Judy Weller Mr J. COSGROVE, who sustained concussion of the brain as the result of a cab accident on Tuesday, has regained consciousness and is rapidly recovering. Mr W. BALFOUR, a prominent public man of SOUTH CANTERBURY, who is about to settle in NAPIER, has been presented with a purse of sovereigns by a number of his friends. An adjourned meeting was held yesterday at HASTINGS of the creditors of John HUNT, when the resolution passed at last meeting, allowing bankrupt all his furniture and personal effects, was confirmed.