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Kumara Times, Issue 1060, 23 February 1880, Page 2

A meeting of the Irish belief Fund Committee was held at the 't'owh Hall on Saturday evening, Mr Dungan in the .qhair. The Treasurer reported that the amount of subscriptions received up to date was £335 15s 6d. A special vote of thanks was accorded to the inhabitants of Goldsborough, Stafford Town, and the Christchurch road for their generous contributions on behalf of the fund. A subcommittee was appointed to write a letter to the Lord Mayor of Dublin for publication in the Freeman’s Journal and Nation newspaper's, expressing sympathy for the famine-stricken people of Ireland. The Treasurer was authorised to forward a second instalment to the Lord Mayor of Dublin by Monday’s (to-day’s) mail. The meeting was then adjourned till this evening, at eight p’clock. The monthly inspection of the local Rifles will be held at the Adelphi Hall to-morrow evening, by Lieut. Spence, - when the attendance of every member is necessary. We understand that intimation has been received that Major-General Davidson, the newly-appointed Inspector of Volunteers for the South Island, will shortly inspect our local Contingent, consequently members should attain proficiency in their drill meanwhile.

. Touks’s Albion Sweep on the Dunedin Oup will be drawn at Orey mouth to-mor-row evening, and as there are still a few tickets Remaining in this town, those requiring'an interest therein will have to make application to the agents this ingWe (Auckland Star) know of a farmer who had a pail* of twin daughters, of whom a capital anecdote is told, fhey both attend the same school, attd not long since one of them was called up by the master to receive a lesson in geography, which she had learnt very imperfectly, attd in fact could not say at all. The teacher, who was getting quite out of patience, was called to another part of the room, and just at that moment, the twin sister Sprang on the floor unobserved, and pushing the delinquent scholar to her seat, took her place. The master proceeded with the questions, which were answered with a degree of promptness and accuracy which at the close drew forth from him a few words of commendation. The joke was not discovered by the teacher until some days after.

The Carterton correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily writes : Troubadours, .had a somewhat singular fate in Carterton. ■- On Saturday evening they played to a fair house, but on Monday night, when the curtain should have arisen, the improvisatore appeared and stated that there would be no performance, and all the money taken would be returned. It appears that the male portion of the troupe had gone serenading on their own private account, and ‘ were not ’ when they should have appeared on the stage. Two of the absentees were caught about 9 p.m., and safely lodged in the lock-up, whence, I understand, they are to be released this afternoon. The third and cleverest of the troupe is still not to be found, and so it is art open, question whether the Greytown people will be amused or not.”