The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880.

Kumara Times, Issue 1160, 17 June 1880, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1880.

At the Adelphi Theatre, this evening, Mr C. E. Button will exhibit his splendid collection of lime-light views for the amusement of the children attending the various Sunday Schools throughout the district. Many of the views, however, will prove equally as interesting to adults, and we may reasonably expect that Mr Button will have a large audience to amuse this evening.

We have to acknowledge from the Government Printer the first and second number of "Hansard," as also a batch of Parliamentary Papers. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, before J. Mackay, Esq., R.M., Mr W. S. Hanlia, for a breach of the Public House Ordinance, to wit, kosping his house open at ten minutes past one o'clock on Sunday last, was fined 10s and costs.—Bridget Cute, for the larceny of a looking-glass, value 9s, was cautioned by the Magistrate and discharged, as he held that although the case was proved of her being unlawfully on the premises, he gave her the benefit of the doubt as to her intention of taking the glass.—Peter Drury was brought up on two charges of larceny from the person, and remanded until tomorrow morning. The Licensing Bench—J. Mackay, Esq., R. M., Chairman, and Messrs Arnott, Smith, and Thomas—sat at the Court House at noon to-day, and, with two exceptions, granted all the applications made. A full report is held over till tomorrow. At the last sitting of the Waste Lands Board in Hokitika, the Board resolved—- " That the price of town lands referred to in resolution of 19th May last, be the same as previously fixed for Kumara town land, namely £4O per acre, and that that the list of valuations for improvements made by Mr Murray be approved and recommended for the Governor's assent, and that the 28th July be fixed as the day upon which the said sections shall be sold." In the Auckland Evening Star last Tuesday appeared the following extraordinary telegram, very appropriately headed "Latest News—Seaman Drowned."—"A seaman belonging to the lona fell overboard when she was leaving the wharf, lis was unable to swim, so a life buoy was thrown to him—he was rescued none the worse for his ducking." The story is spoilt by its brevity. The writer should have shown us how it was that the man was none the worse for being drowned, or why after being drowned he had the audacity to go on board and resume his duties as usual, especially in these times when so many unemployed are knocking about waiting to earn an honest shilling.

A youngster named Fred. Erb has defeated Captain Bogardus in a match for £SO and 50 per cent, gate money, recently decided in the States. The conditons wore 100 pigeons each, 21 yards rise. When each had shot at 50 birds the scores stood :—Erb, 46 ; Bogardus, 43 ; When 100 shots each had been fired, Erb had killed 93 and Bogardus 83 birds. Smarting under his defeat, the captain has challenged the victor to shoot a match at St. Louis, 100 birds a aide, 30 yards rise. Erb, who has defeated many of the best marksmen besides Bogardus, and is reputed to have sufficient nerve and quickness of sight to shoot any distance for any amount of money, will probably accept the offer. In the match with Bogardus the boy killed thirteen birds before missing. The "Agenceßusse," referring to the opinion expressed in several Austrian papers that the friendly relations of England and Russia under a Liberal Cabinet would soon come to shipwreck on the Central Asian question, asserts that the Russian Government has no views in Central Asia opposed to the interests of England. Russia desires the maintenance of peace, and if the future Liberal Cabinet is animated with the same feelings, the way to an understanding will be found easy. The same paper, speaking of the expedition against the Tekke-Turkomans, says—" The Government certainly has no intention of leaving the Turkoman i'aids unpunished, but lio plan of action has yet been settled, and the object of General Scobeleff's journey is solely to enable him to examine the question on the spot."