The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1064, 27 February 1880, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880.

A new rush was reported as having set in about two miles beyend Larrikins last evening, but we refrain from stating the obtained prospects until in possession of more reliable information as to the nature of the ground.

Among the recent changes made in the Telegraph and Postal departments by the Government throughout the colony there is one which takes effect in this town tomorrow, when Mr Furby, who is the officer in charge of those two branches of the Civil'Service here relinquishes the keys of office in favor of his successor, Mr Capper, who has been transferred from the Australian cable station at Wakapuaka. The amalgamation of the Postal and Telegraphic department in Kumara, which took place twelve months ago, entailed a large amount of additional duty on Mr Furby, as, although there is an assistant telegraphist in the office, he is in no way amenable to the Postal department • consequently the whole of the extra work fell on the shoulders of the officer-in-charge. As a painstaking and zealous officer, Mr Furby is deserving of every credit, and although imbued with a small spice of red-tapeism, which it would be almost impossible to carry out the duties of the two departments without, he has during his residence here, not only given general satisfaction but secured many friends who, although regretting his departure, at the same time congratulate him on his well-earned promotion to the chief office in Christehurch. \

We understand that the first prize in Tonks's Albion Sweep on the Duriedin Cup was drawn by two of the men engaged on the r::ihv;iy works in Greymouth.

The Hon. Richard Oliver has (says the South Canterbury Times) an unceremonious way of dealing with flnnkeyism in connection with his department. The train that conveyed him from Timaru the other day had His Excellency and suite, Mr Conyers, and the railway staff belonging to the Commissioners office at '•• Christchurch on board—all travelling South. On arriving at the Timaru station Mr -Oliver found the solitary first-class carriage devoted to the public crowded to snffocation, while three long carriages marked "Reserved" were comparatively empty, - "Who are these reserved car* riages for?" asked the Minister, going up to the first in the row. "The commissioners staff," replied the officer addressed. '? Just remove the label, please, then," retorted the political head adding, "the staff will have to compress themselves into a couple of carriages." The "Reserved" ticket was removed, the staff and their paraphernalia were bundled into the carriages ahead, and the Minister and the public travelled South in company.