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Kumara Times, Issue 494, 27 April 1878, Page 2

A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by a tremendous downpour of rain, passed over Kumara last night. The lightning was very vivid, and the thunder at times so loud that it fairly shook the ground. All the creeks in the vicinity of Kumara became flooded in the course of a .few minutes ; and Main street, from Drummond’s corner to the rise of the hill, presented while the storm lasted the appearance of a mountain torrent. The storm has had the effect of clearing the air, and there is now evexy prospect of fine weather. A telegram was received in Kumara this morning announcing that Sergeant White, a very old non-commissioned officer of the Police force, and who has been stationed at Hokitika for many years, died suddenly last night. Sergeant White was universally respected in the community in which he lived. The writ for the election of a meiriber °f the House of Representatives for the Grey Valley has been issued, and. made returnable on the 80th May. • It is announced that the Rev. Mr Burnett, of Ashburton, will deliver a sermon, specially addressed to miners, in the Presbyterian Church, to-morrow evening. There will be’ the usual Service ih’the morning,- at 11-o’clock. • - Mr Carriithers, Engineer-in-Chlef, accompanied by Mr Blair, Engineer for the Middle Island, arrived on Friday evening in Greymouth. v - We are pleased to observe that the Greymouth chessplayers are resolved to make the forthcoming match with Kumara as great a success as possible, by calling together, as.Kumara did, a public meet-, ing of willing players. In the Grey River Argus of this morning, we.see the following advertisement “A meeting of those desirous of forming a Chess Club, and wishing to take part in the forthcoming match with Kumara, will be held at the Melbourne Hotel, this evening, at halfpast seven o’clock.” Mr. Woraley, by whom the notice is signed, has forwarded an interesting letter on the subject to Mr Janion, the Hon. Sec, Chess Match Committee, from which we are pleased to publish the following extract: —“l am glad on our behalf that you have decided on Saturday week (4th May) for the match. We in Greymouth are at a great disadvantage, having no established chess club, and in consequence find it difficult to get our players together, so as to find out their respective strength and so pick ateam. I trust, however, that the notice taken of the match in the papers and the meeting to follow will enable us to get a few more together able to prove themselves ‘foemen worthy of your steel.’ I hope to be able to furnish you with their names during the early part of next week. We read over your rules and conditions, and consider them fair; but before finally accepting them we should like to submit them to all those who may be chosen to play in the match. You will be interested in hearing that we are taking steps to form a Chess Club in Greymouth. If we are successful in doing so, I trust that the forthcoming match may be the prelude to many more friendly meetings.” The late Victor Emmanuel King “Honestman,” as he delighted to be called—left behind him twenty six million lire—in debts. .. v .- t It is said, with how much truth wo can-, not say, that, in enffilatibn of v the “meix; of Sheffield,” who recently presented Mr Gladstone with an axe, as a souvenir of the staple of their town, the “ women of Bridport” sent the other day to the hori. member a halter, made in then- town, of. Russian hemp, with-an intimation “that he had better use it, arid rejoin his master the devil, whom he had served so loyally, as hia worfc on earth was now completed.”The Hospital is one of the first things that the population of this district have a perfect right to support. No other institution deserves to be better patronised. But, in order to have no complaint originating from this most inclement weather, the best thing for the people to do is to clothe themselves with good and useful articles; and where better to procure them than at D. Davidson and Co. ’s I

where the largest assortment can be procured, cheaper much than elsewhere.— D. Davidson and Co., Berlin House. Kumara.—[Advt.] Bmms says, with gloomy, grandeur, “There is a foggy atmosphere native to my soul in the hour of care, which makes the dreary objects seem larger than life. ” He who suffers thus cannot be relieved by any appliances save those that touch the heart—the homelier the more sanative—and none so sure as a wife’s affection. True, O poet, but he who suffers the racking pains of rheumatism, sciatica, or lumbago, should use, combined with your prescription, “ Ghollah’s Great Indian Cures,” the wonder of the nineteenth century. Testimonials may be seen in another column, and Medicines may be procured at all Chemists.—[Advt.]