The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.

Kumara Times, Issue 279, 27 August 1877, Page 2

The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1877.

We have this afternoon received the following;—“ Government have decided to bridge Teremakau and Hokitika rivers: —Edmund Baref.” of the Borough Council will be held at the Court House. At the same place the Arahura Road Board are to meet at 4 o’clock. On Saturday evening, the attendance at the Theatre Royal was so small that the advertised entertainment was not given. A dance was substituted. At King’s Adelphi Music Hall there was a throng of visitors on Saturday evening. Mr Shipp is proving an extraordinary attraction. His eccentricities are well worth seeing. The returns of gold exported during the past twelve months from Greymouth and Hokitika give for the quarter ending 30th September 1876Greymouth, 10,082 oz; Greymouth (Westland), 5,4170 z; Hokitika, 9,1560 z. For the quarter ending 31st December 1876 : Greymouth, 15,6730 z; Greymouth (Westland), 4,9630 z; Hokitika, 8870 oz. For the quarter ending 31st March 1877 :—Greymouth, 10,3630 z ; Greymouth (Westland), 7,1300 z; Hokitika, 13,8480 z. For the quarter ending 30th Juue 1877:—Greymouth, 11,6450 z; Greymouth (Westland), 8,2900 z; Hokitika, 12,8170 z. Among the miscellaneous, special and temporary objects, in Class XI of the Estimates appears “honorarium to Sir Julius Vogel, for services in England £3000.” The expenses of bringing out the Hinemoa were £4538 17s 6d. It is proposed by Government to spend £BOO next year in the introduction of the ova of salmon and white fish. The Hospital Committee meet at the Brian Bom Hotel this evening at halfpast seven^ An explosion of fire damp took place at the Greymouth Coal Company’s shaft on Friday, and caused the death of a man named John Kerr. Three other men named Crawford, Hassall and Day were so injured that they had to be taken to the Hospital. The nominations for the office of auditor to the Boiough were made before noon this morning. The names of candidates appear in an advertisement. The election takes place on Monday next. An accident happened to Captain Owen, of the St. Kilda, which was, •providentially, not a fatal one. Some of the hands were aloft sending down some of the gear when a block got loose, and in its fall to the deck, struck

the captain behind the ear, inflicting an ugly wound, which was dressed by Dr Morice. At the last sitting of the Totara Road Board, Mr Clarke, one of the. members moved “ That the clerk proceed to Hokitika to take legal advice re the charges made against himself and the Totara Road Board, and demand an investigation.”. The second reading of Mr Fox’s Local Option Bill has been carried. It will probably be considerably mangled in committee.