Bush Advocate
JUNE 1888
Sat 02 June 1888
Mr. W. BERKHAN of Maharahara has secured the contract for felling 1,000 acres of bush for W.F. KNIGHT, Kaitoke
Ormondville Court
Before R.R. GROOM & W. SMALL J.P.'s
Henry WALKER & W.G. RICHARDS pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny of a quantity of grog at the Beaconsfields Hotel. They had been under the influence of drink at the time and looked on it more as a joke.
They were sent up for 14 days.
Henry WALKER has not been in the district long. W.G. RICHARDS is well known among the jockey and horse racing fraternity. Both of them were working at the Beaconsfield Hotel at the time of their arrest.
The appointment of James BUCK & John F. OLSEN as Registrars of BDM for Danevirke & Norsewood are gazetted.
Mr TEAGUE the lightweight champion notifies his readiness to Mr BAYNE of Danevirke.
The following were elected as new members of the Licensing Committee at Danevirke:
John HENDERSON, John BARGH, Angus MACKAY, Duncan MACKAY & Hans JENSEN
Mr TRAY - Contractor - Mangatara
Tues 05 June 1888
W. DIXON & R. WORKMAN while on a hunting excursion in Hendersons & Wratt's Bush, Danevirke, came across human remains which they brought into town for examination. Dr WILLIAMS after having inspected them is of the opinion they belong to a white man and have been exposed for 30 years or more. Perhaps some old resident can recollect if anyone has been lost or not.
H. SMITH - Premier Sawmill - Makotuku
Charles JACOBSEN has the contract for the cutting and the logging at Messrs RICHTER, NAUNSTEAD & Co's mill
A relative of Mr REMINGTON, the Chemist will be the new doctor at Ormondville
A well known and popular settler H.W. GASSON has purchased the Beaconsfield Hotel, Makotuku from D. SMITH
The late master of Danevirke School, Mr NELSON left yesterday to take up his new appointment at Tologa Bay.
Matamau School Committee
Anders LARSEN ( Chairman)
Peter OLSEN
McKEARNEY
HARWOOD
Thurs 07 June 1888
Messrs O. ERICKSEN, E. OLSEN & A.THORESEN are now busy erecting the Norsewood Town Hall.
Mr. C. BIRSS has brought the Danevirke Cordial Factory from A.B. JACKSON
Mr. F. ELMBRANCH has taken possession of his new Blacksmith's Shop
John MARSHALL, Woodville, charged with cruelly beating his stepson George MARSHALL aged 9 years. From the evidence it appeared that MARSHALL was in the habit of knocking the boy about with a buckle, an amusement that he varied by pouring kerosene down the child's throat. From the appearance of the lad it was evident he had been continually beaten and half starved as well. MARSHALL was fined 10 pounds or two months imprisonment. It is a great pity that such a scoundrel was not treated to 50 lashes.
Sat 09 June 1888
Death
JACKSON : On 7 June, at Wellington, after along, painful illness, the wife of A.B. JACKSON of Danevirke
Mr CATT - opened Registery Office in Danevirke
Mr BALLANTYNE has resigned as a teacher at Heretaunga School
James REARDEN - Bricklayer was charged with fighting in Main St, Danevirke. Fined 10 shillings
Ormondville Licensing Bench
Ormondville Hotel - C. LEACH - granted
Makotuku Hotel - R. ESSEX - granted
Beaconsfield - will be considered on 30 June
F. ELMBRANCH has disposed of his Blacksmiths business at Kumeroa to W. BROWN, late of Waipawa.
Danevirke Licensing Bench
Danevirke Hotel - J. ALLARDICE
Railway Hotel - C. BADDELEY
Junction Hotel - B. DENNEHY
Magatera Hotel - L. FRIIS
All the above were granted licenses
Tues 12 June 1888
Messrs REISIMA & JACOBSEN ( Norsewood) were the successful tenderers for logging & cross cutting at Mr H. SMITH's Premier Mills
Messrs DICKEY & Co, Butchers Danevirke, sold their business yesterday to John SEBLEY, Waipawa, late of Porangahau.
Mr SEBLEY has had 20 years experience on Mr HUNTER's station as a stockman & butcher.
Norsewood Licensing Committee
Application for two licenses
A. WRIGHT - Junction - granted
E. OLSEN - Crown - The police objected to the Crown getting a license , as it did not have the accomodation required by the Act. Bench would issue a license for the Crown as soon as the extra accomodation had been completed,
Thurs 14 June 1888
Ormondville Court
before G. A. PREECE Esq
P. MAGNUSSEN - obscene & threatening language at the Post Office Store.
E.O OLSEN & J.F. OLSEN gave evidence for the prosecution.
