The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1881.

Kumara Times, Issue 1470, 14 June 1881, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1881.

The comet was seen plainly the last two evenings in the west-by-south horizon, and may also be seen in the south-east an hour or more before sunrise. It is rapidly approaching its perihelion (nearest point of orbit to the sun), and, in a few days will be lost in the solar rays. After that it will probably be a conspicuous object in the northern celestial hemisphere for our antipodean observers.

Tenders for the supply of kerosene for the borough close to-morrow.

Mr Thornton, C.E., estimates the cost of the West Coast railway (says the Christchurch Telegraph) at £1,099,000 while Mr O’Connor, C.E., puts it as fully £1,500,000.

Reynolds and Pollard’s Lilliputian Pinafore Company, which has achieved such wonderful successes in the chief towns of the colony, will, we are informed, shortly visit the West Coast, and Kiunara is to be included in the round. The company numbers 40 altogether, and contains many first-class performers. They are said to produce the world-famed “ H.M.S. Pinafore ” in a far more complete and enjoyable manner than any of the adult companies, and their success has undoubtedly been much greater. A first-class orchestra accompanies the juvenile performers. At Napier the performance was given for eight successive nights, and on the last night there was a larger audience than on the first, and on an average over 600 attended each entertainment. Nothing like it has been seen in Napier, and a perfect furore has been created. In Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland the youngsters have met with most flattering receptions, and the Press of those places speak highly of them. A wedding cake of unusual dimensions was on view in Mr P. Laing’s shop at Wellington last week. It consists of five tiers, which are surmounted by a rose and bouquet of white flowers. The whole structure is covered with flowers and delicate pale green leaves. The weight is eighty-five pounds and the height four feet six inches. The cake was forwarded to Canterbury, where it will play an important part at a wedding in high life. The gentleman who ordered it for his daughter’s nuptails, has farther entrusted Mr Laing with the production of a facsimile, which will be sent Home in order that his friends there may obtain a fair impression of the style in which the ceremony was carried out.

The population of Vienna, according to' the last census is 1,106,155 ; that of Berlin is 1,122,385. Up to the last census the population of Vienna was the larger of the two.

Timothy Maher, the strongest man in New Haven, is dead. He could hold 6001bs suspended from hia middle finger.