The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1877.

Kumara Times, Issue 220, 18 June 1877, Page 2

The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1877.

During the night of Saturday or early morning of Sunday, two pugilistic encounters took place in Main-street, which resulted In one belligerent being locked up and the others being “ wanted.” People say that these tights are an indication that some of the miners are doing well. The schooner Mary Ogilvie, from Oaraaru, was wrecked at Greymoulh early on Saturday morning. No lives were lost and the whole of the cargo has been saved. The ship is a total wreck. Fears are entertained that a similar fate has overtaken the Owake, schooner from Lyttelton, which was in company with the Mary Ogilvie on Frid,ay off che Teremakau, A notice of the withdrawal from sale of the Empire Hotel appears in our advertising columns. The practice of leaving boxes on verandahs in front of premises in the streets is an objectionable one. On Saturday night, when it was very dark a little girl stumbled over one m the Main-street and received injuries, which however were not very serious.

The Hospital Art Union is again postponed, the advertisement appearing in today’s issue, says till the 2nd Jnly. The) Kennedy from Nelson reached Greymouth on Saturday. There were no other arrivals or departures at Greymoutb or Hokitika.

At Spindeler’a Hotel last night a man named John Crowley was apprehended, aa being of unsound mind. The poor fellow, who is about 80 years of age and a native of Kerry, Ireland, is suffering from melancholia. He is a farm labonrer lately from Canterbury and states he has been working on stations there. He has been on the Kumara about a fortnight, and took out a miner’s right on Saturday, On Thursday last he was at Blake’s at the Kawhaka, where he showed symptons of madness. Though not under the influence of drink, he seized an axe and threatened to break into the house. Shortly afterwards he knelt down and began to pray and showed other indications, of mental distress. He will be sent down to the Asylum at Hokitika this afternoon. A special meeting of the committee of the Literary Institute is called for tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock,, whan business of great importance will -be brought before it. The meeting will be held in tyie Institute Room, and all members are Hotel, one of the lamps over the billiard table burst. Beyond discolouring the cloth of the table it caused no damage. There is a very awkward “ pinch” in ; the Main road near the Adelphi Music Hall. On Saturday a loaded wagon got “stuck” there, and spite of all the efforts of the horses, goaded to ! exertion by the eloquence of the driver, backed by applications of his whip, the wagon appeared, immovably fixed. However, a number of sturdy miners took the matter in hand, and by dint of united effort they sue-, ceeded in pushing wagon and horses over the difficulty. A little cutting down would wonderfully improve the place where this “ pinch ” exists.'

Messrs Mark Sprot and Co., advertise that their cattle sale has, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, been postponed from to-day to to-morrow. The attention of householders in Kutnara is called to a notice in another column, from the Secretary of the Road Board, as to the necessity of their observing certain conditions, when erecting verandahs.

The Rev. Mr Gilbert preached, last night, at the Theatre Royal, when the usual church services were conducted. After service he administered the sacrament of baptism to an infant. He announced that on Sunday next there would be a special service for the members of the Order of Freemasons, who would be present in their regalia. Sunday next is ti e feast of the order—St. John’s Day. The violent wind which has been blowing during the last few days has caused several trees to fall. Fortunately no very serious harm has been done, hut the escapes have been very narrow. One tree fell about midnicht, on Saturday, and knocked oft the top of a chimney at the Union Bank, in Seddon street, besides smashing apart of the fence. Another tree, on Sunday morning, fell upon a tent and completely destroyed it. It a

singular fact that a man had been living in

this tent for the last eight months, but on Saturday he had sold out of his claim and left the neighbourhood. The telegraph wires seem _to have suffered extensively from the same cause—the fallingbf trees. Between Grey mouth and Raefton the poles are down, it is reported in no fewer than eighteen places. • A new wire between Charleston and Westport, was worked for the first time on Saturday, and was down yesterday. The wires In the neigh, bourhood of Ross have also been unfortunate, and doubtless other places have the same tale to tell.

, Miners and public generally, attend the Theatre, Soddon-rtreet, on Monday week 25th instant, and witness the Atpateur Dramatic Performance in aid of the funds of the Kumara Literary Institute. Inr* mense Bill, sea Advertisement and. Bills. Come one, Come all.— [Advt.] * Aobtopathy.— The best and safest cure for Rheumatism,. Lumbago, Chest and Throat Diseases, Scarlet Fever, Arc. Duncan M'Lean, Main-road.— [Advt.]