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Kumara Times, Issue 458, 15 March 1878, Page 2

A letter has been left at this office, purporting to convey, for the information of the editor—and, we presume, the public—resolutions said to have been passed at a meeting, called by advertisement, to be held yesterday evening at the Catholic Church. As no signature is attached to this communication, and as, moreover, the names of three respectable citizens are mentioned, we decline, in the absence of any satisfactory evidence as to its authenticity, to publish it. Upon such evidence being tendered we shall be most happy to give the contribution a prominent place in these columns. A searserpent,between 10 and 12 feet in length, has been seen in Sydney Harbor.

Mr Batff, M.H:R., yesterday addressed a meeting of his constituents in the Theatre Royal, Mr Pearn in the chair. A report of Mr Barff'a speech is unavoidably held over. A grand ball iri honor of St. Patrick is to be held this evening in the Theatre Royal; and as the welcome is extended to all there is certain to be a full attendance.

The time for receiving tenders for erection of whim and other works in Tierney and Co.'s claim is extended till Tuesday, the 19th inst., at five o'clock in the evening.

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held at the Town Hall last evening. Present:—Or. George (chair) Crs Cornfoot, O'Hara, Bulstrode, Pearn, Campbell and Ancher. The minutes of the last meeting were read and'confirmed. It was moved by Or. Ancher, seconded by Or. Pearn, and carried. " That the Council do make bye-laws Nos.l to 11 inclusive as read and considered." The meeting then separated.

An accident occurred at Long and party's claim, Dillman's Town, yesterday, fortunately unattended with any injury to those engaged in working the claim. One of the party had just ascended to procure a light when, without any warning, the incline (the claim being worked by a whim) fell in bodily, bringing down some tons of stuff, and about 12 sets of timber. A serious accident occurred this afternoon to a man named William Fraser, at Dunedin Flat, through a heavy boulder falling on his chest. As we were going to press, Dr. Bennett passed this office on his way to the scene of the accident.

A discovery of coal has been made at the foot of the Bald Hill Range, about 20 miles up the Hokitika river. A company has been formed to prospect the sounds to the south of Jackson's Bay for minerals and valuable stone.

The New Zealand Herald complains that in Auckland the telephone mania has spread to such an alarming extent, that people walking about are constantly getting entangled amongst the strings and threads connecting the jam-tins. The New Zealand Tablet notices approvingly our editorial explanation of Father Henneberry's remarks at Dunedin on the subject of infanticide in the United States.

The New Zealand Herald, commenting upon the gaol arrangements, says:— kitika should be a prisoners' paradise, a doctor's delight, and gaoler's joy." A clergyman, writing to the Melbourne Argus, says about preaching :—"My idea is, speak what you believe to be true, and what you believe ought to be spoken. Speak it boldly, speak it kindly, and let who will come or go." Substitute the word "write" for "speak," and the motto is one that every editor might put to his paper, and should stick to.

The Church of England Messenger saya : "Mr Varley gave the finishing blow to his professions of uhdenominated evangelism when, on the evening before his departure for Tasmania, he publicly re-baptised over a hundred of his disciples in the St. Kilda baths. This last touch of sectarianism seems to have opened the eyes even of the religious journals that have hitherto been loudest in his defence. It is now roundly asserted that he has been all the time an emissary of the Plymouth Brotherhood, working" hv accordance with the system of proselytising pursued by that fraternity. .WhSSr truth there may be in this statement we cannot tell, but as Mr Varley is going the round of the colonies it is well that clergymen who may be asked to give then* countenances to his services should be warned beforehand that his declarations of neutrality are not to be trusted, and, that he is more than suspected of the disposition to abuse, for schismatic purposes, any confidence that may be reposed in hira as an evangelist." Varley, it will be remembered, is Dr Somerville's "mate."

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