The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 763, 11 March 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1879.

The amateur dramatic performance in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr Godfredson will be held at the Theatre Royal this evening, and is announced to be under the patronage of his Worship the Mayor, the Borough Council, and the members of the Kumara Volunteer Fire Brigade. All the town lands other than streets or reserves in the Borough of Kumara will be offered for sale by, public auction, at the Court House, to-morrow, at two o'clock. The upset price of the unimproved sections is £5 each, and in the remainder the value of the improvements will be added.

A patient named Hans ZierKaae died in the Hospital at an early hour this morning from acute inflamation of the lungs. The deceased was well known in this district having been engaged in mining on the Coast for many years. His last claim, (and the one in which the disease was engended, which eventually caused his death) was next the Austins' ground at Westbrooke.

In consequence of the charitable entertainment at the Theatre Royal this evening there will be iio parade of the local Rifle Volunteers.

A sub-committee of the Local School Committee, consisting of Messrs Wykle Campbell, and Bain, Visited and inspected the Greenstone School' yesterday afternoon. Although no intimation had been given of their visit, the visitors were highly. gratified to find that out of the 3G scholars on the roll 35 of that n-unber were present. The committee expressed itself as very much pleased with the discipline and cleanliness exhibited throughout the school, reflecting the greatest credit on the master (Mr O'Neil), and also at the advanced stage the children had arrived at in education, as evinced by some of the classes when under examination. But the building in which the school is held is totally unsuitable for the purpose, and a special meeting of the Local School Committee was held last

evening, when it was unanimously agreed to take immediate steps to remedy this defect.

A Dunedin telegram says :—A terrible engagement between a constable and three civilians took place on the rise of a hill known as "Breakneck" (off Maclaggan street) within a stone's throw of the police station last evening. | The constable, whose name is Jerry Murphy, heard a row opposite in a weather board-cottage, and going to ascertain the cause fell into the hands of a maried couple. During the struggle they rolled down a small precipice. The man held the constable securely by the hair, while the woman got her hands inside his mouth and tried to open his head like an oyster. While the constable was thus helpless a third ruffian came out of the house and deliberately struck him over the eye and kicked him in the back. The constable shouted out " Police !" and " Murder !" and his cries brought an undertaker and some others to his assistance. The constable's face was badly disfigured, his eye being swollen and blackened and his cheeks scratched, and he is now off duty, while one of his assistants has a black eye. The police beaters were brought before the benclv to-day, and the two men were ordered to pay a fine of £3 or go to gaol for a fortnight. The woman escaped with a fine of £l.

The Sydney Exhibition will be opened in September next, and close in February 1880. In addition to the ordinary display of wool, a further exhibition will be held in December or January, so. that next season's clip may be represented. .The departments will be :1, mining ; 2, manufactures ; 3, education and science ; 4, art; 5, machinery ; 6, agriculture; and 7, horticulture. The system of classification which has been adopted is mainly framed on that used at the Philadelphia Exhibition. Excepting that machinery in motion will not be admitted on the: main floor or in the gallery, exhibitors will generally be permitted to group their objects within the courts of their respective countries Or colonies/

Mb W. Willway having sold his plant and interest in.. tHfi.jpYEiNG Business .to Mb R. Up john (who has become practically, acquainted with the trade), ;begs to sohcit the kind patronage hitherto afforded hh)a 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 th 6 premisec.rr-Apyi.; - •