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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(PROVINCE OF NELSON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor's command,
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.
VOL. XIII. NELSON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1865. No. 29.
Provincial Secretary's Office, Nelson,
October 10, 1865.
HIS Honor the Superintendent directs the publication of the following Letter for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary, pro tem.
Attorney-General's Office, Wellington,
4th October, 1865.
SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the date quoted in the margin,* and in reply am directed to inform you that his Excellency the Governor will grant a Free Pardon to any person implicated in the robbery referred to therein, who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of either, or any, of the offenders.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
R. G. FOUNTAIN,
For the Assistant Law Officer.
G. MILLER, Esq.,
Manager,
Bank of New South Wales,
Wellington.
- September 18.
£400 REWARD!
WHEREAS, on MONDAY, the 4th SEPTEMBER, 1865, Mr. Walmsley, of the Bank of New South Wales, was Stuck up and Robbed, about 12 o'clock in the day, by four or five armed men, between No Town and the Twelve-Mile, on the Grey River Gold-fields, in the Province of Nelson, about 14 miles distant from the Grey Mouth, in the Province of Canterbury, of 821 Ounces of Gold Dust, and about £1,000 in Bank Notes.
This is to notify that a Reward of £200 will be paid by the Bank of New South Wales at Hokitika, to any person or persons who may give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the said offender or offenders; and a further Reward of £200 for recovery of the stolen property.
GEO. PRESHAW, Agent,
Bank N.S.W., Hokitika.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Nelson, by R. LUCAS, Bridge-street, Nelson,
Printer for the time being to the said Government.
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1865, No 29
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⚖️ Notice regarding a free pardon for information on a robbery
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 October 1865
Free Pardon, Robbery, Criminal Investigation, Nelson
- G. Miller (Esquire), Recipient of letter regarding robbery pardon
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary, pro tem.
- R. G. Fountain, For the Assistant Law Officer
⚖️ Reward offered for robbery of Bank of New South Wales
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementReward, Robbery, Gold Dust, Bank of New South Wales, Grey River Gold-fields
- Mr. Walmsley, Victim of robbery
- Geo. Preshaw, Agent, Bank N.S.W., Hokitika