The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 789, 10 April 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.

To-morrow being Good Friday, there will be no publication of the Kwjvlara Times.

At the Resident Magistrates Court this morning, before M. Price, Esq., R.M., there only two civil cases to deal with. In the former Crowley v. Donnelly, a claim of £3 7a, judgment was given for plaintiff for £2 7s, as defendant proved that he had not been credited with £1 he had paid the plaintiff. In the other case of Toms v. Spindeler, claim ss, for value of a male duck, which case had been adjourned from the previous week, for the production of a witness, the Magistrate remarked he would have to be a second Solomon to decide the ownership of the waddler, and dismissed the case each party to pay his own costs.

The application of Clarke and Williamson for a lapsed tail-race near Cashraan’s old claim was granted by the Warden this morning, there being no objection lodged against the application.

After the many vague rumors that have for some time been in circulation relative to the transfer of the various Wardens on the coast, a deffinate change has at last been decided on by the Government, which, we regret to learn, will remove our respected Warden from this district, Mr Price having received official instruction that he is to succeed Mr Shaw, at Reefton, the Ahaura, and Nelson Creek will be also under his j urisdiction. Mr Re veil is removed to Westport, and Mr Broad will succed Mr Revell at Greymouth. The utter disregard to the public interest, and the carelessness exhibited in the making-up of the mail for this town in the Christchurch office is a matter that lequires the attention of the authorities in charge. A subsidy for a mail service between here and Christchurch has been granted by the Government out of the public money and yet forsooth through the negligence of the very officials paid to forward the mails here correctly the public have to suffer. Several instances have occuread of letters plainly directed to Kumara being taken on to Hokitika, and consequently arriving here the next day, or at exactly the same time as under the old conti act. We could quote numerous

cases but will only refer to one, specially, to show the inconvenience caused thereby :—A telegram was yesterday received by a gentleman in town, notifying that an important document had been posted on Saturday, and would arrive by the Christchurch mail last evening, on the mails arriving, however, nothing came to hand, and the person interested naturally resorted to the telegraph to enquire the reason. Imagine his disgnst to-day to find the missing document arrive by the Hokitika mail at noon as, although distinctly marked Kumara it had been forwarded to Hokitika.

“A spark from a passing engine,” relates the Ballarat Star, “set fire to the wooden footbridge spanning the railway near the Orphan Asylum, and a considerabl portion of the structure was burnt. The spark, it is said, fell into a sparrow’s nest built among the timbers of the bridge, and this quickly igniting, the timber was soon fired.”

At a performance of the “ Two Orphans” in London, a woman in the audience became so excited that she threw her opera glass at the villain of the piece. 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.—A pvt,