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Kumara Times, Issue 1028, 17 January 1880, Page 2

The Christchurch coach, with half-a-dozen bags of mails, but no passengers, for Kumara is expected at the usual hour this afternoon.

The San Francisco mail would in all probability reach Greymouth to-day about noon and should arrive in town by the last tram this evening.

A confirmation will be held at Holy Trinity Church to-morrow evening by the Primate of New Zealand, his lordship Bishop Harpei. The Yen. Archdeacon Harper, will preach in the morning. The local Hide Volunteers will parade for church at the intersection of Main street and the Dillman’s Town tramway at G o’clock to-morrow evening, and not (as we inadvertently stated in our last issue) on “ Thursday” next. The special

attention of members is drawn to an order ou the subject re uniform which appears elsewhere. The Dillmau’s Town Brass Band have kindly volunteered their services, and will also attend. .

Tiio chimney of a cottage in Seddon street caught fire last night, at about 11 o’clock, and it was mainly owing to the prompt assistance rendered by Messrs Brown, Flaherty, and Grams (the night

watchman) that the whole building was not burned down.

Out of the £BOO voted by the General Assembly for district prizes, the sum of £lll9s has been gazetted as the amount to be competed for by -the members of the various Volunteer corps throughout the Westland district.

A special meeting of the members of the Loyal Albert Lodge *of Oddfellows is summoned for Monday evening next. Yesterday (says the West Coast Times) we learn that a rush set in in consequence of the discovery of a new lead of gold at the foot of the Lamplough track-.

In recording the death of Mr Thomas Longman, the Athenceinn says;—“ The great event of Iris life was the completion of his illustrated edition of the New Testament, which stands by itself as a specimen of illustration on wood. It was the hobby of his life. His object was to produce in black and white the effect produced in ' colour in tire old illuminated manuscript.”.

A pilgrimage on an extensive scale is now being organised by the leading English Roman 'Catholics to proceed to Rome to assist at the celebration of the twentyfifth anniversary’ of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which is to bo celebrated at that place with great pomp and splendour, and at which as many prelates from all parts of the world are to attend as can conveniently do so. By what irony of fate was the founder of the barrel-organ manufacture named Blessing 1 This Blessing has just died at the age of 31, and ought to have an epitaph. Shakespeare has foreshadowed a very suitable one : “ The evil that men do lives after them—the good is oft interred with their bones.” So must it be with this blessing.

There was once a mayor of aft ancient borough who was a staunch teetotaler, and well known to be so. He attended the festivities promoted by a neighbouring borough, and somebody who knew the mayor well, put a glass of milk-punch close to his place. The mayor saw the glass ; he could not resist it; lie took it up and quaffed it off, and set it down, saying, “ Lord, what a cow !”