The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 513, 20 May 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1878.

The time for closing the mail for En«land, ttc, is extended till to-morrow. ° Notice is given in our advertising columns that fresh nominations *-]][ be re ceived for a member to sit in the Com at v Council of Wesiland for the Arahura Kidmg, on Wednesday, 29th inst. We are unavoidably compelled to hold over our report of the meeting of the Hos-

pttal Committee, which took place on Saturday night.

The English mails (via San Francisco) and Hokitika, eleven ba<*s, arrived by the train from Greymouth yesterday afternoon, and vera delivered this morning.

The Uhrisichuveh couch arrived in Hokitika ab >=!f eight o'clock last evening, having been detained at the Gorge by tiie recenfcjnciement weather. The mail was, the Times reports, by the courtesy of the Tost Office officials, sorted last evening.

Mr R. J. Weddon, and Air R. Q. R e id are spoken of as candidates for the representation of Hokitika, vice Mr Button, resigned.

TJiu Inspector of Schools h«s notified liis intention of holding the usual half-yearly examination of the pupils of the State School. Gve-ymosifch, on Wednesday next. About the same time, we understand, he will visit Kumar.v, and Hokitika,

rte remind all chessplayers that the general meeting takes place at Rugg's Hotel, this evening, at half-past seven o'clock. It is expected from the great favour in which the royal game is held by miners and the community generally of Kumara and its vicinity that there will be a large attendance.

There was a large audience on Saturday i evening at the Theatre Royal, to witness j the performance of the Raphael troupe. j The trapeze feats by Master franklin were i executed with a skill that we have seldom j seen equaled. The Juvenile Blondin, as j on the previous occasion, received wellI merited applause for the dexterity he ex- | Minted in walking on the single wire. The j entertainment concluded with the celoi brated Japenese box trick, to explain j which we. will not attempt, as it must be j seen to be understood. The company will I give an extra performance this evening. We notice that our respected friend Tommy Maker invites his patrons and the public generally to a grand ball, to be held in celebration of his opening the new premises—the Empire Hotel, Dillman's Town—on Friday evening next. The Charles Edward, which brought the San Francisco mail and a large number of passengers, arrived alongside the Greymouth wharf yesterday morning, from Westport, where she had been detained for many days through the recent heavy weather. The Grey bar was in splendid condition, there being a .straight run out with 15ft. of water on the shoalest part. Amongst the passengers bv the steamer were Mr and Mrs Hebcr Kowton and family, who were heartily welcomed by a large number of friends after their visit to the old country. The Waipara arrived in the Hokitika roadstead last night from I ikarito, where she has been detained for several days through breaking a shaft. On crossing the bar she found 10ft. of water. A very sad case of suicide which occurred yesterday, and which, when it became known, cast a gloom over the whole community, is reported by the Grey River Argus :—For some time past Mr Thomas Hunter, of the firm of Arnott and Hunter, carpenters and builders, has exhibited symptoms of mental perturbation, which have caused anxiety to his partner in business and his personal friends. On Saturday evening lie appeared to be in better j spirits than usual, and retired to bed in ■ Mr Arnott's house, where he has been re- ; siding for some time, shortly after mid- ; nig at. About half-past seven o'clock yes- ; tevday morning Mr Arnott got up, and, i finding that Mr Hunter had gone out, ! walked up to the State School, where the | firm had some work on hand, and after- j wards on to the hospital, but without see- ' ing him. About 12.30 Mr Arnott wenUo I the workshop m Terapuki :;ircet, and not j rinding the key of the door in the olace it ; was usually "planted," ho looked through } the window, and, to Ids horror, saw Mr | Hunter hanging by the neck against one j or the walls. Mr Arnott immediately j humeri away m search of assistance, and | met Air James, of the Disoatch Foundry, < who went to the shop, burst open the ; door, and cut the body down. A few ; minutes afterwards Dr Acheson, under ■ whose care Mr Hunter had been, arrived, j and pronounced, life to he extinct. The I act must have, been premeditated, as de- : ceased Lid locked the door inside, and had i carefully laid aside his coat and hat. It : appears that suspicions of a tendency to : suicide on Hunter's part have for some i time been entertained by ids friends, and > that those who knew him most intimately ! are not surprised at his sad end. An in- ! quest would, in all probability, be held to- I day. |

The three commas of New South Wales. ! Victoria, and l\o-.v Zealand have each a re- ; venue which places them in a higher rank i than some of the European States. :

A fact not yet explained by scientists is, ] tiiat electricity does not m:«vs as i-apklV ' from Nun- York to L..;ul<m .-„ i„ theonpo- ' site direction. x

Tiio Earl of Let brim v,'ho was recently murdered in Ireland, is thus described in x)ebretts Peerage -—" VYdiiam Sydnev Clements 3rd Earl, born in 1800 succee.iled his father in 1854 : entered Hist Boot, and retiredas Lieut-Colonel in iS5< ; ■ has been Colonel in the Leitiiin Militia since JB4o ; was a ung : 3 trate for the Counuesof Leitrim, Dentil, and Gal way, and sit as M.P. for Leitvim from 1830 to l&i-o.

For miraculous cures by the use of Eucalypti Extract, read fourth pa<re [Anvr.j ° '

..ijnrng says with glo-miy grandeur, Ihere is a fuggy atmosnhere native to my soul m the hour of care, which makes tne dreary objects seem larger than lif- " He who sutlers thus cannot be relieved by any appliances save those that touch the heart—the homelier the more sanath r £— and none so sure as a wife's affedi]n. Irue, O poet, but he who suffers the racking pains of rheumatism, sciatica, or limi-

bago, should use, combined with your prescription, " Gliollah'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.—[Anvx.]