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Kumara Times, Issue 1738, 26 April 1882, Page 2

The result of the polling on the local option clause in Dillman’s Town yesterday was as follows Publicans’ licenses— Increase, 25 ; against 15. Accommodation licenses—lncrease, 23; against, 13. Bottle licenses 15. Total votes polled increase 70 : against 43. Up to the time of our going to press this afternoon only 7 votes had been polled in Kumara. The monthly inspection of the Kumara Rifles took place last evening in the Drill Hall. At the conclusion of the inspection it was resolved that a volunteer ball should be held on the Queen’s Birthday. Wq believe it is proposed to invite the Westland and Greymouth Rifles to a meeting on that day.

A meeting of the Benevolent Society will be held at the Town Hall this evening when all members are requested to be present.

The Greymouth Branch of the Irish National Land League forwarded Patrick Egan, Esq., of Paris, £6O by the outgoing San Francisco mail. This sum included members’ contributions and the proceeds of their late ball.

Two applications for coal leases of over 1000 acres each have been made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for land situated in the Cobden district.

The Wanganui Chronicle relates that recently Major Kemp sent a messenger, with a party of 100 men, to the Tolma country, where Moffat was murdered, and demanded the surrender of the murderers, telling In's hearers that “ the law never dies that sooner or later they would suffer for it if they continued to shield these men ; and that not improbably, if they continued obstinate, the Government would confiscate their land. One chief seemed willing to make the surrender, evidently- influenced by the intimation that the Government could enter the Tohua country with an armed force by

way of Taupo. Other chiefs refused their assent, saying that they would rather fight if necessary. Kemp's Emissary, however, obtained the names of three men who were personally concerned in the deed, viz., one who shot Moffatt; one who cut off his head, smashed it, and threw it into a pit; and one who dug out Moffatt’s heart, and (as the messenger believed) ate it, as was done by Titokawaru on a like occasion.

In the ’Frisco mail news contained in a recent number of the Otago Witness the following items occurs A Kansas national bank failed, and the president and officers started for parts unknown. They made fraudulent conveyances, and did not leave a cent for the depositors. The indignant depositors captured them, when the cashier settled like a man. The president puts on airs, had nothing, would give nothing, and attempted to bribe his guards. In vain he was given 24 hours to settle o'f hand. The sheriff could not interfere, as tile entire populace had the bank-thief in haiid • and when the bluff game did not do he promised to settle. The people restrain him id custody until the money is forthcoming: This example is very likely to be adopted hereafter. There are half-a-dozen men in Sari Francisco who should be similarly dealt with. In a proclamation in the New Zealand Gazettee it is notified that the season for shooting cock pheasants will commence on the Ist May next, licenses being obtained from the various postmesters in the colony. The license fee is 255.

Editors (says the Sydney Echo) are very often indebted to telegraphic operations on the lines connecting London with Australia for amusement. This was how a telegram (it was from New York) ran : “Parkes washing.” Of course there is •nothing in the world more natural tliairi that Sir Henry should wash himselfParkes washing? He might be worse employed. But why send a telegram costing several pounds to tell us that ? It was discovered that the telegram really intended to convey the information that “ Parkes was at Washington.”