The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1027, 16 January 1880, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1880.

A meeting -will be held at the Town Hall at eight o'clock this evening, for the purpose of devising means for raising subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers through famine and distress in Ireland. The Marlborough House fund for the same purpose, which has been organised in London by the Lord Mayor, has, according to our late cablegrams, reached the sum of £14,000, and subscriptions with a similar object in view are now being raised thronghout the colonies. AVe trust to see a large attendance this evening, and a strong committee organised for the relief of those who, though separated from us by many thousands of miles, are nevertheless our fellow-men, suffering all the pangs of hunger and distress.

The s.s. Murray, with the San Francisco mails, left Nelson at five o'clock last evening, and should reach Greymouth tomorrow morning.

The valuation list for the Borough of Kumara is now open for inspection at the Town Clerk's office. Any person having an objection to make to the amount at ■which their property is valued will have to do so before the 15th of next month, and forward same to the Assessment Court.

It is currently rumored that a new journal will shortly make its appearance in this town, under the able editorship of a late member of the House of Representatives.

The following telegram has just been received from London by Dr Lemon, Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, from the Chairman of Sir Rowland Hill Mansion House Committee.—" The Chairman sends from the Lord Mayor of London to the Mayor of every Municipality which can be reached by our system, the following telegram—a response to which will be telegraphed free. Will you kindly hand the same to the Press Agencies for publication, and also a copy to the Mayor of Wellington, asking him if he will communicate with the Chief Magistrates of the other Zealand Towns upon the subject ;—" London, Bth January.— To-day is the fortieth anniversary of the introduction of the penny postage system founded by Sir Rowland Hill. The Mansion House Committee is now formed to commemorate the event by an International Memorial. Looking at the immense commercial, intellectual, and social advantages derived by the world at lai-ge through this reform, might I claim your hearty sympathy and support in this movement by placing it before our countrymen." We observe that the Rifle Volunteers intend holding a church parade on Thursday evening next, when his Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese will preach in Holy Trinity Chuich. The order relative to the parade in question appears in another column, and we expect to see a good muster of our local contingent present on the occasion.

•The following: politeintimation appears in the Canadian papers from the champion sculler of the Dominion Edward Hanlon, brand Charles E. Courtney as a coward, and will only take back the insult when he takes the word ' go' from a referee." This is the sequel te the challenges, races, and recriminations between the Canadian and Yankee oarsmen a 3 published in American papers.

As showing the electioneering dodges occasionally resorted to in New South Wales, a correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald narrates the following incident of the contest for East Sydney: A . gentleman of my acquaintance who was anieniber of Mr Tooth's'Committee tells me how he went up to record his vote about mid-day. When leaving the polling booth he saw an active canvassing agent

on Mr Tooth's side, and asked him how things were going. "Fine," was thereply, " I have brought up and polled no less than 15 dead-'uns already." Before he had gone 50 yards ho met an equally active supporter of Dr Renwick, of whom he inquired—in jest, of course— " Well, have you polled any dead-'uns?" "Hush," was the reply, "I polled 22 dead-'uns and two men who have left the colony, and all before 11 o'clock. The other side -won't beat that in a hurry; will they V