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Kumara Times, Issue 866, 10 July 1879, Page 2

Telegrams for the Australian colonies, per Albion via Bluff, will be received at the Kumara telegraph office up till 10 a.m. to-morrow, Friday. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held in the Town Hall this evening. Reports from the new rush at Westbrook continue to be of the most satisfactory character, as we learn that the prospects obtained in various claims will average from three to four grains to the dish. We understand that one claim which has not yet been opened up changed hands yesterday, the price being £IOO, the purchaser feeling assured, from the nature of the ground adjoining, that he has made a safe and remunerative bargain. A general meeting of thesabseribers and ticket-holders of the Kumara Hospital will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday next, when nominations will be received for candidates for the new Committee of managment. Should the number of gentlemen nominated exceed the number required to form the Committee an electiod will be hold on the following Tuesday. Over 100 ladies and gentlemen met on Tuesday evening at the Volunteer Hall Greymouth for the purbose of entertaining Mr and Mrs Revell, wife of our late R. M. and Warden, prior to their departure for Westport. The dancing was kept up with spirit till five o'clock yesterday morning, when, after numerous expressions of regret at the departure of Mr and Mrs Revel], the company broke up with singing “ Auld Lang Syne.” The entries for the Chess Congress, to open in Christchurch on the 19th August, closed on Saturday evening last. Twelve players purposing to compete for the championship of New Zealand have given in thsir names, which are as follow : Mr Hugh H. Lusk, Auckland ; Mr 0. Benbow, Wellington ; Messrs H. Hookham, J. Colbourne Yeel, J. F. Jacobsen, Reginald Bray, and Newman, Christchurch ; Messrs C. Janion, and W. C. Palmer, Kumara ; Messrs David R. Hay and John Mouat, Dunedin ; and the Rev. T. E. Ash, Clyde. Some Maoris recently undertook toplough a piece of land at Povery Bay, owned by Mr Arthur, formerly of Wellington, who purchased it from the trustees in the estate of the late Wm. Reid He unhitched the horses, when the three Maoris fell upon him, and handled him very roughly, but not getting off scathless themselves. They summoned Arthur for an assault, and lie was committed for trial by the magisteate. The Taranaki Herald publishes a list of the Taranaki Volunteer Corps in that district, which shows that in Taranaki and Patea there are 1353 men enrolled, The Normanby Volunteers have completed their redoubt, which is stated to be a fine piece of work.

Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., of the Leeds Borough Bank, have issued a circular announcing that consequent on the great stagnation in trade they have determined to discontinue their banking buisness They add that they they will be glad to pay over on application the ballance of all accounts now in their hands. The bank was established nine years ago and has done a large business.

The Boulevard, the new English paper in Paris, is responsible for the follow ing ; —A young French nobleman, belonging to a prominent club in the vicinity, entered a well-known English house in the Rue Serine last week to copy the result of the Two Thousand Guineas. 1 .'bserving the bill of fare exhibited prominently against one of the columns, he proceeded at once to enter

the names of the winners in his pocketbook. He got down—Julienne 1, Mackerel 2, but when he arrived at “ Roastbeef” he began to suspect that there must be some mistake, and hastened off to verify his information at his club.

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), bogs 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.