The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 648, 25 October 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1878.

* We 1 are Compelled to hold over Parliamentary intelligeripe, .a portion of which appears-* in . our 4th- page." -The Railway Construction Bill • was- read a second time in the House -of.-Representatives last, niglrt Mr Olirtisls- affleiKlipent : for.reading' the hbl that day six mpptlw was negatived by 45 to 11, consequently .there Is now every probability cvf•' the, * making; of the Grey--mouth and Hokitika railway being shortly commenced.--; * .• •

-- The entertainment -in -aid of the ward--v fcpbeiund of;the Ajnateur Draniatie' Olhp I take r place this ’ evening, -;at . :lthe •£& «■" well r 3knOTn &dtthat the dressing of a piece is esseptisd tb sUpppse the Members of this club pan i beexpecte'd to at their ; pw*\ oosl, thenecessary wardrobe appertaining to ,-theatrical performances. Thb i to a certain . extent has a claim on ■ pubuo support, as in every, instance^their; services, have . been. asked, -either in; diyiudalijrOT cPnjbintly,' for -any ’ chariti they have been always freely and heartily. accorded, * and on these grounds we trust the public will by their ■ attendance this evening show their apJjreciatioim)^ of the , body, will .held at the--•HwlkuHaU this dvehitfg;* I The drawing of Burgees Kumara Art Union will take place at Cullen’s Belfast Store, to-morrow evening at 8 o’clock. Those t gD{ipQ^ssingltickets Ml-have an : l ; opportunity of procuring them at that pkm®, the. few, that remain, ore to be | swbpt ‘off before- the' drawing commences; ' i At a meeting of the-Westland County j Council on Wednesday last the Engineer j . was instructed to lay off a pack track from ' Larrikin’s to Mighbfiette Flat on the I motion of Mr M‘Whirter seconded by Mr Seddon. j< •- 1 y‘ way 1 Reasonable to-morrow, the" firing for a ’ selection of a rifle team to compete in the i match against Hokitika' dn the Prince of , .Wales’ Birthday, will .take place. This' v competition has been necessarily postponed .on two occasions, owing. to:jthe.inclemency •of the elomShfe As there are a large number of fiFst squad will -fire at 6 Stn.,' 1 mid the second at 2 p.m. .sharp. r The return chess* match between 24 competitors, sides. of 12 each, was com- 1 WgegM i tyne and Hansen met Messrs Holst, and I :-.vMd*gaiij v gaming two pawns and an attack which. sQpmqd hopplesm fpr,;hri’®ppohont'to ’fe--cover from, faded to carry: the assault, and Hansen, making the" preach, ijrove the enemy’s king about by d succession of “chepks” until he succeeded in effecting his capture time, lih. ;wrtlp, i wag evidefttly‘jibt playing v hia .usual strength, and, early in the-game losing boih his . bishops -without any equivalent, yielded + steaidy.. of. his affief about a two-Hours’ struggle. Both • B amea ) as.in the -Amt, match', count >*to Mr Janion’s side. Two other games, ; ace .informed,, will, be contested', 1 this ; evenmg, and the* other eight on Saturday. Subjoined are the sides, ‘though it is np(f certain -wither Mr John M‘Kmudn will jplay, dr/a snbstjituteXe found:, for - J anion * v.‘ Palmer Wiesner „ BaU Petrie -: ;a;;. 4m r ; * - , ’ Scott, E. A... ~ M'Khinon, K ' Ballantyue Holst , • : Smart ~ ; Toms „ Blackbnrii. -Hansen'- *•: ‘Morgan ..Bell, G;: . c , yd-- Nicholaison' *■■■ .Everett..:;,: ;-j, 1. Eefmedy ’ - >' - green„T., : „. ...j -M.'Kinnon, J.. :U » Bell, M. . Tk.®.d ] Wring.of Keller’s “ grand consul-' tatipn ” on the Melbourne Cup will take place on the 4th prpx. There are only a few tickets left in this town, for wliich early application is necessary, at either Gilbert Stewart’s or at Blake’s Empire Hotel. For miraculous cures by the use of IjWSJi Extract, read fourSi page.—