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Kumara Times, Issue 668, 18 November 1878, Page 2

By an official notice of the correct state of the poll at the latei election, given under the hand of the Returning Officer, Messrs Seddon, Sandle, and M‘Whirter are declared elected as members in the County Council for, this riding. ’ .. From our exchanges we observe that’a well-known coast rifle shot, Volunteer Stonebridge, has become a member of the Christchurch City Guards, and has already given a proof of his skill in a match between that company and the Invercargill Rifles.

A London telegram to the Times of India gives the following important particular’s regarding the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank :—“London, October 4. In connection with the suspension of the City of Glasgow Bank, the city article in to-day’s Times says that Smith, Fleming, and Co. are liable for cash advances amounting to £853,000, and for acceptances to the value of £900,000 sterling. Another firm owes the bank £770,000 for advances, and £1,600,000 for acceptances. A third figures in the list for £1,200,000 for cash and acceptances. A fourth exhibits a debt of £600,000 sterling, making a total of £5,823,000 lent by the bank directly or indirectly' to four firms, the reputation of one or two of which has been anything but good, for some years, back. The advances granted to these firms, coupled with the negligent system of general mismanagement, is the •• direct cause of the suspension, and is hardly short of criminal. It is now estimated that the bank will show a deficit of £3,000,000, which to the knowledge of the directors and managers have been accumulating from year to year. Yet the dividend had been steadily increased.” A funny episode (says a Victorian paper) occurred recently during the hearing of a cruelty to a horse case in the Kyneton Police Court:—“An old sailor, named Singular Clark, was called to give evidence as to the ill-treatment, which consisted of beating the animal with a long-handled-shovel. The old salt professed himself ‘hot up to horses,’ and said ho had not the remotest idea which was the ‘ near’ or which was the ‘ off’ side. Amidst the loud laughter of the court lie gave his narrative in nautical fashion. He first saw. Hall strike the horse on the ‘starboard' side ; then he wont round the ‘bow,’ and beat it on the ‘port’ side. After that ha-Bfcpnok-a blow ou and witness heard a crack as if somothihg was ‘carried away,’ and the horse fell dead. This lucid description of the affair proved perfectly intelligible to the Court. ”,

Two serious accidents have recently happened in the cricket field at Home. One was at Dublin, where Kempster one of the best cricketers in Ireland, received so severe a blow from the ball as /to entirely paralyse his lower limbs. , The other was a very curious and fatal accident to T. W. Jupp, cousin of H. Japp, the Surrey player. It appears that the ball was thrown up to a great height in the course of'the match on the Knaphill Prison ground, and Jupp and another ran to catch it. Both failed to secure the ball which descended on Jupp’s head with great force, knocking him to the ground. He was advised by a docter present not to continue bowling,, but persisted in doing so. At the close of the game he went to the doctor’s house, where, during the evening, paralysis of the right side set in, and despite medical attention he died early on the following morning from the effusion of blood on the brain.

India is said to possess a convenient tree called the “kapas,” which is used as a telegraph-post. When cut down its branches partially removed, and stuck in the ground, it readily takes root, thus checking the ravages of the white ants and becoming a living telegraph-post. D. Davidson and Co. beg to announce the arrival of the largest stock ever imported to the West Coast from the leading markets, comprising all the newest fashions in ladies’, .trimmed hats, and general millinery, fancy dress materials, colored and black silks, hosiery, and gloves, mantles, fiachues, and umbrellas ; men’s, youths’, and boys' clothing; straw and felt hats, boots and shoos, &c. The goods have now, arrived, and are open for inspection at the Berlin House, Seddon street, Kumara. —[Advt. ] For miraculous cures by the use of Eucalypti Extract, read fourth page.— [Advt.]