BLUFF HAKBOR.

Southland Times, Volume 3, Issue 101, 14 October 1863, Page 2

BLUFF HAKBOR.

(FltOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) | Bluff, October 13tli. I A meeting of the subscribers to the fund! for the benefit of the widows of captains W.I D. Hall and Heniy Aspinall, who were! drowned in the Bluff Harbor on the sth inst.il was held at the Eagle Hotel, Campbelltown,! oh the 12tli lnst.j J. N. Watt, Esq., 11. Mj was called to the Chair. K J Dr Hoskings, late of/.the ship New Great! Britain, who was appointed Treasurer to thai fund, at its opening, reported that the sunip of .£lOl 5s 6d, had been subscribed in the!;-' district of Bluff Harbor. I After this gratifying report, it was proposed!: by C. F. O'Toole, Esq., and seconded by li,| Longuet, Esq., "That the following gentlemen! — J. N. Watt, Esq., K.M., Bluff, A. Gillesf Esq., of the firm of Carey and Gilles, InJrercargill; ■ — Maharg, Esq., InvercaiJ.. gill; C. H. Reynolds, Esq., of the firm of|V Fitzgerald and Co., Invercarjjtil ; Dbptot £ Hoskings, of the Bluff , and Mf George/ P. f H. Gallop of the Bluff, — be'requesteotto act I as a general committee to receive,and:apportion the several sums received by the different district Treasurer^/' , f It was carried unanimously. Proposed by Mr G: P. H. Gallop, and - seconded by Mr Hinchcliffe, J 1 Jliat J. N* Watt, Esq., K.M., be requested to act aJ Treasurer to the General Fund." |-, Carried unanimously. IProposed by Mr Longuet, seconded by Mifj Waddel, "That the Tieasures to the GeneraK Committee be authorised in the interim, ») p&y to the widows respectively, such amountßi : as he may consider necessary to meet thic!|> present exigencies." ■,-.■• m) Carried uhahimously. I '. Proposed by Mr Bernstein .and seconded bl ;; Mr Crotters, " That thelforegoing resolutiotl i together with a list of the. subscriptions t| advertised in the Invercargill Newspapers." I Carried unanimously. •.- ; I A vote of thanks being given to the Gtail man, the meeting terniiuated. I