The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 641, 17 October 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1878.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before M, Price, Esq,, R.M., William Smith, of Hokitika, was charged with a breach of the Borough Bye-laws, by allowing a horse and buggy to stand in the street on the 7th iust., without being sufficiently near to have control over the animal. A telegram was read from the defendant ..stating he was • unable to attend, through injuries he had received. Evidence having been given by the Sergeant of Police, who served the summons, that defendant was engaged as usual in his own business, and also it having been proved by witnesses that the horse bolted with the vehicle down Main street to the dange.r of pepana.walking, the defendant fined 40s cdstk of Court. His Worship remarked that there, was a, veiy "dangerous and habitual prSciiSe in this town of leaving horses unattended, whereby a serious-accident might easily occur, as in the afternoon the streets were usually crowded with children returning from school. A number of small civil cases of no public interest concluded the business before the Court. Serrices vriU-b'e hold on Sunday next in the Church.of England,.and the Presbyterian Church at which collections will be made' in ‘Aid ~6f the funds of' the local Hospital. - On the following Sunday services for a similar purpose will hike place at the Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Church. With; the highly desirable obj ect the Hospital Committee have in view, there can be little, doubt that the funds of the Kumara Hospital should be largely augmented. An entertainment will be given by the Amateur Dramatic Club in aid of the Wardrobe Fund, on the 26th hast. The programme will appear in a future issue. The drawing of Hughes’s Empire Annual Festival on the Melbourne Cup, will take, place at Westport on the 31st inst. There are very few tickets now remaining, which carl be obtained on application at Rugg’s Kumara Hotel. ; .From an advertisement that appears in another .column; it will be' seen that Mr Henry/prown,qf Seddon street, having decided to give- up business in .this towhf is .offering the whole of his Stock,- comprising many;different lines,•• “at a shad£ under cbst , As one, of the pibnebffe 'of -this-goltt field, attd also olie who has -always taken an active interest in all matters appertainii ing to 'tlie, t£wn, the departure Mi! Brown frpin, amongst us will be'jregretted by many, OS.the “ Gaptain’aStore” proved a friend ih the early days of; this rush te numerous indigent travelled. The late Mr James FindlSter, .of Wan : ganui, died intestate and left a quantity of landed property. An inquiry has juSf been held before the Sheriff and a jury in order to decide what- should be dpne with .the property wag po trill. Mr Findlater Was illegitimate ; had never been married ; had neither kith nor kin—consequently there was nobody to inherit his property. The jury decided, that tlm. property should go to the Crown. - Bishop Moran, of Dunedin, is at times 1 somewhat outspoken, as exampled by the following from an exchange :—When the hats called Gainsborough were all the rage among the Dunedin ladies, the Bishop one day electrified his female hearers, nearly every one of whom worea Gainsborough, by raging most strongly against what he considered the most outrageous head-dress, and therefore brought as pretty and universal a lot of blushes to the fore as has not often been seen among an audience. The hats were of a quieter shape next Sunday. Then he gave the males a dressing' down one morning in very vigorous language about a habit they had contracted of standing round the gates and entrances before service, lounging, smoking, and staring. But he appears to have a particular “down” On the ladies, for, returning again to the charge, he recently told them that they came more fittingly dressed for a puppet show than for a church, and read them a scathing lecture upon gaudy apparel. While he does his best to clothe their souls in righteousness, he strongly objects to any clothing of the body in. raiments too bright and extravagant. Yet the Gainsborugh hat is the most modest and quietest hat worn. The engagements of the Australian team in America are as follows : — They played i the St. George’s Club, New York, on ! October Ist and 2nd, as will be seen by oar telegrams of yesterday, playing the

Gemiauton Club, Philadelphia, on the 3rd, 4th, and sth ; at Toronto, 7th and Bth ; Detroit, 9th and 10th ; Chicago, 12th and 14th ; St. Louis, 16th and 17th. They will, perhaps, make one day’s halt at Salt Lake City, and finish up at San Francisco on the 24th, 25th, and 26th. They expect to leave for Australia on October 28th, and by that time they will have travelled some 60,000 miles during their trip. The balance of the money over from their banquet, amounting to £BO, is to be used in getting gold lockets as souvenirs the trip to England. The amount collected for Tom Pearce of the -Loch Ard is £lo3o—-£550 in Victoria, and £4BO in Hew South Wales. It was invested in two trustees. We (Australasian, 21st instant) learn from the Electric Telegraph Department that the last interruption on the Port Darwin line was caused by natives burning down a wooden pole and placing six large logs of wood across the wire, keening it on the ground. It is estimated that the bridge now in course of erection by the South Australian Government on the lower Murray will cost about £126,000, mid will probably be completed abodt February; 1879. The bridge has been adapted to .qarry a broad guage locomotive .train, The Germans are using corks as a stuffing for beds instead of down. And now, when.the Teutonic husband rolls into bed after returning from a lodge meeting, and his wife sits up on her elbow and snuffs the balmy night' air suspiciously, the old getleman merely puts his.head into the pillow and remarks, “Dem champagne coverlets yas shmell awfool shtrong to-night, ain’t it V’ Ex-Senator Chandler, of America, is not a Malthusian. ■ His granddaughter married a member of the House of Representatives, and the. grandfather comes down with a cheque for £4OOO every time a fresh great grandchild arrives. Dr. Drysdale ought to set about converting such.a hardened heritic at once. For miraculous cures by the use of Eucalypti; Extract* read fourth- page.— , [Advt.]