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U C H M O M J.
I vauu
?
On Thured ay
prcseiitilimi v &»
lay render to the iGr. li. W. Hupili t.f
lurch. The precrrdingb
took place at the residence of Mr John
mith, Erookbcnk, llisdtniroad. Durin*
if rast two yeHr* Mr Hirst ha
holdirg
m-jutbly
serviceR at Mr
* house,
'which hare
proved
•cat con v i n leiuv
to Iho^c rein
thr locality,
when it
■c known that Mr Hirst *>• abonl
to leave Richmond for Sydney, tbosewho
atlending bn srrriceF, assisted
by olberB, uodertook lo give h:ta a social
ard present in rrcogoit inn of In* cast
iluabie services. Shortly after 2 o’clock
large number of people and children
dultrjin during (he afternoon. At 4
'clock the Le v. H VY. Hugiil was called
upon In take the chair Jo one of hi*
hapr_T speeches fie made special inentiou
' bit they !iad assemblci there forth
'■IZ
and thanked Mr
bmitb for the of their Urge room for
ar,d trusted that Mr
n lha! Jorality would
prove fruitful
He then ll called up Mr
T. Johnson to make
which was dnr.e in a few well-ebnseo re-
Hirst suitsbly replied,
thanking the people for their kuidrrts
tc w ards him, and al.o fur the mooey they
been pleased to present him with
eibmcuta were then handed round
by several ladies, who exerted
iuch to make the
I am
Mr eflorU
bevcrnl mcojbora of the II
Btbsb Rand were prrsent. and rendered
good service under the leadership of Mr
Jack. That b-autifi.l hlLlc hymn,
" God be with you till we m*'ct again,"
cheerfully rendered. Mrs Hugill
' a short but appropriate nddten,
which I trust will Ijhvc good vfTecl. Atlhe
oncluuon Mr Johnson called for three
been for the Richmond Hand, A!r aad
Mrs Smith, and Mr HirD, which were
heartily responded to. Mr Smith
cheers for Mr Jo!
ully ; thus conarc
still having very dry weather;
most of the land is very bard. Twentyfour
houra' rain would do a large amount
of good iu various wave There is a
large quantity of land under crop, but
there is a large amount of grain laying
in the ground juht a* it wan s.iwn. and it
Most of the grain that is up in not growing
as it shculd do Feed is very scarce
for lha stuck ; shcrn will ioon commence
I think they will have a very
e of It, especially if we have
Maid about the rabbit, being very nui
ous in tin* district I can assert
they are fast diminishing on accoun
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