The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1881.

Kumara Times, Issue 1429, 2 May 1881, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1881.

The terrible calamity which befel the s.s. Tararua and her captive passengers has had the effect of casting quite a gloom over this community. In order to make room for as full a report of the disaster as possible, \ve are compelled to hold over several items of intelligence and some, correspondents' letters. Tiie Local School Committee meet at the Town Hall this evening .at 8. o'clock. M'Gahey passed through Kumara again to-day, "in charge of a constable, on his way to Reefton. Mr C. J, Patrick, who has for ■ a considerable 'time conducted 'the 'schbol at Westbrook,. has been transferred to Greenstone, v-here he will tiike charge of the State School. His departure from Westbrook will be a loss to that district, as he had performed his duties most efficiently, and had been successful in his teaching. The local Rifle Contingent meet for parade to-morrow evening ; and as business of great importance to the company is to be brought forward, every member is earnestly requested to attend. Tenders for supplying gravel are required to be sent to the Town Clerk, Kumara, before noon on Thursday next. Specifications can be seen at the Town Hall Twenty passeagers embarked at Lytt'eFton, in the Tararua, to join the Orient Steam Navigation Company's fine vessel, the Liguria, which leaves Melbourne on the 10th May, for London via the Suez Canal and Naples, and of these were Dr. and Mrs Campbell, five children and servant, and Mr William Young, of Lyttelton. In another column will be found an advertisement in which Mr Barff notifies that he conducts suits and appears in the Wardens' Courts for Kumara, Greenstone, Goldsborough, and Stafford ; and also that all busidess in the way of agreements, petitions, application forms, and naturalization papers, will be carefully attended to. Mr Barff s knowledge of mining law

extends over a quarter of a century, and in addition to this it may be stated that he took a leading part in framing the laws now administered in the Wardens' Courts. Under these circumstances, he may reasonably expect to receive a continuance of the patronage he has received since he has resided in Kumara.

It is. reported (says the Wanganui Herald) that Sir E. W. Stafford and the Hon. Thomas Russell may be expected to arrive in New Zealand about July, and that one of the Rothschilds may accompany them in view of Home bank interests.

Owing to the prevalence of scarlatina and measles in the North-east Valley, Dunedin, the School Committee have closed that school for a fortnight. The Tapanui Courier asserts, in an article on the Otago Central Railway, that "with an easily constructed system of irrigation, 4he Dunstan Plains would grow as much produce as would keep a single line of railway pretty well employed during the harvest Season. 0 To those in search o'f merriment, visit S. S. 'Pollock's, and obtain the great Irish song "The Babies in our Block," or "Little Sally Waters"; price sixpence. [Advt.]