The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

Kumara Times, Issue 1449, 20 May 1881, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1881.

At eight o'clock last evening, at the Town Hall, only his Worship the Mayor, and Councillors Home and Simmons being present, the intended meeting lapsed for want of the quorum—five members. His Worship adjourned the council tlil this evening, at same hour. The Rev. Edwin Arther Scott, John Gow and John O'Hagan, Esqrs., have been appointed Licensing Commissioners for the districts of Kumara and Greenstone. The Union Company's s.s. Hero, Captain Logan, left Sydney for Auckland at 7 p.m. on Tuesday last. She is timed to leave Auckland for the Coast on Monday, the 23rd inst, and will be due at the West Coast ports on Thursday, the 26th, when she will be despatched for Newcastle and Melbourne. Intending passengers may rely upon the dates named being correct, as advised by the Company's local ;.gents. We omitted to acknowledge receipt from the Government printer of "The Crown Lands Guide" (No. 3), published by the authority of the Hon. the Minister of Lands. The object of the book is, as stated in the preface, " to ail'ord such general information as to the character and localities of Crown lands, and the terms and conditions on which they may be obtained, as will enable those in quest of land to set about its selection without much trouble/' Two excellently photolithographed colored maps of the North and Middle Islands of New Zealand accompany the " Lands Guide," showing the land districts, principal towns, and rail-

way lines, the land fgr sale under different systems, and also land already disposed of. By instructions from the Minister of Education, a circular has been issued to the various secretaries of the Education Boards within the colony, notifying that, after the 30th June, 1881, capitation grants will not be paid to boards on account of attendance at public schools of children under five years of age. The circular also requests that the attendance of all children under five years of age be excluded from the attendance summary for the current quarter, on which next quarter's pay' ments are calculated, and the advisability is suggested of the Boards of Education forthwith issuing instructions to School Committees and teachers to exclude the attendance of all such children from their school attendance returns from their present quarter. The present population of the Colony of Tasmania, as shown by the census to be 116,000. Captain Wheeler, of the Wakatipu (says the Sydney Bulletin) is the nautical champion at cribbage. Grand Flaneur broke down badly in one of his fore legs on the Saturday before the Sydney races. He will race no more. He has been purchased by Andrew Towns for stud purposes for £SOOO. Dr. Carver, the American marksman, and Mr. Scott had a match at Westminster, each shooting ten thousand glass balls. The shooting took place at the Aquarium, and Dr. Carver won by two balls.