The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 785, 5 April 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1879.

The body of Mr Win, Pitt, solicitor was found at Canoe Creek, North Beach, (twenty seven miles north of Greymouth and about forty north from where he was drowned) on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, by a miner namod Cruise. Owing to the flooded state of the creeks, the news did not reach Inspector Feast till yesterday afternoon, when arrangements were made to bring the body to town. An inquest will be held to-day, and the funeral, which will be conducted by the Masonic fraternity, will take place tomorrow.

We would again draw attention to the fact that the Greenstone Agency of the Bank of New Zealand will be closed on Monday next, after which date all business in connection with that branch will be transacted at the Bank of New Zealand in this town.

The second rule of the local Hospital regulations which appears in another column, the committee have published to enable every resident of the district to make himself thoroughly conversant therewith, as it is utterly impossible to keep up the institution on promises alone, however charitably disposed the managing committee may be towards its unfortunate inmates. We commend this rule to the attention of all, as we believe there are none so situated that they are unable to contribute the small sum of five pence per week to entitle them to the benefit of the institution in case of accident or sickness, to which all are equally liable at any moment.

The Rev. W. West will preach at Stafford Town to-morrow afternoon, and in the evening at the Presbyterian Church Kumara.

With regret we learn that Mr Phillips has resigned the head-mastership of the Kumara State School. During the time it has been under his charge, the greatest satisfaction has been expressed both by the Inspector for the district, and also the parents of the children, at the progress the scholars have made under Mr Phillips's able tuition. In leaving here, we understand Mr Phillips has accepted the charge of a large school at Shorthand, to which place he will shortly proceed. His Lordship Bishop Redwood left here by the three o'clock tram yesterday afternoon for Greymouth, attended by the Rev. Fathers M'Caughy and Caffery. He will preach in St. Patricks Church Greymouth to-morrow.

One very curious result has already followed the residence of the Princess Louise in Canada. A friend wrote to me to say :—" Already all the vacant houses in Ottawa are occupied, not by Canadians, but Americans, who have come across the border to settle close to the Princess. Upwards of a hundred Yankee favourites have arrived for this purpose, and rents are rising daily. I hear that some of the American ladies have actually come from San Francisco and brought all their jewels with them. They are very anxious to show the Princess how much they pos--53.0."

'"Snyder," the editor of the Poverty Bay Herald, commenced writing a leader on the morning of the race day. He got along for half a column very well—descanting on the absurdity of editors writing " leaders" on race days. Then he gave vent as follows : —" The Press is a power which the greatest living statesmen of the day need not ignore or cast on one side. The great Lord Palmerston, when Minister for Foreign Affairs, once said—' If you please, sir, a trap is wailing outside for the races, and the man says he wont wait, and that if you dont come now, you can stop where you are.' And this is why we have been compelled to bring our leader to a close so abruptly. We are quite sure it would have been a very powerful onuj and probably such as would have caused the present Ministry to have sent in their resignations ; but such is newspaper life—and who can help it V So "Snyder" went to the races.

Time-locks are in use in New York. By delicate clockwork the bolts of a safe are prevented from being thrown back, during such hours of the day as the Owner may wish. The lock "is set, say to close at six o'clock in the evening, and to unlock at seven in the morning Thus the safe is locked and entrance to it prevented during the dark hours of the day, or during such hours as may be desired. Not only is the robber denied access to the safe, but bank officers are also shut out, and no amount of moral pressure brought to bear upon bank officials, or physical force upon the safe itself, can avail to compel the timelock to release its guardian care till the appointed time in the morning, when the watch movements will automatically remove the obstruction.

Mr W. Willway having sold his plans and interest in the Dyeing Business to Mr R. Upjohn (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.