Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 601, 31 August 1878, Page 2

Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1878.

We are informed that the three gentlemen who retire by rotation from the Borough Council are Messrs George, Pearn, and Hanna. We have much pleasure hi drawing attention to the prospectus of the Knmara Tail Race Company which appears in our advertising columns. There is little doubt that the floating of this company will be beneficial not only to many of the miners but also to this goldfield generally. The want of a tail-race of this dsecription has long been felt, as by its agency many who could work their ground to advantage by sluicing are necessitated, through the want of capital, to adopt another method of working which entails far more labor and less remuneration. Prom the small amount payable as calls on the shares, taken in connection with the fact that the object of the proposed company will materially benefit the district, we may reasonably expect to see applications for shares to tlie number required to commence operations soon forthcoming. A sixth share in Dixon and party's slucing claim at Dimedin Plat will be sold on Monday next, at 1 o'clock sharp. Messrs George and Co., are the auctioneers. Tenders close this evening at 6 o'clock, for the purchase of two third shares in Wood and party's Tramway, Dillman's Town. The late heavy rain has had the effect of improving the bars both at Greymouth and Hokitika. At tho former place yesterday although there was still a good body of water running out by the south channel, the main body had swept away part-of the island at the mouth of the river, and was going straight out to sea, where it is expected a good channel will h& found when the fresh subsides, the Bokitika river was heavily flooded on Thursday night, and yesterday morning a good fresh was running down, which

scoured ouf both channels. The wind from the S.W. all day yesterday, it is supposed, has silted up the sand again, so that the south channel will not remain long open. In addition to the Prosperity and Eliza Firth, already reported, we notice the Mary Bannatyne and Zephyr, are also lying in the Hokitika roadstead. It was resolved, at the meeting of the Groymouth Borough Council last night, that his Worship the Mayor accept the invitation of the Mayor of Christchurch to attend at the opening of the Christchurch and Dunedin railway on the sth inst. On the 27th July 1876 (reports a Christchurch paper), a lad named John Kingdon aged seven years, son of MrN.S. Kingdon, farmer, Courtney, was admitted into the Hospital, his illness being caused by his accidently having swallowed a metal, key -which had become detached from a flute. Ho remained in the institution about a fortnight, and was subsequently placed under the care of Dr Townsend. The lad continued to be very ill, and was at times delirious, his attendant, however assuring his father that the lad would ultimately vomit the key, and recover his- health. The prediction was fulfilled last Sunday morning, when the lad threw up- the. key, • which had caused him such intense suffering, and he is now rapidly recovejjng. The key, which is a little bent, is an"inch" and a-half long, with a width at each end of nearly half an inch, and on the underside is a projecting spur by which it was originally held in position on the flute. About a fortnight ago one of • the cheap police recruits (says the Dunedin Age) arrived in one of Ihe Union Co.'s steamers from Wellington, and went to-work to" distinguish himself. After waiting- patiently, he succeeded in his efforts about 10 o'elock on Friday evening, wlietf'he 'ran in' to the watch-house a:couple of well known attorneys. On their arrival at the station, the watch-house-keeper •amazed to find two sober limbs of the law in the Lands of a zealous policeman,"; wh«-. was as drunk as he could stagger* Tlie arrested ones explained that' on- being* accosted they had gone quietly .with- 'tlte vigilant 'blue bottle,' in order that:he might be take care of. The fact was that the constable was under the impression that all the world was staggering but himself, and had secured two sober solicitors, who, moved with pity at his helplessness,■walked quietly to the police station, and thus decoyed him into the hands of his superior officers. While Inspector Mallard was being communicated with, the " cheap policeman" made himself scarce, and he was not again seen till Saturday afternoon, when Sergeant Deane ran him 'in: . lit is hardly necessary to say that he was discharged the same evening. The Asiatic Steam Navagation Co.'s Gunnya, when on the passage from China to Australia, grounded on a coral patch at Gayayana's reef on the 2ifch of May. After having thrown overboard thirty tons of coal and coarse cargo she floated on the 26th, and returned to Manilla for a fresh, supply of coal. The steamer was duly coaled, and had steam up ready to start for Cook Town, when a Customs official came on board and asked to. inspect .the vessel. He was taken rouni, and came across some thirty cases of opium and some packages o£ silk, &c, all of which he at once seized as not beinw entered on the Manilla manifests. Great indignation was felt at this action on the part of the Spanish authorities, but they will not give up the confiscated goods', and would only permit the steamer to proceed on her voyage on the agent's giving a bond to pay a fine of 6400d015.

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