The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1756, 17 May 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1882.

The departm*e of the steamship Alhambra from West Coast ports for Melbourne direct has been postponed till Saturday, 20th inst.

The mail and Rugg’s coaches from Springfield arrived this afternoon in due time.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man named Tracey, living on the Christchurch road, for a savage assault on a woman named Tilley. The man will probably be brought into town this afternoon.

Bering the performance at the Circus last evening, nearly the whole of the seats in the stalls, of which there were four tiers, and which were closely packed with people, gave way at one crash, and the

occupants fell accordingly. Notwithstanding that some 400 or 500 people were thus suddenly prostrated, we do not hear of any bones being broken, but several have sustained severe bruises. The flimsy structure was, we hear, the subject of some comment during its erection. The Dundalk Hotel, Seddon street, owned by Mr H. Fitzsimmons, narrowly escaped destruction on Monday night. An alarm was raised and the fire-bell sounded, and fortunately the progress of the flames was subdued in a very short space of time.

At the meeting of the Grey County Council last evening, at Greymouth, a letter was received from P. Dungan, Esq. (Chairman of the Westland County Council) with respect to the maintenance of the Teremakau bridge, and complaining of the tone of the letter from the Grey County respecting said bridge. The letter was received, and it was resolved that the account be passed for payment. The tender of John Mitchell for sundry tracks in the Greenstone district, £B2 15s, was accepted. Seven other tenders for the same work varied from £l4B to £371 3s.

Late London telegrams state that Laycock challenged Hanlan, but the latter declined.—Hanlan beat Trickett by a quarter of a mile in the most leisurely fashion. Trickett was outpaced throughout, and passed the winning-post thoroughly exhausted. Hanlan’s time was 28min. 18sec. The water was rough, and both men were compelled to bale. The ex-Empress Eugenie is lying dangerously ill at Paris. The Woodstock rush continues to attract a little attention. The Ross Advocate of yesterday states that a party of Chinamen whose operations have been watched with* such intense interest, bottomed on payable gold on Monday night. The lead has now been defined Ross-wards. Several parties, however, bottomed duffers on Saturday last, but this is to be expected on a rush of such magnitude. There are some eight or nine hundred men on the ground.