The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 875, 21 July 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1879.

The meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday evening last to consider the new County proposal and the deviation of the Hokitika and Greymouth railway line was largely attended, the hall being literally packed. The ■Chairman of tiie Westland County Council, and also Messrs Dale and Lang (two of its members) were present, and vainly endeavoured to confute the statements advanced by Messrs Seddon and Sandle the Chairman especially being placed in a most awkward predicament, as after deliberately affirming that in this district over £SOOO had been lately expended in roads and tracks, he was reluctantly counselled to acknowlenge, hi reply to a question, that £2; 00

of this amount was a special vote obtained from the General Government, and ex i pended in repairing the damage done by the floods at the Arahura. The Mayor occupied the chair, and on the motion for a new County being put, a division was called for ; but as the majority of people present were burgesses and not interested in the question, sides were taken indiscriminately, the Chairman declaring the motion carried. The desirability of the deviation of the railway was carried unanimously, ’We again remind subscribers that the annual meeting of the Kumara Literary Institute will be held this evening at the Reading Room at eight o’clock. The Committee meet half an hour earlier. The election of the new Committee of management of the Kumara Hospital wil take place to-morrow, the polling for which will commence at noon and close at. 8 p.m. The polling booths are ait the Secretary’s office, Main street, and also at Manson s store, Hillman’s Town. Any subscriber of 10s or any ticket-holder is entitled to vote at the election. The withdrawal of the proclamation by which certain lands within the Westland goldfields were declared in October last, to be the Kumara Kawhaka water-race appears in the New Zealand Gazette of the 10th inst., and the proclamation is now revoked under the hand of His Excellency the Governor. A prisoner named Mowers, who had been arrested on a charge of absconding with money, the property of his employers, and who was en route here by the Christchurch coach on Saturday last, succeeded in escaping from the custody of a member of the Greymouth Police force, who was escorting the prisoner. Although active search for the missing delinquent was immediately made, he has, up to the present time, succeeded in evading capture. In the House of Lords recently, Lord Bateman brought -forward a motion condemnatory "of Free Trade, one statement in his speech being that, “In Now Zea-> land there were hundreds of thousands of quarters of wheat annually used as manure nr thrown into the sea, simply because California being nearer to this country (England) than New Zealand, the New Zealander found it impossible to send, his wheat to us under present circumstances at a profit. ” Truly the old saying is confirmed, “ that we must go from home to get news.” The Chinese army (says a Foochow paper) will not become a very respectable organisation until certain sweeping reforms are made. It appears thatgunners, riflemen and swordsmen, however great their skill, can never be promoted from the ranks ; whilst skill in archery secures the reward for a button as soon as ever it is manifested Gunners, &c., if very skilful, are awarded with presents of tobacco-pouches and such like trifles. Mr W. WiliLway 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 promisee. Advt.