The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 509, 15 May 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1878.

•The disgraceful state of the track between this place and Dlllmau’s Town calls for the immediate attention of tho authorities. During thelleavy -gals' of Saturday last, a large unmbot of trees' ’ werh'blowa

down across the track in various pkiocs, and up to the present, time ..their removal appears to be, an act of. the future. We are creditably informed tbit storekeepers,' packing to Diihnan’s ‘Town arc necessitated to unload their horses twice or more during the trip, in consequence of these obstructions.' ‘ '

A telegraph station is now open at Thini in the County of Wairarapa East.

Telegrams for ..Australian Colonics via Bluff, per Hingarooma, will be received at Kumara Telegraph Station up'till 10.30 am to-morrow, (Thursday.) Tenders are invited by Wood and party for lay a tramway at Dillman’s Town. The Arahura Road Board request by advertisement in another column, that all claims against them bo forwarded to their Secretary as soon as possible. ,

The ..annual meeting, of the shareholders of the Kumara Public Hall Company will be lield to-morrow evening, to elect, directors and consider the alterations reqriired to’ the Hall. The County Council will moot on Wednesday next, to consider the advisability' of taking over various water-races; . Our attention haying been repeatedly called to the fact'that netting on- a large scale is still carried on in the Terornakau river, which in the face,of the late intro-, duction of salmon there, is highly detri-' mental to their chance of succe vs, the following clause from tho “ Fish Protection* Act, 1877,” wo commend to the attention of parties so offending :• —“JSTo person is allowed to fish with any kind of net in the districts proclaimed unless he bo in a possession of a licence. Westland is included in the districts schedule as follows : ‘All the tidal waters bounding on tho Provincial District uf Westland, comprised within a line drawn parallel to and throe miles distent from high watermark, tho lino of high watermark, and duo east and west lines joining these* two boundaries. : ” Tho now stove being erected for Mr Duncan McLean, in the Main Road, is now nearly completed, and when thoroughly finished, will bo a largo mid 1 substantial building. Business will be carried on there, as formerly, froi u this evening, the slock having boon removed there'during the day. Mr S. S, Pollock notifies, in another column, that he is closing his Ooldsborough branch of business, and requires persons indebted to cash up. The Pacific Lodge of Freemasons savs to-day’s West Coast Times at a meeting last evening, did a very generous and charitable act by voting a sum of money to the widow and children of the late J. A. Maguire, who died in the Asylum on the Sth inst. The members ascertained that the deceased had been a member of the Order, and warmly took up the cause. They determined on Voting, in conjunction with the Kilwinning Lodge, a sum sufficient to pay the passages of the mother and children to Sydney, where some relatives reside. The case is one of real charity, and the action taken rebounds to the credit of the craft, arid the amount will most | likely bo supplemented by several private I subscriptions. A rumor has been circulated that SulliI van was at Havelock, and was recognised j by two persons at the Farndon sports on j Easter Monday.

The following extraordinary telegraphic blunder is recorded by the Hone News *■ On March 4 the daily papers coni-lined a Reuter’s telegram from Brisbane, to the effect that ‘Lady 'Kennedy had given birth to twins, the oldest hein" n. son.’ It seems that tho-messem l aet•«a.i'r-race!vod by the Oompauy was, ‘ Governor of Queensland-—twins, first,, son.’ lining informed that Sir Arthur Kennedy was unmarried, and that there must ho some

mistake, a telegraphic repetition was demanded. It v/a-i, received on Monday. March 11, and v shows that the words really telegraphed by Reuter’s agents wore ‘Governor Queensland turns first sod’—the allusion of course, being to the Maryborough-Gyinpie railway in course of construction.

The American correspondent of the Melbourne Age writes ;—“ The Communistic agitation, which less than a year ago was at fever heat, has nearly died out, its decease being accelerated by the worse than useless labour viols of last July. Labour and capital will more along side by aide in the near future in this country, whenever the ring system shall be destroyed, or even discredited, by an enlightened public opinion. Burns 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.” Ho who suffers thus cannot be relieved by any appliances save those that touch the heart—the homelier the move sanative—and none so sure as a wife’s affection. Time, O poet, but ho 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 bo seen in another column, and Medicines may be procured at all Chemists.—[Advt.] For miraculous cures by the use of Eucalypti Extract, ’ read fourth page.— [Advt.] The Washington Nation says:—“A man dressed hi a linen duster and a straw hat came panting into our office yesterday and gasped, ‘ Mis-Mis tor ed-ed-tor, snsnow in Ot-ot-ta-wah tel-10-lograplied special to me,’ and then shivering, but quickly recovering himself with the duster, continued, ‘ I have an origual idea which Tve weaved into a poem. Let mo road—

“The snow, the snow, the nggly .sn ’ ”

He said no more, but disappeared through the floor We asked what it meant.' The devil replied, ‘ Wo let him through the trap-door. That man was heor all Ins’ night a’ leadin' his pome to us fellers, and we fixed that trap-for him. Wo have moved the cistern underneath to break his fall.’ The poet lues not returned.” She led him to a sofa, and in a- deep bass voice called him her soul’s idol,, paid inquired what his -monthly income was. Seeing his gaze fixed on her boa-constric-tor-like mouth, she remarked—“ Darling, I see you notice my large and beautiful potato-trap ;, let ma explain to you the reason of its unusual size. , When I was cpiite a child I was. playing on. pappy’s cellar door ; it gave 'way ; T was precipitated clown into the basement and caught by the mouth on a projecting meat-hook, which ripped up my facehmd extended my mouth several inches. ” With his eyes full of sympathetic tears, lie rose from the sofa, and replied as he made towards the door—“.My angel, you are perhaps mistaken. Probably in the excitement of that awful moment you left your mouth down in the basement and accidentally brought up the cellar. We shall moot again in a bettor world. Adieu.”—Amcrcian paper.