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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 46, 21 January 1843, Page 181

tt/IST of SUBSCRIPTIONS sent from 3-— I Nelson, to the Committee at Wellington, for the benefit of the sufferers by the late fire : — £ s. d. ' £ a . d. Captain Wakefield .. I 1 0 Mr. Patchett .1 1 0 Mr. H. A. Thompson 1 1 0 Mr. klacshane I 1 0 Mr. Richardson .... 1 1 0 Mr. Poynter 11 0 Mr.Domett 1 1 0 Captain Worth 1 1 0 Mr. Otterson 1 1 0 Mr. Stephens 1 1 0 Morrison & Sclanders 110 Hon. C. Dilllon .... 11 0 Mr. Empson 1 1 0 Mr. Tuckett 1 0 0 Mr. Fell 1 1 0 Mr. Jollie 0 10 6 Mr. Greaves 1 1 0 Mr. Dale 0 10 6 Mr. J. H. Cooper . . 1 1 0 Mr. Cockburn 0 10 6 Mr. Elliott 1 1 0 Mr. Wells 0 10 6 Waitt and Co 1 1 0 Mr. Imrie 0 10 6 Mr. Seymour 1 1 0 Captain Clarke 0 10 6 Mr, M'Donald 1 1 0 Messrs. Tytler 1 10 0 Mr. Cautley 1 1 0 Rev. C. L. Reay .... 0 10 0 Mr. J. Hoare 1 1 0 Ehua, Rangitoto .... 010 0 Mr. Sweet 1 1 0 Mr. Murray OJO 0 Rev. C. W. Saxton . . 1 1 0 Nathan and Joseph. .330 Mr. Spence ........ 1 1 0 Sundry persons, by Mr. Virtue 1 1 0 Mr. Empson 0 12 6 Brown and Thomson 110 Captain En gland.... 11 0 Total 42 8 6 Mr.Todd 1 1 0 Mr. Ross 110 / ' A. M'Donald, Treasurer. *A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the InLJI habitants of Nelson, held at the Court House, on Wednesday, the 18th of January, to consider the propriety of . holding an Anniversary Fete, in commemoration of the first settlers landing at Nelson, on February 1,*1843, H. A. Thompson, Esq:, in the chair, Resolved;' that the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee to make the necessary arrangements: — Messrs. Wakefield, Thompson, Richardson, M'Donald, Sclanders, Poynter, Empson, Leighton, Cautley, Greaves, Fell, Mills. Macfarlane. Hoare, Ross, and King. At a meeting of the Committee, held at the Literary Institution, on Thursday, the 19th of January, Mr. M'Donald in the chair, the following gentlemen were added to the Committee :— Messrs. Dillon, Duppa, 'Tytler, England, Monro, Thorns, Carkeek, Otterson, Howard, Wallace, Mtcshane, Patchett, aud Schroder. - - ■ Resolved, that every member of the Committee be requested to collect subscriptions in his own district, and that a meeting be held daily at the Institution, at twelve o'clock, to report progress. At a meeting of the Committee, held at the Institution, on Friday, the 20th of January, the treasurer reported forty-seven pounds in hand. The following programme was then agreed to, but subject to such alterations as may hereafter be determined on : — Sailing Mateh — By all sailing boats. Three to start, or no race. Entrance, 10s. Prise, £7 7s. Rowing Match. — By all butts not exceeding five oar*. Three to start, or no race. Entrance, 7*. 6d. Price, £& ss, * Sculling Match. — By all boat*. Two to start, or no race. Entrance, 2s. 6d. Prise, £1 Is. Canoe Race.— By_ canoes, pulled by natives. Two to start, or no race. Price, £6 6s. Second Race. — Small canoes, by natives. Price, £l If. Hukdle Race. — Three horses to start, or no race. Heat*. Entrance, £1 Is. Price, £5 ss. The last horse to pay the second horse's stakes. Wheblbabxow Race. — Entrance, Is. Price, £1 is. Jumping in Sacks. — Price, £l is. Climbing a Geeasi Pole. — Price, a quarter of mutton. Catching a SoAped-tail Pig.— Prize, the pig. Two pigs will be run for. Rifle Match. — Distance, one hundred yards. Entrance, ss. Prize, £% 2s. Foot Race. — Distance, one mile. Entrance, 3s. 6d. Prise, £2 2s. Vegetable Show.