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Kumara Times, Issue 1768, 31 May 1882, Page 2

We have received by telegraph from Wellington the terms upon which the Kumara sludge-channel can be used. They will be published in to-morrow's issue. Messrs Seddon and Fitz Gerald's recommendations appear to have been carried out to the letter.

The southern portion of the inward San Francisco mail left Onehunga by the Wanaka yesterday for New Plymouth. The mails will probabiy arrive at Wellington this evening, and at Lyttelton tomorrow. In such case, the Westland portion will reach here by the Christchurch coach on Saturday.

The tefa meeting at the Wesleyan Church this evening promises to be well attended. Tea is to be served at half-past six o'clock, and there will be several addresses by Ministers afterwards. The choir will also sing selections of music.

Suburban section, No. 2130, near the foot of the Zigzag, which was to have been sold by auction on Wednesday next, is, we learn on good authority, to be withdrawn from sale.

A singular incident happened the procession which followed the remains of the late Benjamin Foard yesterday afternoon to their last resting place. The day was to all appearance fine, with light fleecy clouds occasionally obscuring the sun. At the foot of Sandy's Hill, about half a mile from Kumara, heavy rain was met with, which seemed to follow the course of the procession to the Cemetery, about a mile distant, and lasted during all the ceremonies of burial—fully half-an-hour. On their return to Kumara the mourners were surprised to find that there had been no rain all this time in the town.

A correspondent of the Dunedin Star, writing from Akaroa says :—An Akaroa belle has captivated a wealthy beau, reputed to have £15,000 per annum. The approaching nuptials are to be celebrated in Christchurch, and are to be quite a la mode. The beau is a Victorian squatter, and visited Christchurch to see the Exhition, which also brought the fair one to the same city. They met, he saw, he conquered, and takes his bride back with him. The dresses are altogether "too, too," and the wedding dress is a "study," or, better still, a "poem." It is pure white satin, and is trimmed with countless yards of the article so dear to every lady's heart—"real lace."

A Kaitangata correspondent writes to the Daily Times :—"Two years ago Mr H. Clemens, of Kaitangata, lost a gold albert chain when forking in the field, on Mr Blackie's farm. He gave it up as lost for ever. Recently Clemens' father purchased a bag of fowl feed from Mr Blackie, and on opening the bag, to his utter astonishment there was his son's chain, with only one link displaced. The chain had passed through the threshing and stacking processes with only slight damage: But what is most extraordinary is, that of the many hundred bags sold by Mr Blackie, the chain was discovered in the last one sold. This extraordinary find is much spoken of by the people of the district.