The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 887, 4 August 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879.

We must compliment the postal authorities on the promptitude displayed in the distribution of the English mail via San Francisco ou Saturday evening last. Within half-au-hour of its arrival from Greymouth by tram, the owners of private boxes were in possession of thenpapers and letters, and the Hokitika portion had been despatched to that town by special coach. A meeting of the Local School Committee will be held at the Town Hall this evening, at eight o’clock. Although there will be no parade of the local Rifles to-morrow evening, the Committee of management will meet at the Hall for the transaction of some important business. Owing to a number of persons being unable through business matters to inspect Mr Dupre’s choice and splendid assortment of jewellery on Saturday evening last, he has decided to remain here to-day, and an opportunity will be offered, at the commercial room of MiGilbert Stewart’s Hotel, this evening, to view one of the finest displays of the jewellers’ art on the 'West Coast. The Ross correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, under date the 29 ult., telegraphs as follows :— i( The Charles Edward, steamer, has been in Hokitika a week and cannot get out ou account of the bar. Great inconvenience is experienced by intending passengers, and the mails are delayed.” Some of the French railway companies are enabled for various reasons to make railway property much more profitable than it is in England. The dividend of the Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean for 1878 has been offcially announced at the rate of 11 per cent, per annum. This will involve the distirubution of £1,700,000, the capital of the company being about £16,000,000. The New York Times says in the interoceanic project the American Government have been outwited by clever Frenchmen. The Government of the United States expended much money in an elaborate survey of the routes ; American citizens, from Strain to Shuffelot, have won renown ami applause for thou- heroic conduct and work ; yet, after all, the Ratazzi-Wyse canal has been adopted, and the costly labours of our Government have gone for nothing and a great enterprise is set a foot in such a way that the United States cannot consistently accept a share any more influential than that which might be assigned to the kingdom of Fiji.