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Kumara Times, Issue 249, 23 July 1877, Page 2

Messrs Keeoh and Molloy verykindly gave the free übo of their pant tor con- '". veying the Hook and across the Teremakau yesterday.'•;' / A little comedy in te»b life - wafc recently enacted m, the;office l'--of, ttdV Registrar in Auckland; 'As the story; is told by the "StarV'a gallant yotrttgv: officer of a vessel, in pprjb,Jiavjng enamoured of a bartnaid had so far, made, good his position- as to -secure' his/, inamorata's consent' to aV marriage" gt : ' Mr Wayland's office.. Thither at the ' time appointed: thai; marriage.. patty; •wended their way,-and at length jrtood/ in the piesenee of the-offidial empoweral by law to make the twain- one flesh.' , The bridegroom; was : proudly elated''' and radiant with'pleasure: bride/"" although sne cfung'clpsery to her lover's arm, did riot seem at'her" ease, "and though an experienced friend wjho was; with her kept telling her to .keepi tipper spirits, and no one would hurt h«jr,sh v e 7 persisted in giving ever arid anon" 'a wistful glance towards tnebpeh door/ want another, witness," said /the. trar. u Oh, pe J rK;ips one of ilie gentlemen in the next-office will oblige," said the bridegroom elect* and—dropping for. a moment his fiancee's crossed the threshold to find -the required witness. The conduct of the bride •'■- very reprehensible. She waited till the doorway was clear,- antHhen made one bolt for the stairs, 1 which she descended with a rapidity; truly marvellous, nordid she pause 1 in Jier-headlong^career-., till she found .herself inside the/bar> parlour of her employer's t house.- 0£ course this flight struct consternation to the hearts' of "th« bridegroom? "and friend They folded the lady at a slower pace, and found her sobbing >iu,, that little bar parlour." On being asked" for an explanation Of her' conduct, the little dove said she did not know what it was ailed her, but she wais so frightened that she could not go through the' ceremony. It was in vain they tried to induce her to return. She steadily refused.

A coroner'a jury which ''.found drowned" a man who was not-over bright, added to the verdict that "be never showed any penetration' till he> had made a hoie in the water."

The London Guarantee Company have granted a bond of £IOOO for the fidelity of Mr-Eae, as County Clerk and Treasurer, at the reduced rate of 15a per cent. The estate of Mercer Todd, who died on the 24tn April, has been placed in the hands of the Public Trustee. The personal estate at less than £9O. *

The personal estate of the late Mr A. Keiller, the manufacturerofmarmalade and confectionery, who died at Gibraltar two months ago, has been proved under £203,110. It is equally divided between his two sons. The inventory stamp cost £3OOO. In an affray between sailors belonging to the German man-of-war Elizabeth, and JFtfench sailors, reported at Yokohama on June 5, nine Frenchmen were killed, and two wounded. The provocation, it is believed, came from the Frenchmen.'4A?.searching inquiry is instituted.