— To be arranged at the Institution, the best sheaves of wheat, barley, and oats ; the finest cauliflower, cabbage, turnips, potatoes, green pease, French beans, and nosegay. Price. £5 55., the distribution to be left to the Committee. Ploughing Match.— Two to start. Prize, £6 ss, Second Match. — Price, £3 12s. Hewling's (Mr.) Pxtzx.— The best preparation of Flax , both as to quantity and time. First, £l is. ; second and third, 10s. 6d. each. In the evening, a Dance will take place on the Cricket ground, and Tea and Cake provided for all. All persons desirous of contending for the various prizes> are requested to enter their names at the Institution, where the Committee meet daily at twelve o'clock; on or before Monday, the 30th instant. Nelson, Jan. 20. A. M'Donald, Chairman. •Metallic bedsteads, colonial tools and implements. MARTIN and CO. have always on hand Warranted Agricultural Implements, Cart*, Plough*, Plantation Hoes, Bill*, Cut Steel American Wedge Axes, Hatchets, Spades, Shovels, Coopers', Carpenters', Curriers', and other Tools of every description ; Warranted Steel Mills for grinding Coffee, Wheat, Indian Corn, Malt, Beans, Peas, Oats, Pepper, Rice, &c. N. B*.— lmproved Cooking Apparatus, Wheat Mills, Hour Dressing Machines, and Sieves, are almost indispensable for EMIGRANTS to NEW SOUTH WALES, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, and NEW ZEALAND. Orders for any of the following articles executed at the Birmingham and Sheffield factors' prices and discounts : — Plated Wares, Cutlery, Brass Foundry, Steel Pens, Jspan and Britannia Metal Ware*, Lamps, Scale*, Weighing Machines, 'Optical and Mathematical Instruments, Buttons, Military and Gilt Ornaments, Jewellery, Needles, Fish Hooks, Harpoons, Combs, Brushes, Turnery, Guns, Pistols, Percussion Caps, Powder, Shot, Swords, Cutlasses, Whips, Saddlery, Ovens, Stoves, Grate*, Fender*, Fire Irons, Ironmongery, &c, 63, Gracechurehrstreet, London. •fO SEPH FENN, 105, Newgate- •/ ■ street, London, has succeeded in making a superior quality of AXE, after the Amesican and Canadian Patteens, ao highly celebrated for facilitating and shortening the work of Wood Cutting ; also a good particular-ehaped BILLHOOK, serviceable for clearing small and brushwood ; and every description of Tools, Cuxutxr, and othe* Implements, for persons about to emigrate to New Zealand, &c, with every attention to quality, which ha* for the last century marked this Establishment. «w£LMER and COMPANY, SuttonjL street, London* fcjent Lamp and Candle-makers, have constantly on lisinlih sale their CANDLE LAMPS, at the price (in London) of from 3s. to 100s. each, ami Candles to bom in them, varying in light from that of a rushlight to that of an argand oil lamp, none of which want snuffinr ; of Hard Tallow for warm climates, at Is. id. per pound : or Imitation Wax, at Is. Od. •. Also the PATENT SOLAR LAMPS, which burn common oiL They are free from smell and gi-e a beautiful light. Drawing* of the above, with a few specimens, may bet seen a* thetfei»m fMtnteer effice. Every sort of > oil lamp it made on-the solar prindale. Orders, by, description or 4>y the number, accompanied with a remittance, t>r an order on a London house; will be attendedyio. -n& and J. BARTON, 26, BishopsgateTT • street, London, rnanwfactnrex of Candles j*nd Soap, property packed for New Zealand, AcsGrxß*, Cftufik. HiOtJEsx7«ad-the West Indies. . "?T\