The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1093, 1 April 1880, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1880.

At the Resident Magistrate's'Court this morning, before J. Mackay, Esq;, R.M;, there were no criminal cases. In the case of Brown V. Harris, judgment was given for the, plaintiff for £1 2s and costs of Court; and in Miller v. Hunter, the defendant, who had illegal possession of a building belonging to the plaintiff, was ordered to give up possession within ten days from date. A case of Rogers v. Jones and party was adjourned at the request of the plaintiff, owing to the absence of Mr Guinness, who had been retained on his behalf. In Murphy v. Bluenian :arid party, the Court adjourned to visit the ground, and the case had not concluded when: we went to press.

The woman Ellen Sarah Kitto, who, it will be remembered, was the nurse who had the care of the child Joseph O'Neil, on whose body an inquest was 'held on the 23rd ultimo, was this morning arrested on a charge of manslaughter* The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held tliis evening. There was a large number of persons in town last evening, eagerly awaiting the news of the Sydney Gold Cup race, as many held an interest in tlie local Consultation drawn the previous evening. Shortly before ten o'clock We were enabled to give the names of the first three horses, when it was found that Mr Gilbert Stewart was again the lucky man, as he in conjunction with Mr Webster, of the Kanieri, held Petrea, the first horse. The second horse, Martindale, went to Mr Clark, and the third, Strathearn, to Mr A. Murphy, both of Dillman's Town. This evening the prizes won in the late chess handicap tournament are to be pre*sented to the three successful competitors. The occasion is to be made as a social meeting of chessplayers ; it will be held at Mr Rugg's Kumara Hotel, at 8 o'clock. The Resident Magistrate, tins morning, referring to the absence of Mr A. R. Guinness, who had been retained in several cases, said that that gentleman had a most pecculiar way of treating his clients, as although he (Mr Guinness) knew some important cases in which he was interested were set down for hearing to-day,. at the same time he had gone to Nelson without acquainting his clients of the fact, or making any provision for the attendance of another solicitor on his behalf.

At a banquet given to the Hon. Mr Oliver, at Reefton, lately, Mr Reeves, in responding to the toast of "The Parliament of New Zealand," said:—"lt washardly fair to go into political matters that evening. He would not say whether he was with or against the Government, but this much he would say that the present Government had grappled with the difficulties of their position in a masterly manner ; they had taken the bull by the horns and there could be no doubt we were blessed with a good Ministry. He did not say that he would support them, or blindly follow them. He knew that the whole of the Ministers were working very hard, in fact bending tbeir energies to the utmost to release the Colony from its difficult position."

The Flying Squadron, cornmauded by Rear-Admiral Clanwilliam, C. 8., leaves England in April or May. The Bacchante will probably be the flagship. If she visits Australia, it is likely that one or perhaps

both'of'the sons of the Prince of Wales will accompany the squadron. Some papers allege that there is an increasing probability of the Prince of Wales visiting Australia. He will visit Melbourne in December if lie goes at all-. In delivering a series of speeches far above the level of ordinary rhetoric (says the World) and containing matter enough in the.aggregate to till a whole number of the Times, Mr Gladstone never faltered, and committed scarcely a single blunder. Saying "5000" instead of "10,000" on one occasion, he corrected the error instantly. The more important mistake as to the Income Tax was brought to his notice after some delay. Apart from that slight slip,'he has been convicted of no lapsus lingure by those who would gladly have had him lost iii' the " storm of verbosity" which raged almost uninterruptedly for a fortnight. ,".'•'. A very novel invention is about to be made public which, if successful, will greatly change :the character of railways on lines where the traffic is light. ' A Home paper says it is reported that Colonel Beaumont, M.P. for South Durham, has invented and patented a compressed air locomotive capable of running ten miles -without replenishing, and drawing two loaded tramcars at a speed which can be easily regulated. At "an experimental trial the engine was started with a pressure of 9001bs to the inch in the reservoir, and when stopped in three-quart-ers of an ; hour's time 600 still; remajiied. The revolutions per minute were 110, and the total number of revolutions was which, if the engine Jiad been running oh a road, would have been equal to seven miles traversed. The scheme is quite possible if stationary" engines are employed to compress the air, but it remains to be seen Avhether the required; drawing power can be more easily or more cheaply obtained than under the present systenli,