The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1877.

Kumara Times, Issue 203, 29 May 1877, Page 2

The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1877.

The adjourned meeting of the Kumara Fire Brigade will be held this evening at 8 o’clock in the large room at the Club Hotel, where it is hoped that the canvassers will be in a position to report favourably as to the result of their efforts, the committee being naturally unwilling to incur any responsibility in the matter of purchasing gear and appliances, until the financial position of the Brigade is thoroughly sound. Dr. Knight, Auditor-General, paid a visit of inspection to Kumara, to-day. A valuable gold ring was lost on Sunday, between Rugg’s Hotel and the Police Camp. The owner offers a reward for its recovery.

A one pound note has been found by Mr Simmons, who invites the loser to call upon him. Constable McCarthy, who has been so long on the Kumara goldfield, is about to leave, having been promoted to the charge of the Ahaura District. Mr William Todd sold by auction today the Auld Reekie Hotel. It was knocked down to Mr Burger for £395. To-morrow evening a quadrille assembly will be held at the Theatre Royal, under the direction of Messrs. Rosenberg and Son, and Mr Peters. The assemblies are intended to be held weekly. Prospecting is still going forward in the Bay of Plenty district. At the Kaimai, a large party are at work, but their earnings are not known. At the Tadmor diggings, near Nelson, prospects remain unchanged, and no further development is expected before spring. A private letter states that Canon FitzGerald has been appointed Catholic Bishop of Auckland, on the recommendation of Dr. Croke, Archbishop of Cashel and Eraly. The statement, however, has since been contradicted by a correspondent of the Auckland Herald.

W. J. Craig, an Oamaru boardinghouse keeper, has been arrested by the police charged with having stolen from the person of a drunken station-hand, whose wages had just been paid, a pocketbook containing £391 in notes.

The scene was the banking room of the Bank of New Zealand Dunedin. Time 2 p.m. Lady discovered sitting at the side-table, iwriting a cheque. Enter a labouring man, decidedly elevated. On seeing the lady, he goes towards her, bows, supports himself by the table, and asks the fair one how her health is. Lady proceeds with her writing. Clerks look on, and giggle. Elevated one asks for a kiss, and tries to take one. Lady lets out a yell that might have wakened the. dead.— Excitement in bank.—Elevated gets quickly turned out, earnestly asking at the time for “just one drink,” Acetopathy. —The best and safest cure for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Chest and Throat Diseases, Scarlet Fever, etc. Duncan M'Lean, Main-road.— [Advt.]

A new England rustic once brought his ‘girl’ to the city. The couple visited a confectionery establishment, and the country gentleman purchased a. stick of candy, which he deliberated commenced eating After it was nearly demolished he suddenly exclaimed, ‘ I say, why don’t you buy a stick ? It’s awful good.’