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

Kumara Times, Issue 664, 13 November 1878, Page 2

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

There was but little excitement shown to-day in Kumara over the election, Dl!l----man’s Town oeing the chief centre of interest. A few of the candidates had vehicles for the convenience of the electors, but otherwise the proceedings were of the tamest description. The tea meeting and concert to be held in honor of the second anniversary of the Kumara Lodge of Good Templars will take place -at the Public Hall this evening. As these social gatherings are not only enjoyable but also productive or much good, we may reasonably expect as on a former occasion to see the hall crowded. The tea will be on the table at 6.30 p.m., and the concert will commence at eight o’clock.

The Prospecting Association will meet at the Town Hall tins evening, and we are glad to leara that a cheque for £37 10s has been received by the Secretary as thq first instalment of the Government subsidy.

Mr Edwin Blake has consented to be nominated as a candidate for the Mayoralty on the requisition of a large number of the burghesses. As we understand there are two other gentlemen who will probably contest the honor, we shall not for the present discuss the respective merits of the different candidates.

_ The petition of the lease holders of sections ou the Ku inara Reserve, which was largely signed, was presented by Mr Peter D.ingan, as one of the deputations, to the Commissioners of Education at the Board Room Hokitika, yesterday. Mr Dungm after presenting the petition withdrew, in order that the Commissioners might discuss the matter. The Commissioners present were Messrs Bo.iar, in the chair, Giles, Price, and Patten. The question was considered fully and up to six o’clock no decision was arrived at. The Chairman, at that hour, informed Mr D.ingan that the Commissioners had determined upon communicating with the Attorney-Gene-ral, before finally settling upon what course they would adopt. And the meeting with that object was adjourned for a week.

An accident, fortunately unattended with any serious result, occurred at the corner of Main and Seddon streets jmsterday afternoon. A horse and cart drived by Mr Seddon and loaded with meat, in turning the corner, came in contact with a vehicle of a similar description, a capsize ensuing, but beyond a temporary fall in beef, and the driver hurriedly following the carcases, no other damage was sustained.

A short time since we were in-m inted wifi correspondence on the absurdity of the new road then tinier c mstrncti m in Boddm street, fro a Q dan's Ore eh to Fiftu street, hut fit late a change lias come over the spirit of the divain, and the very persons who previously so strongly objected to its formation, now a unit, in common with others, that as a piece of engineering it reflects great credit on the Town Surveyor, and is a road of which the borough may well feel proud. The gold passed at the Customs Hokitika yesterday for export per Tararua, is as follows ; —Bank of New Zealand 25900zs ISdwts ; Union Bank, 22540zs udwbs. The same bank shipped at Greymouth by the s une vessel, in the order nalned above, 29180zs lldwts, and 1410 ozs Lldwts respectively ; the National Bank, 18S3ozs 6dwts ; Chinese, 210ozs ; making a total, from both ports, of 11,2f120z3 12dwts ; value £45,050. Last week at Nelson three members of the Naval vie drove up in a buggy to the Maivd B itts for rifle practice. °Oue of t'aem acted as marker, luu, in doin-v so did not n ;e the danger tig. On'’ of 1m comrades, says the 0-*loai:.t, was t iking a very steady aim at t .-e t irgefc from t'le 200 yards range, and just as b ; bad p lied t ie trigger, t > his ii . r .r Daym 1.1 aunt; out of the butt. Toe mifuitmiate

young man had it appears retired to the butt, but there being some little delay, be h id got up to see what was the reason the firing had ceased, as he thought, when the •bullet struck him in the calf of the leg. The party lost no time in putting the horse into the buggy, and conveying their wounded comrade to Dr Farrelle’s, who found the bullet had passed through the leg and had come out at the side of the knee, shattering the knee-joint. The case is a very dangerous one, yet there are hopes that the young man may escape without losing his leg. At latest accounts, he was progressing as favourably as could be expected. He bore his misfortune with the greatest courage and tried to dispel the fears of his anxious friends. Dayman is one of the most popular members of the Brigade, and he has the sympathies of all in his misfortune.

“ It is unfortunately too common an occurrence,” says the Wellington Chronicle, “for people to evince a lavish generosity in bestowing other folks’ money. One of the most glaring instances of the kind that has ever come under our notice occurred the other day on the West Coast of the South Island. The Grey Count, Council voted the extraordinary sum of £69 4s to a bush storekeeper who had represented the Council at the County Conference held in Wellington some tune ago, and this, too, at a time when the Council has a considerable bank overdraft,” Lucky man ! Quite unwittingly, says the Dunedin Age, a member of the Police Force did an unkind thing thfe other evening. Among tie list of toasts at the Fire Brigade banquet was the “Police Force of Otago.” It was proposed in a neat and highly complimentary speech, in which the'excellent conduct of the force, and some of their wrongs, were alluded to in most appropriate terms. The toast, although an unusual one, was drunk with great enthusiasm and musical honours, the police, one and all, being‘voted “Jolly, Good Fellows.” The feeling of the firemen may be imagined when they learned a few minutes later that a ; stalwart member of the force had called and demanded that the noise of their mirth should be discontinued. ,

A singular duel is raging, between two indefatigable insurance agents in Dunedin who seem bent on taking the lives of the whole population. One, mined Short, represents the Australian M dual Assurance Office, an 1 the other, M‘Donough, represents the New Zealand office, and combines the offi ;es of Polynesian missionary and lay preacher with that of an insurer of policies. They have taken up several columns of the Stir with letters, in which they vigorously abuse other. ••Tue New Zealander ih its report of the dinner given by Mr Rowe says, “The Ladies and the Press were drunk, after which the party broke up. ” We (Chronicle) have inquired into, this matter, and find that as us lal in case of mental oblivion, occasioned by a top free use of Mosellc’ that tue boot has been metaphorically placed on the wrong leg. Neither the Press nor the ladies'were drunk, but it is evident that there was at least one Press man drunk. In his delirium, probably, it was that he saw the ladies whom he describes as being drunk. We have the authority of a sober reporter for saying that there were no ladies present, conseq lently they could not have been drunk. This sort of reporting is really scandalous, and trangresses too ranch the liberty of the Press.

The Paris correspondent of The Times telegraphs, under date August 28th, that: tiie new D itch education law sanctioned by the King excludes the Bible and religious teachings from, primary schools.

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