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Kumara Times, Issue 1526, 18 August 1881, Page 2

Mails for United Itingdon arid Australian colonies, per Te Anan, closa at the Bluff at noon on Saturday, 20th inst. The following Was the voting at the meeting of the Goldfields Committee on the question of the Gold Duty :—For its total abolition : Messrs Weston, Pyke, De Lautour, and J. It. Brown. For a partial reduction : Messrs Hurst, Seddon, and Gibbs.

. The debate on, the Representation Bill in the House on Wednesday was resumed by Levestam, who condemned the Bill, The Hon. Mr Hall having replied briefly, the House divided, and the second reading was carried by 49 to 16 ; and the Bill was ordered to be committed on Wednesday. Mr J. B. Fisher (Buller) voted with the Ayes ; Messrs Gisborne, Reeves, Seddon, and Weston with the Noes. Mr R. C. Reid paired. A head-teacher is required for the Stafford School, and a teacher for the Arawata Flat School, Jackson's Bay. Particulars can be seen in our advertising columns.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Hokitikaj yesterday, an old offender named Murphy was fined 20s for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and 40s for abusive language, with an alternative—which he accepted—of a term of imprisonment.

The funeral of the late T. S. Ward, of Paringa, took place (the West Coast Times reports) yesterday. The remains were followed to the cemetery by the Masons, of which fraternity deceased was a member, and by a number of friends of deceased. The funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr Hamilton, and the Masonic burial service was also read.

The Christchurch Press of Tuesday states :—" As sure information has been obtained that the bodies of Dr. and Mrs. Campbell and those' of two of their children were washed ashore and buried at Fortrose Cemetery, arrangements have been made for their removal to Christchurch and re-interment here. The funeral will take place in a few days, so soon as the necessary arrangements for the transportation of the bodies from the Bluff can be carried out."

The mother of the talented authoress " George Eliot" is still alive in Hobart, Tasmania, and has reached the ripe age of 90. So says a contemporary.