The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1031, 21 January 1880, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1880.

We are again compelled to hold over our report of the proceedings of the Resident Magistrate's ;. Court yesterday, in consequence of pressure on our space. The Christchurch coach, with four bags of mails and two passengers for Kumara, passed the Bealey at the usual hour this morning. The local contingent of Volunteers, under Sergt. Falvey, headed by the Dillman's Town Biass Band, marched from Diilman's Town last evening to the Theatre Royal, which they attended on the occasion of the concert held there. We observe that Dr. Clarke, late of Queensland, lias arrived in Kumara, and may be consulted at the Empire Hotel. Tenders are invited by the Westland County Council for various works in different parts of the county, full particulars of which appear in our advertising columns. . In our advertising Columns will be found a poetical effusion on the state of the leather market, by which it will be noticed that the most reliable understandings at the lowest price can be obtained by interviewing Mr Thomas Barton, of Seddon street. Mr Gilbert Stewart requests 113 to state that he will be happy to see any of the friends of "First King" this evening on the occasion of his becoming the part recipient of the earnings of that valuable animal. The Wellington correspondent of the West Coast Times says that "Warden Price lias been appointed R.M. atGisborne. He had a second operation performed on his eye, which resulted favorably, and with care for a few months he hopes to recover his eyesight sufficiently to enable him to perform his official duties as formerly." • The Greymouth Jockey Club Committee met in the Albion Hotel last night, when the canvassers rendered their reports of the promised subscriptions in the different Wards, and as these were of such a very unsatisfactory nature, it was resolved that no race meeting should be held on St. Patrick's Day. The Grey River Argus of this morning reports :—"Afire broke out on Monday morning at Quigley's Golden Age Hotel, Reefton, which was destroyed. The fire spread to the boot store of Mr Shaw and Mr Kater's tinsmith shop, which were also destroyed. Nothing is known of the origin of the fire. The Golden Age is uninsured. Mr Shaw was insured for £IOOO, but he estimates his loss at £1(500 • Mr Kater was insured for 850, but he has sustained a loss of over £1000;" Competitive poems are invited for the inaugural cantata by the Melbourne International Exhibition Carjumnial Committee, and a premium of 50 guineas will be awarded to the successful author. The poem need not consist of more than 70 lines, that being the length of most exhibition cantatas, and nearly throe months are allowed for the competition. After the poem has been selected, it is understood (says the Argus) that a further premium of 100 guineas will be ofi'ored for the nntsic, the difficult task of selecting the best composition being left to a special committee of members of the musical profession,