The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1724, 10 April 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1882.

The Kumara portion of the San Francisco mail had, it appears through the bungling of the mail agent whose duty it is to sort the mails, been put holus bolus into a Hokitika bag, and, of course was forwarded on to Hokitika. On making the discovery, Mr Jago, the chief postmaster at Hokitika, promptly forwarded it by special conveyance to Kumara, together witlx some letters from all parts of world for Greymouth, which had gone through the same course of blundering. These missing mails reached Kumara at about half-past nine on Saturday night ; and Mr MacDermott, the postmaster, had them immediately sorted fur private boxes, and he also had much trouble in getting the missing Grey mail forwarded next morning, being Sunday. The three postmasters of Hokitika, Kumara, and Greymouth ai’e all deserving of credit for having done their utmost to repair the blunder. A large number of holiday seekers left by coach this morning, most of them to witness the Hokitika Easter races, which take place to-day and to-morrow. The following are the acceptances for the Easter Handicap foot races to be run at Greymouth to-day -Moss, Malcolm. M‘Donald, Twohill, Codyre, Stenhouse, Batty, O’Rourke, Jenkins, Handy, Cochrane, O’Loughlin, MTntyre, and Aldridge. The mile race for the championship of New Zealand and £IOO takes place at Dunedin on April 29th, between Fagan, of Christchurch, and W. Burke, of Dunedin. The second deposit of £4O was placed in the Treasurer’s hands last week. The latest from the Woodstock rush is that another claim, that of O’Connor, M'Goveran, and party, struck payable wash on Saturday. The West Coast Times reports that —“ An accident happened to a miner named Taylor at the Woodstock rush yesterday. When cutting some tiuv

her the axe lie was using slipped, and made a, long deep cut into the right foot, nearly severing the Outside portion altogether. No time was lost in bringing him to the Hokitika hospital, where the wound was at once attended 16. The Rev. E. A. Scott, formerly of Kumara, and Sydenham, was last week inducted as incumbent of St. Stephen’s Church, Ashburton, by the Yen. Archdeacon Harris. The following is from the Melbourne Argus :—“A sample of white marble from the Caswell Sound marble mine, on the coast of New Zealand, was tested yesterday at the Footscray Stone-cutting Works, and at the establishment of Messrs Chambers and Clutten, in Lonsdale street. The block cut at Footscray weighed about half a ton, and was divided into nine tablets. The stone is of good colour, closegrained, and easy to work ; it takes a high polish, and it is believed that as soon as the quarries are fully opened, a sufficient quantity of marble can be obtained to supply almost any demand. As soon as the block cut through yesterday is prepared, the tablets will be exhibited at various places in the city. ” Our (Free Lance) comtemporaries are greatly exercised over the sudden appearance of Major Atkinson. We may as well relieve the agitation of their minds by stating that he is here for the purpose of paying his overdue subscription—some eighteen shillings to this paper. Mr Bryce also suddenly remembered that he forgot to pay for his last year’s papers, hence all this flutter in the devecotes of the dailies. “ ‘ The National Encyclopaedia of Business and Social Forms’ I consider a most valuable work, containing much useful information which cannot be readily obtained elsewhere.”—T. L. Porter, M.A., M. 8., &c. “I consider ‘The National Encyclopaedia ’ a very useful book, as it contains such a variety of information, and forms a library in itself. I heartily commend it to all. ” —Rev. W. West. Francis B. Sapsford, A.A., Oxford, is the Kumara agent; address, Rugg’s Hotel.— [Advt.]