The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879.

Kumara Times, Issue 940, 4 October 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879.

The Government were last evening, as we predicted, defeated on the no-confi-dence motion brought forward by the Hon. John Hall as leader of the Opposition. When at the termination of the late elections we published a list shewing the relative strength of both parties we classed the Ministerial pai*ty as consisting of 42 members which included Mr O'Rorke, the speaker of the House, who cannot, except in case of a tie, exercise his vote. It will now be found that the number of votes recorded in favor of the Government last evening were exactly in accordance with our list of the 17th ultimo.

The names of Messrs Pitt (0) and Hislop (M) do not appear in the division list which appears in another column, but these with the Speaker and the vacant seat for the Thames makes the full number (88) members represented in the House.

The Christchurch coach passed the Bealey early this morning with half a dozen bags of mails but no passengers for Kumara.

The contractor for the Kumara sludgechannel (Mr Maker) has lost no time in commencing his contract as he has to-day made all the necessary arrangements for proceeding with the work on Monday morning next.

Wo understand that his Lordship the Bishop of Ohristeharch, and the Yen. Archdepcon Harper will visit the diocese corly in November next, when an entertahr.uent in oho form of either a lecture f.r a concert will be given in aid of the Church building fund.

Tlie ball at the Theatre Royal last evening in aid of the building fund of the Westbrook School *>vas, considering the disagreeable weather of yesterday, ivell attended, and dancing was kept up with great spirit until the small hours of the morning. We are gratified to learn that the miner Cochrane, who was injured in the late accident at Larrikin's is rapidly recovering from the injuries he received, and that the medical officer of the Hospital expects that in a few days Cochrane will be able to leave that institution. A boat accident occurred on the 11th ult. by which two men, named Edward Burley and George Jellard, were drowned whilst attempting to enter the southwest passage in Belfast harbor (Victoria), in a fishing-boat. Michael Prior, the other occupant reached the shore in an exhausted state after a long struggle. The harbor-master and search parties were out all night. Jellard's body has since been found entangled in the nets. Burley's body was afterwards recovered, in a nearly naked state, on a rock. An inquiry will be held shortly as Prior is to weak to say much at present. At the time of the Mansfield police murders the Chief Secretary gave orders that the widows of the murdered men should receive their husband's pay as usual. The arrangement has been continued up to the present time. The case was remitted to the Superannuation Board, and their recommendation of permanent pensions of the widows will be carried out under the Police Act, and in addition Mr Berry proposes to invite the House to vote £IOO to each of the children left by the men, the money to be invested until the children come of age. A new lighthouse has recently been erected at Currie Harbour, on the west coast of King,s Isiand. It has a revolving light' with five flashes a minute. This lighthouse has been placed there in accordance with the recommendation of a board which was appointed soon after the wreck of the Birtish Admiral about five years ago, to inquire into the causes which endangered navigation in Bass's Straits. A wharf, to give accommodation to vessels drawing 9ft of water, has also been constructed in the same locality.