SHIPPING. The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1042, 2 February 1880, Page 2

SHIPPING.

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1880.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, at 8 o’clock, before Messrs Seddon and Barff, J.P BI , Martin O’Grady was charged with severely injuring his wife with a tomahawk. As the medical certificates of firs. Acheson and Clarke clearly proved that the unfortunate man was suffering under temporary insaiiity, the case was dismissed, and O’Grady was committed to the Lunatic Asylum at Hokitika. A sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s Court will be held by J. Mackay, Esq., R.M., to-morrow morning. We would direct the attention •of the Grey County Council to the dangerous state of the southern approach of the bridge over the Greenstone Creek near Houlahan’s Junction Hotel on the main road to Greymouth. During the late late heavy flood, the greater portion of the approach was washed away, and as yet no steps have been taken to remedy this damage which at the present time renders the bridge worse than useless, inasmuch as anyone coming from the opposite side after nightfall might meet with a serious accident; or, at any rate serious inconvenience and delay. Those clever artistes the Hewetts will give their first entertainment at the Theatre Royal this evening. As they have just arrived from Greymouth we cannot do better than quote the opinion of the Argus on their abilities) which says ; “As an instrumentalist Mr Hewett is a wonder, and no musical instrument seems to come amiss to him. In quick succession followed solos on cornet, flute, fiageolette, end violin, and each piece was redemanded. The overture, “Poet and Peasant,” was capitally played by Mr and Miss Hewett, then followed the cornet solo, Levy’s “Leviathan Polka,” and as an encore Mr Hewett played the ever popular “Killarney,” with variations. A flute solo and a flageolette solo followed, each one being warmly applauded. Miss Hewett then gave illustrations of “Second (Sight,” which were certainly very clever. The second part opened with the beautiful “ Une Seranade,” from Gound’s opera of “Faust,” by Miss Hewett. “Home, Sweet Home,” was submitted by special request instead of the piece in the programme, and it was encored to the echo. The duett, “ Love and the Bird,” vocal and instrumental, by Miss Hewett and Mr Hewett (cornet) was well rendered. The pretty “Mocking Bird,” solo on the piccolo followed, and the variations were something wonderful. * * * To those who admire music, and good music, we can only say—do not miss the opportunity but go and hear them.” The Westland correspondent of the Lyttelton Times furnishes the following little story : —Hoki, as you know is a very healthy place, but occasionally people die even there, and the story told me is that on one of the defunct presenting himself at the gates of the celestial regions, and being asked, as usual, where he came from, he replied “ Hokitika.” St Peter said “Hokitika! where’s that I” “On the West Coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand.” St. Peter shook his head and said he did not know anything about Hokitika, but he would make inquiries. So he asked St. Paul, who is a proficient in several languages, and St. Paul got a gazetteer of recent date and found Hokitika, and told St. Peter that if the man was all right in other respects, he might admit him. So St. Peter went back and told the man that he was very sorry to have kept him waiting so long, but that the fact was, he had never heard of Hokitika before, “as you are the first man we have had from there !”