Jens Christian SORENSEN for the defence. Case dismissed
P. MAGNUSSEN - unlawful trespassing & using threatening language to William SMALL, Storekeeper, Norsewood. Fined 2 shillings
Mr F.O.B. LOUGHNAN defended in both cases
T. NICHOLLS v G. BEATTY
J. W. ANDREWS v G. NORDLOF
F.W. HOLLINS v W. PARSONS
Same v A. WAGNER
W.H. BEALE v H.A. CRAWFORD
Court Rising Sun v W. SCHMIDT
Same v W. HUTCHINSON
Same v W. CRUMP
Danevirke Town Board v J. MARTIN
W. WEST v J.W. ANDREWS
Sat 16 June 1888
J.A. DANIELSON - Chairman of Maharahara Board
Mr BARROW, late Station master at Danevirke is opening a general store at Mangatera
Henry Walter GASSON , Makotuku -Applied for license for Beaconsfield at Makotuku
Householders endorsing his reputation : John TOWERS, J. MOSEN, T. HALL, Alfred SUGDEN, Charles SCARFE, J.W. ANDREWS, Anders STEFFENSEN, William HULL, Dennis MANN, Francis FORWARD
Tues June 19 1888
Births
MACKAY : On 14 th inst at her residence, Danevirke, Mrs Duncan MACKAY, of a son
DANIELSON : At Mataiwi, on 17 June, wife of J.A. DANIELSON, of a daughter.
Dr LESLIE - Ormondville
Dr ISDELL - Waipawa
J. PETERSEN - Blacksmith at Norsewood
Mr D. CARMICHAEL - Makotuku - His little boy was almost killed by having his skull laid open with the blow of an axe which his little sister was playing with at the time.
Mr DONGHI's son, about eight years old, had his arm broken above the elbow by a kick of a horse
Court
Before R.R. GROOM & W. SMALL
On information of Mrs SUMMERSBY, Mrs Sarah McJURY of Takapau was charged for using obscene language on the Takapau platform on the arrival of the evening train. She pleaded guilty. The language was too filthy to be spoken in court, some of it was written down and handed to the bench. She was sent up for three months, with hard labor.
Thurs 21 June 1888
Mr BRIGHOUSE - opened a butchery in Danevirke
A swagger answering to the name of Henry CALDWELL was before Mr R.R. GROOM J.P. for being illegally on the premises of the Takapau School. He pleaded guilty and was sent up for 7 days.
The name of the individual illegally on school premise of Takapau was not CALDWELL, as stated by himself, but CALDER. He hails from Napier and has some connection with one of the papers there.
The English Church, St. John the Baptist, Danevirke will be opened next Sunday. The style is what is called " Early Decorated". The builder was Mr. E.V. DUNN & W. DIXON the painter. The minister is Rev. E. ROBERTSHAW. The cost of the land & buildings was 500 pounds
Education Board
Danevirke School - 170 pupils attending but only has room for 75. Miss ALLARDICE is the pupil teacher.
Makotuku School - Miss FRIBERG - Mistress
Sat 23 June 1888
Since the foundation of the colony, 2236 lives have been lost through drowning in our rivers
The number of arrivals in our colony during the month of May were 923 and departures 2119. 117 Chinamen arrived and 22 left the colony during the month.
The contractors for the drive in the Maharahara Copper Mine are now in 116 feet.
The tender for the building addition to E. OLSEN's Crown Hotel, Norsewood, is Messrs YOUNGMAN Bros for 89 pounds.
Mr CRERAR, an old and well known Waipawa settler died at the hotel of Mr SCRIMGEOUR, Waipawa on Thursday last. He leaves a number of grown up sons and daughters. His son P. CRERAR of Tamaki and his son in law, W. STEWART of Paihatua are popular and respected settlers amongst us. The funeral is today.
Tues 26 June 1888
The licensee of the Waipukurau Refreshment Rooms is to be had up for sly grog selling.
At Hastings on Saturday, Mr E. FAULKNOR had his leg broken while playing rugby.
Mr H. CARLSON's youngest son, August, broke his arm above the wrist while skating at the Waipukurau rink.
W. SIMMONS, Saddler of Danevirke, has sold his business to Mr. WIGGINS, Wellington. Mr Thor JENSEN is currently carrying on the business on behalf of the purchaser. It is likely Mr WIGGINS will dispose of the business to Mr JENSEN.
John ENGEBRETSEN of Norsewood ,was hurt when he was thrown from a loaded four wheeler and one of the wheels passed over his back.
Thurs 28 June 1888
Mr ILLINGWORTH has been appointed Verger of St. John's , Danevirke.
The son of William HOWSE of Ormondville, had the first finger on his right hand chopped off yesterday. Dr. LESLIE bandaged the finger back on, with a view of getting the pieces to knit.
Mr K.F. MORTENSEN is to erect a Sawmill and Flourmill at Norsewood.
Mr HEGH, Storekeeper, Norsewood, is erecting a flourmill on his property fronting the Danish Line ( Norsewood - Ormondville Road). The mill will be worked by water power.
Sat 30 June 1888
Mr Jas. THORBURN - Blacksmith
Ormondville Licensing
Beaconsfield - License, granted
Mr SEBLEY has taken over the butchering business of Messrs DICKEY & Co.
Mr A.C. WEBBER is now living permanently at the Tamaki Sawmill
Mr ALLARDICE is to built a new large hotel in Danevirke
Yesterday Constable RYAN, arrested a man well known about Danevirke, James MORTON. He was wanted for watch stealing, the watch being the property of Frank WERNER.
A. WRIGHT, landlord of the Junction Hotel, Norsewood, has opened his greatly improved and renovated premises and will now give far superior accomodation. Mr WRIGHT was at the Temperance Hotel in Napier for several years.
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Transcribed April 2003 by Lynette Towler