fh<sie waw m remembered, was in such a wrenched stkfce x ; of-fejalth when here a few weeks agp^i fl* « " 7™ s football) match between the Nelsoh'aM Wellington College Clubs was playelfit -Wellington od Saturday, and resulted, as will „hsv seen by our telegrams/ia sm ealQO victory for the Nelson lads who scored ls poiuteto their oppoQenfeVhalf points r-Wp expected to have beeir -able to give a : lull report of the game to-day, but the Marray which sailed from WelliMoiYin Sdtieday. night was compelled' by^e sfcite ft/the weathec to put back, pnk alfihough sl^ Ml again at' ten o'clock last mghrdid not put m.an appearance until ju^t before, we went . >to pteSs/vwhen was :comirigVd6wn''£he Bay with all her bunting flying. With the lovely weather we have of late heen enjoying iC > Nels9n^ig4s^■mrcely; s poailble to reahse^he fast that,y.gale-hag beets Wowing* ' within a few miles of us. The funeral of the late Mr J. W. Wigzell was., largely., attended yesterday -afternoon;' between two and three thousand persons being present. The original arrangement was that the body should be first taken to the house of the mother, of the deceased, but this had to be altered, owing to the lateness of the arrival of the Awaroa, which was not sighted tillTdearly: 11' o'clock, w&eff She Lady • Barkly was despatched to tow her down the Bay, On arrival at taß. wharf about three o clock, the jcoffin was placed in the hearse, which was in waiting, and a~procession was " formed in the following order -.—City Cadets*, (of which the deceased was at one time cap* tain) as the firing party, Artillery Band;' Hearse with Volunteer officers walking ;-M each side,, mournipg coaches, Fire Brigade in uniform and wearing crape on their arms', Oddfellows,- City Rifles, -Artillery, Naval Brigade, Ca,cle6,Gompaaies- foresters, private • carriages. Crowds of ' people were ih waiting t at different parts of the town and the procession grew^larger and larger^ asit approach^! the cemetery, Where r tiie burial service.of the''' Church of England wasiread by the Rey.' " j." Leighton, and a portion of the Oddfellow's " ritual by Mr Brighten, the Secretary. Atthe close of the service the Masons walked round the grave and in accordance with /their custom dropped sprays of acacia on ; tihe eofflh which contained the remains of one who,had long lived iu Nelson where he hOti. made a : very large number of friends. : At a meeting of ratepayers held at: :She Pangatotara schoolroom oh July 2nd, for the purpose of electing a member of the Motu-, eka Highway Board, for the ,.'. sub-district of' Pangatotara, the retiring member, Mr Thomas Grooby, was proposed by-Mr Francis Grooby and seconded by Mr Edward Grooby, ]unt No other candidate being forthcoming ! the ;chairmari, Mr D. Horatio Jennings," de- i clared Mr Thbma3 Grooby duly elected'. Mr ' Thomas Grooby has been a member of the j Road Board for a great number of years, and j no man-more deservedly enjoys the . cdnti- " ! ' dence of his constituents; *' •'- ■ '

ifeNDEa the system disease-proof. V We | earnestly recommend the inhabitants of ! malarious localities, persons whose ociiupa- I tiona are. unhealthy or subject them td i exposure in the open air, emigrants to sections of country recently cleared of timber, travellers and persons of feeble constitution, to prefect themselves 'agftin-jt 'the hurtful effects of sudden climatic changes— air-poison , tainted or brackish water, and intense heat or coldj by a course of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam A.eomatic Schnapps. — Advt.