The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1877.

Kumara Times, Issue 280, 28 August 1877, Page 1

The Kumara Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1877.

The Borough Council met to-day, at noon, in the Warden’s Court. The proceedings were somewhat lengthy, and our report cannot appear till to-morrow. All the members were present. On Friday evening, there will be a ball at Reynolds’ Hotel Dillown’s Town in aid of the funds of St. Patrick’s school Kumara. We understand that a most enjoyable evening is anticipated. The contract for the repairs, supply, and spead of metal, on the Greenstone road, to the 31st March next, has been signed by Mr J, Whelau, of Goldsborough. The following was his tender: —Repairs, 283 : metal, 7fd. An account of the Kumara gold-field, written by Mr Richardson Rae, the County Secretary of Westland, is going the rounds of the Australian newspapers, and appears, on account of its graphic character, to have attracted much notice. From the Bathurst (N.S.W.) Independent we quote the following, from the article :—“ Perhaps you almost forget, now, the very locality. of this strange diggings. Let me call to your mind that it is situated in the middle of the dense forest, about half way between Greymouth and Hokitika. I was there a few day since, and I never see the place without feeling more and more surprised. There is, to me at least -a strange fascination about this locality, and all its surroundings. It is so utterly novel; so incongruous; so very suggestive. There are 5000 people settled there, and the main street is like the street of a city, so far as substantial building, and traffic, and din, and bustle go. I think toe history of the discovery of the auriferous character of the country is one of the most remarkable of stories, and it has occurred to me—as a sort of recreation after a long day’s toil with book and pen—to jot down some particulars of the circumstances which led to this memorable rush. The facts came ont in the course of an investigation held by the Westland County Council into claims for reward made by various prospectors qf the country.” Mr Rae then goes on to give a detailed account of the inquiry, and of toe appearance of the town an diggings, and concludes with a discriptive of the country around the locality of the diggings. Acetopatht. —The best and safest cure for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Chest and Throat Diseases, Scarlet Fever, &c. Duncan M'Lean, Main-road,— [AdVt.]