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Kumara Times, Issue 457, 14 March 1878, Page 2

Mrßarff, M.H.R., will address his constitutents in the Theatre Royal this evening, upon the events of the last session of Parliament.

A special meeting of the Borough Council is to be held this evening to confirm bye-laws. A meeting of the Catholics of the district is to be held this evening at the Catholic Church. The civil business transacted at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning was unimportant.

Two typographical errors occurred in Mr P. Dungan’s letter yesterday. In the 35thline, the word “designate” should have been “do on” ; and in the sentence as printed “from the sacred nature of his exalted office, the possibility is precluded of a aham of the character you pourtray being ite recipient,” the word “sham” should have been “ man.”

The performance in aid of the widow and children of the late Mr Gibbins, by the Amateur Dramatic Club, at the Theatre Eoyal, last evening, was in every way a thorough success, the house being crowded, the front seats more especially. Both the drama and farce that followed were well put on the stage, the characters impersonated being very creditably sustained by the members of the Dramatic Club ; and from the marked approbation shewn at different portions of the entertainment by the audience, the actors engaged therein must have felt that thenefforts to please had been crowned with success. Several good selections by the Dillraan’s Town Band lent an additional charm to the programme. We must not omit to compliment Mr Jolly, the indefatigable stage manager of the club, for the efficient manner in which the whole of the programme was carried out; and that

Ills services are appreciated is shown by the fact that a complimentary benefit has been tendered to Mm by the Dramatic Club, on Friday, April sth. Mr Thompson, Sub-Postmaster at Dillman’s has aligned Ms appointment, and Mr Alex, rpldi has been appointed in Ms stead. The office will be transfered tomorrow, and for the future mails will arrive at and leave Dillmans daily at 10.30 a.m., being conveyed by the Kumara letter carrier.

Asthe Hibernian ball arrangements have fallen through, it has been decided to hold a grand ball in honor of St. Patrick to-morrow evening at Murphy’s Hotel, Westbrook. The advertisement announces that good music and an efficient M.O. will bo provided, and that dancing will commence at 8.30 p.m. The ladies who intended being at the Hibernian Society s ball, and who had ordered their dresses, will doubtless make up for their disappointment by availing themselves of this opportunity.

A plucky act, wMoh in some way escaped observation at the time, was performed on the day that Sir George Grey visited Kumara by Mr George Martin, It appears that while the address from the miners of Dillman’s Town was being read, a boy named William Nidd, between 8 and 9 years of age, fell into a hole containing some 15ft of water. Martin immediately jumped in and with some difficulty, owing to the steepness of the sides of the hole, succeeded in rescuing the drowning lad. In November, 1874, Martin saved another life in Greymouth under somewhat similar circumstances.

The following from the Australasian explains the meaning of a cablegram published some time ago “When the sis. Claud Hamilton was lying off Williamstown on Monday afternoon, on the eve of departure for Adelaide with Messrs Cooper and Bailey’s circus, a shooting case occurred on board wMch caused some excitement amongst the passengers. It appears that a quarrel arose between two of Messrs Cooper and Bailey’s employes—Joe Williams, an equestrian, and a musician of the name of Palmer. They disputed together for some time, and the latter then fired at Williams with a revolver, but missed him and shot Mr George Middleton, another gentleman connected with the circus instead, , the bullet lodging in his arm. A person who was present, evidently a friend of the offender,, got possession of the revolver and threw 4t overboard. The occurrence took place between 3 and 4 o’clock, and soon afterwards Palmer escaped by a rowing boat to Williamstown. Mr Middleton came to Melbourne, where he had the bullet successfully extracted. Socrates used to say that it was pleasant to grow old, with good health, and a good friend, and he might have reason as health is the greatest of all possessions and’tis and an old inaxim, that a hale cobbler is a better man thana sick Kang, but unfortunately diseases of a painful .and violent nature attack all, from the Prince to the beggar, and then will a golden staff help gouty feet, dr a wooden stick, rheumatic legs to walk ? Reader—should you suffer with rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia or muscular stifling pains, use “Ghollah’s Groat Indian Cures, ” the wonder of the Nineteenth Century. Testimonials may be seen and Medicines procured at all Medicine Vendors.—[Advt.]