The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1722, 6 April 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1882.

To-morrow, being Good Friday, there will be no publication of the Kumara Times. The Gorver'nniefit offices and Banks will be closed. The mails will be dispatched as by notice above'. Divine service will be held in the' various churches to-morrow ; at Holy Trinity Church, we observe, botli morning and evening, after the evening seryice the con--

gregation is requested to remain to consider what steps may be taken to restore the parsonage and Other losses occasioned by the late disastrbus fire. All mining privileges are protected from the 7tli to 11th April, both days inclusive. In the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before H. A. Stratford, Esq., R.M., in 'the 'case of Farley v. Clarkin, which had been adjourned to allow of the production of a witness, evidence was taken, and the plaintiff was nonsuited. By a telegram received this afternoon we learn the Grey cricketers expect to arrive in Kumara at 9 a.m. Play will commence on Messrs Keech and Malloy's paddock, which has kindly been granted for the purpose, at 9.30 o'clbck to-morrow morning, by which 'time the local men are requested to be on the ground. A poll will be taken on Tuesday, 25tli April, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p.m., for the purpose oi determining whether the number of publicans' or New Zealand wine or bottle or accommodation licenses may respectively be increased in . the licensing district of Arahura. A notice to this effect is given in another column by the chairman of the said licensing district. The following additioiial subscriptions have been received for the Church of England Parsonage Restoration Fund :—J. M'Enriis, £2 2s ; R. Rae, £2" ; J. Valentine, £l. We learn that a meeting of the Cabinet was to be held in Wellington immediately on the arrival of Ministers from Auckland. The correspondent of the Christchurdh Press telegraphed on Monday:—"The Hinemoa left suddenly yesterday morning before daylight for Mahukau to fetch down the absent Ministers in hot haste-. She is expected to arrive here early tomorrow afternoon. There is, of course, much speculation here as to the reason of this sudden movement, but Ministers have kept their own counsel, and nothing has been allowed to transpire. There is a vague rumor afloat that a difference between the Governor and Ministers is Ihe l'eal cause, but thid is mere conjecture. Mr Hall is a little better to-day, but still confined t<s Ms room, Dr. Grace is ih attendance. Mr Hall hopes to be well enough to carry ou his intention of being present at the Christchurch Exhibition, for whicli place he was to leave to-day. The route to Europe by way of San Francisco and across the Continent of America seems to be yearly increasing in favor with the travelling public, as the agents of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company notify that all the first-class accommodation is now taken in th'e steamship Australia, and also that but few cabins remain disengaged in thte May boat, the City of New York; In order to afford passengers an opportunity of being present at the opening of the Christchurch Exhibition, Messrs Binnie and Co. have arranged to despatch a special coach on Saturday morning if sufficient inducement offers, which will leave Hokitika at 5 a. m, and arrive at Springfield on Siinday evening, catching the Monday morning train at six o'clock. We understand arrangements have also been made whereby a special coach can be despatched in future, while the Exhibition is open, on any day, apart from the ordinary mail days, If passengers are offering. Particulars can always be obtained at Messrs Chesney and Co.'s office, Wharf street. The" match between the' Otago and Cariterbifry fowiiig clubs conies off this afternoon on the Heatiicote estuary. A Sydney paper has the following sad intelligence about one who in days gone by was a favourite among New' Zealand play-goers !—" Poor Johnny Moran, whose Irish jigs and stick-twirling used to make his audiences yell, is now stone-blind, and led about by his littls sort. However, Johnny still follows his profession, and has of late been doing well on the Victorian side." Another attempt is to be' made to utilise the Taranski ironsand, a company for working the sand being in course of formation, with a capital of £4OOO. It is proposed to purchase the larid and plaift of a previous company (the Titanic Steel and Iron Company) at Te Hcnui, which is obtainable for £IOOO. The Ashburton-Kangitata wafer-race was opened with great ceremony a day or two ago. To give an idea of the extent of the new race and the acreage it is likely to influence, we may state it will flow through the Upper Ashburton district 37-i- miles, through the Longbeach Road district 23 miles, through the Rangitata Road district 94 miles, and through the Mount Somers district 28 miles. These water-races, which are for irrigation purposes, are of a total length of 300 miles, and will benefit 300,000 acres of land.

Since the Woodstock rush commenced the Reef ton Herald reports "about twenty business licenses and over a hundred miners' rights have been applied for at the Warden's office."