The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1881.

Kumara Times, Issue 1484, 30 June 1881, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1881.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening. The Hawea, with the inward San Francisco mail arrived at Wellington from New Plymouth at half-past three yesterday afternoon. The West Coast portion of the mail may therefore be expected to reach its destination on Saturday afternoon. We have received from the Government Printer several Parliamentary Papers, and Nos. 1 and 2 of Hansard. The Union Company's s.s. Beautiful Star, left Lyttelton on Monday last for Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. The directors of the Union Steamship Company have ordered two more large steamers, named the Wairarapa and Hauroto, to be built at home. They will be about the same size as the Manipori, with which the former is identical, but the latter will be more after the style of the Wakatipu, that is, more cargo room and less speed and passenger accommodation. The Island Lily on her last trip to Chatham Islands made the run, 440 miles, in fifty hours. On his return to Lyttelton on Thursday last, Capt. Cooper states that he had the signal for a tug steamer flying for two days before he was taken in tow. He had 440 sheep on board, and lost of this 130 within sight of the Heads, and naturally feels very sore over it. Commander Edwin wired yesterday afternoon : —" Bad weather is expected from north-east to north and west ; glass fall soon; sea considerable from northward after ten hours, and heavy after sixteen hours." The list of subscribers to the Reef to n Hospital for the financial year 1881-82 is published, from which we find the number is 71, the subscriptions varying from 10s to £2 2s. The total is £49 13s. We acknowledge receipt from the author of a pamphlet entitled "Land Ho !" being " A Conversation of 1933, on the results of the adoption of the system of ' Nationalising the Land of New Zealand,' adopted in 1883." Those who approve of the policy, are earnestly requested to assist in the circulation of the pamphlet, and also to communicate with the author, who will be able to judge from the amount of support promised, whether it is advisible to take further steps for the realization of the scheme for " Nationalizing the land of New Zealand." The author's address is "Land Ho !" Lyttelton. There is a keen desire in both Houses of Parliament to get hold of Sir J. Vogel's letter which was so insolent as to be returned to him unanswered, but it is not yet known whether Ministers have or at least will admit having a copy and will produce it. Hanlan (we perceive by a London cablegram, dated June 19) is arranging for a regatta at Toronto, Canada, in which it is expected some of the principal oarsmen 'will compete. Edward Trickett, the New South Wales sculler, is at Saratoga, America. Whilst rowing there he caught a " crab," and his boat capsized. Trickett sank twice, ami was only rescued with difficulty. Snyder Brown, after a thirty-six years' spell at journalism, retires in comfortable circumstances. Lucky Snyder ! the great majority of his brethren die in harness or in a ditch. The old trumpeter has been on a visit to Auckland, and we are glad to say looks good enough for another thirtysix years, which we hope he may enjoy smoking the pipe of peace under his own vine and fig-tree. The earthquake wave was felt as far south on the East Coast as Akaroa and Ashburton, although large chimney stacks did not appear in the least degree to have been affected. But at Foxton, 71 miles north of Wellington, all the chimneys were either Uirown clown or cracked, and the shock caused the new reclamation to sink, in some places two feet. The railway line was damaged, and prevents the train running at fast speed. Small fissures occurred in many places. In Wellington two slight shocks were experienced on Sunday evening, one shortly after live o'clock, and the other about eight o'clock. Fresh discoveries of gold have been made in Hungary.

The flagstaff at Waitara, New Plymouth, was blown down during a storm last Saturday morning. It will take some days before another can be erected. A butcher named Hendel met with a serious accident last Friday morning at Wellington. He was driving round a corner, when a sudden jerk threw him off the seat, and the wheel passing over his head, crushed a portion of his skull. He is in a critical condition. The Sydney Bulletin has the following :—Mr F. R. Spofforth, the "demon bowler," did a plucky thing the other day. A horse attached to a waggonette, with a young lady in it, bolted furiously. " Spoff" caught the trap, got in at the back, and pulled the horse up just in time to save the occupant from a smash. The fair one is a Sydney lady, and that she is beautiful "va sans dire." We trust soon to be supplied with further information, so that we may be enabled to wind up the story in the orthodox manner.