The Kumara Times. Published Evert Evening. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1870.

Kumara Times, Issue 966, 4 November 1879, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Evert Evening. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1870.

We regret to have to' record a fatal mining accident that occurred yesterday evening at the new rush at Cape Terrace, by which a well-known miner, named George Bird, lust his life. The deceased had only just gone on his first shift in the tunnel the party were driving, which at present is , ;:.iv in about 20ft, when, through seme unknown cause, although supp ~v,jd to be from a slip of the terrace, t.ie whole of the tunnel caved in, completely burying deceased. Assistance was immediately at hand, but although every means were auoptod for his speedy release, the unfortunate man was quite dead when extricated, and indeed death is supposed to have seen instantaneous. The body has been brought over to Killeen’s Tramway Hotel, awaiting the inquest, which will be held to-morrow. The drawing of Gilbert Stewart’s Consultation on the Melbourne Cup took place at the Public Hall, last evening, a large number of subscribers being present. As shewing how evenly distributed the prizes were in proportion to the tickets, there were exactly 01 horses drawn in the first thousand and the same number in the second thousand (the sweep being drawn for £2039), a division that could not have been excelled if the Committee actually counted tne horses and numbers out. The winning numbers appear in another column. As usual, we have made arrangements’ by which we hope to receive the news of the winner of the Melbourne Cup early this evening, when an extra containing the anxiously-awaited result will be immediately issued. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hospital Committee will be held at the Secretary’s office this evening. We are informed on the most reliable auffiority that a lien pheasant was yester- 1

day at the he-ul t'nuu4. There in nb clouVt not a solitary .-bird, and we would impress on onv local sportsmen that the question is not food for powder, and anyone destroying it will bs amenable to the lav;, which ia this respect will be strictly enforced. The Bendigo Independent stated that in the Sandhurst Police. Court on. Monday next a case of more than ordinary interest will be heard, unless thd' chief actors therein settle, their differences .in the meantime. Briefly the point to be decided is whether the woman Ellen Train ayn 6isor is not the “ father of his (or her) “ wife s ’ child-. In the event of the Bench of Magistrates deciding that ■ a woman cannot be a father, Jfche paternity will probably be traced to some person of the male gender. The summons will of course be for the maintenance, of .this mysterious child, which De,La6y Evans’s “wife ” bore whilst living with.her female husband. There is a report l abroad, that Evans will be subneenred as a witness to prove tlia paternity of the child (not to prove that she herself- ia its father) but we are of opinion that she will dot appear personally ill the case. The deceased Duke of Brunswick made the city of Geneva hei-r to. his, vast, property after his death. The “Ganlois” now says that-the Countess do Civry, a natural daughter of- the duke, has disputed the will on the ground that she has been legitimized. The Swiss Courts have- given their decision in her favour, entitling.her to inherit one-fourth of the property which the city of Geneva received.