The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1707, 20 March 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1882.

in view of petitions to be presented to the Hon. the Minister of Mines by miners of the Eumara and Waimea goldfields, a teiegram was forwarded td the Mines Department, Wellington, to which the following has just been placed in our hands : ToR. J. Seddon, Esq;, Kuraara< The - Minister of Mines' present address is Auckland: The date of his return is uncertain' ; probably In abdu'fc a fortnight. . Omvkr Waeepieldj tThder-SJec'retary for Goldfields. Wellington,- March IG, 1882. At the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning before E, Baris Esq.,- J.P., William Newman was charged with drunkenness. The offence was admitted, and a fine of 5s shillirtgs Was inflicted, or in default, six hours' imprisonment.— Thomas Hamlet was charged with the larceny of a silk umbrella. Sergeant Quinn applied for a remand, and the accused, who pleaded not guilty, was remanded until to-morrow at 11 a.m., bail being allowed, himself in £lO and two sureties of £5 each. In reference to the Woodstock rush, the | West Coast Times to-day says:—"The statement that a party near the prosper . tors have struck gold, is totally unfounded. It is true that a number of shafts are , going down, but it will be several days before any party can bottom." The Alhambra left Melbourne on Friday last, and is expected to arrive at West Coast ports on Monday next, 27th inst, when she will take her departure for Mel- '' bourne direct.

A painful elopement is reported from, the country district of Napier. A cowherd employed upon the station of a wellknown runholder, in the absence of the father ran away with the daughter who is mentally afflicted, and can hardly be held responsible for her actions. The pair obtained a license And were married. They ; were about to drive off in a buggy when : the father and brother drove up, took the young lady away, and well-merited chastisement was inflicted on the fellow who induced her to leave her father's roof. In all probability an application will be made to the Courts to have the marriage cancelled, on the ground that the young ady was not capable of understanding the nature of the step she took. Reuter's telegram giving particulars of the attempted assassination of the Queen was despatched early in the morning and published the same evening in the Melbourne papers, which is the first instance on record of a message being despatched from London and published in Melbourne on the same day, and is a satisfactory evidence of the improved working of the telegraph lines, overland as well as submarine. Applications for Fidelity Company's programmes on the Christchurch Autumn and Easter Handicaps jointly (66 nominations) will positively close during the first week of April. The number of programmes has been reduced to 2000, so as to correspond with the limited time available, but should the applications exceed that number, then the value of the programmes will be proportionately increased. The fastest passage ever made across the Atlantic, from Liverpool to New York, was recently accomplished by the Servia in 6 days 8 hours. She is a new boat jiißt built for the Cunard Company.