The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 696, 20 December 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878.

heard at the Evident M:igistr"ate's Court yesterday the actual amount sued for did riot exceed ss, but the expenses, amounting to 9s, brought the total up to neatly , three times the amount of the rate levied. This we should apprehend would deter ! inmy others from interviewing our worthy Magistrate on this question, as he clearly laid down that where a person's name ap* peared on the Rate Roll, let him be either owner or tenant of the property, he. Was the person Who Would be held liable for the amount of the rate levied. Some persons are imbued with the Most extr wrdinary notions relative to the purpose for which the Town Hall ia applicable, as, during the last meeting of the Council a letter was received from a chamj pion of the fistic art requesting permission to give a display of the noble science , therein. As complimentary tickets Were not enclosed, it may be presumed that the applicant had no intention of inviting the Mayor and Boroiigh Council to witness the pugilistic demonstration. In our report of the proceedings of the Borough Council last evening, we inadvertently stated that the Council had granted permission for the sports to be held in the Maiu street. The paragraph should have read in •• Main and Seddon streets." ~..'■" At the Theatre Royal, this evening, those talented an favorite artists the Hart Operetta Company will make their second appearance before a Knmara audience. A 3 they are well known here, both as vocalists of the highest order and also genuine delineators of comic character, j we may fairly predict that their reappear- | ance will be received with delight and that ; crowded houses will testify to the merits of their entertainments. In the New Zealand Gazette of the 13th mst. we .find that the newly-elected Mayor of this Borough, Edwin Blake, Esq., is gazetted a Justice of the Peace. Mr W. WiliwaV having sold his plant and interest in the DYeisg Business to Mb R. Upjobn (who has become practically acquainted with the trade), begs to solicit the kind patronage hitherto afforded him to his successor.—Mrs Upjohn announces that she is prepared to clean and dye hats, feathers, gloves, &c, in the best style. N.B.— Gentlemen's clothes cleaned, dyed, pressed, and repaired on the premises.—AdVt,