The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 889, 6 August 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1879.

By special telegram we learn that the Engineor-in-Chief of the Middle Island has recommended Arthur’s Pass as the most advantageous route for a railway to connect the East and West Coasts. This is a matter for congratulation, as, should this be carried into effect, this town will yet boast of being tho chief terminus of this coast. We regret to learn that the whole of the burgesses not included in last year’s electoral roll in this town have been disfranchised through the Burgess Roll of the Borough being rejected by the Revising Officer, in consequence of informalities in the Burgess List as prepared by the Town Clerk. The funeral of the late T. Mollaumby, which took place this morning, was very largely attended, over 200 people following in the mournful procession. The Hibernian Society, of which deceased was a member, also attended in mourning regalia. The funeral left here for the Hokitika Cemetery shortly after ten o’clock, where two of the deceased’s children have been previously buried. The entertainment to be given on behalf of the funds of the Kumara Literary Institute on the 29th inst. is one deserving of the hearty support of all classes, inasmuch as the support of an institution of this nature in our midst is an essential necessity, and one that, while it tends to enlighten the mind, at the same time affords the means of obtaining interesting and intellectual recreation. We understand that the Kumara String Band, as well as the local Minstrels, have, witli their characteristic generosity, kindly consented to give their services on the occasion. The full programme will be published in a few days. A meeting has been convened by the Mayor of Greymouth for Saturday evening next,, at the request of the Mayor and several other citizens of this town, to advocate the desirability of the deviation being made in the Hokitika and Greymouth Railway line, so that it may embrace the chief centres of population between the two ports. It is to be hoped that a representative from each place interested will be present, and express his views on the subject at the meeting. The special correspondent of the Lyttelton Times speaking of members generally says : —“ One word as to that much, and often most undeservedly abused member of the House, Mr Edmund Barff. As a member of the House Committee he is doing wonders, and the numerous reporters and correspondents now in Wellington are really under deep obligations to him for the wonderful changes he has effected in their quarters.” A Samoan paper is responsible for the following :—“ We are informed that the reef lying between Fataosfia and Manono is becoming quite dangerous for Natives and others to walk upon, on account of the large number of ferocious eels that are about there. Our informant is unable to inform us to what species they belong, but he says their mode of attack is to twist themselves round the legs of the person who is walking on the reef in such a manner as to throw him down, and the chances are that the person thus caught is likely to be drowned before he can extricate himself. Several narrow escapes have recently taken place. M, Leopold Delisle, director of the National Library, has discovered that portion of the Lyons Library Bible hitherto attributed to the ninth century belongs to the sixth, and is therefore of much greater j value. It is about to be published by M. I Ulyse Robert. The other portion of the j manuscript was stolen years ago, and was | sold by the notorious Libri to an Englishman, who published it in 1870.

Balch, a reporter on the Boston Herald, detected and arrested Ohartine Cong, a negro, who murdered and robbed Mrs TTa.ll in New York, The papers sneer at the regular detectives, who for weeks had been engaged in following wrong clues.