The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1769, 1 June 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1882.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening, at half-past seven o’clock. It is important to those persons who are contemplating to take out licenses next month to bear in mind that the license fees will have to be paid a week sooner than was necessary under the old Act. Clause 70 states—“ Every certificate shall be void unless the sum required to be paid for the license thereby authorised be paid to the proper officer entitled to receive the same within fourteen days after the granting of such certificate. ” Thus for licenses granted at Staff ml and Greenstone on the 7th June, the fees will be required to be paid by the 21st ; and for licenses in the Borough of Kumara issued on the 9th, the fees must be paid on or before the 23rd J une.

A thoroughly competent mining' manager itf required lor the Long Tunnel Company’s sluicing claim. Applicants wiust forward references and state salary required not later than the 20th Juno. Tenders are required by the same company, before next Wednesday, for driving a tunnel about 40 feet in lengthy and for the supply of 500 red pine blocks. Specifications can be seen on application to Mr James Miller, the legal manager. The pariraraeijitafy correspondent of the Gfreymouth Star telegraphs yesterday : “ The goldfieldis members, numbering fifteen, have determined to insist upon the appointment of a separate portfolio for t’ e Minister of Mines—-one having some knowledge of mining,”’

Mr John Coutts, the junior assistant in the Post and Telegraph offices, Kumara, having obtained a month's leave of absence, proceeded by tram this morning to Greymouth, where he will embark for Nelson to spend his holiday with kindred and friends in that town and Havelock. Mr Coutts has been in the service here about three and a-half years, and right well and faithfully has he performed his duties. We wish him a safe and pleasant journey to and fro, and lots of enjoyment at the goal. Martin Hansbury, we understand, will in the meantime deliver business and other correspondence received by post or telegraph. Captain Edwin sent the following weather forecast yesterday afternoon at 4.5: “ There are indications the glass will fall again soon, and strong winds between east and west and north-west after 12 hours, and considerable sea. ”

Mrs Lowe, an old resident of Reefton, carrying on business in Broadway, was going out at the back of her house on Saturday last, when she slipped on a wet board, and fractured one of the bones of the left leg. She is now going on well.

The members of the Parliamentary Committee appointed to consider all Bills and Petitions that may be introduced into the House affecting goldfields and mines, and to report generally upon the principles and provisions which any such Bills or Petitions may contain, with powet to confer or sit together with any similar Committee which may be appointed by the Legislative Council, and to make a separate report, are—Mr J. C. Brown, Mr Cadman, Mr De Lautour, Mr FitzGerald, Captain Morris, Mr Pyke, Mr Seddon, Mr Weston, Mr Munro, and the Hon. Mr Rolleston. The Parliamentary correspondent of the Westport Times says that Seddon, Munro, and Weston, occupy one bench together. Petrie sits with Christchurch members, where of yore staunch Government men have sat, and Fitz Gerald sits farther off among Wanganui and East Coast comrades.

Private intelligence has been received in Hokitika of the sudden death of Mr Charles A Anning, chemist, of Dunedin, formerly of Hokitika. Mrs Anning is at present in England, and was expected to leave for Dunedin this month.

The following tenders have been received for additions to the Blackwater bridge, Nelson to Westport and Greymouth road Accepted—A. D. M'Leod, Westport, £234. Declined— M. Dixon, Reefton, £237; M. O’Connor, Greymouth, £240; H. H. Lange, Westport, £334 ; Cochrane and Oakley, Reefton, £348.

An accident happened to the Lyell up coach last Thursday. The coach was heavily loaded with passengers and luggage, yet notwithstanding this (the Inangahna Times reports), after crossing the Lyell punt, Mr Ryan, of Lyell, who came down to meet his wife, brought five children down with him, all of whom together with Ryan, got on the coach, which was proceeding around a rocky sidling, when the axle broke. Mr Ryan, was jerked off the box seat, and received some bruises, and one of the children would probably have been trampled to death beneath the horses hoofs but for the maternal energy of Mrs Ryan, who, seeing her child’s danger, seized it by the shoulder and rescued it from instant death. As the horses, owing to becoming entangled in the traces, were violently plunging, they would have dragged the coach down over the precipice, but for the presence of mind displayed by Tommy Power, the driver, and a passenger named Nelson, who held their heads until they were released. The sufferers were attended to by Dr. Bmen,

The Times also reports another accident which occurred to a waggoner named George White on Tuesday last, on the Lyell road, near the Dee Creek. Whilst descending a cutting, a portion of the criblogging gave way, precipitating a loaded dray and four horses down a distance of abont twelve feet. The horses escaped with some ugly bruises. The driver, fortunately, was more astonished than hurt, when- he felt the road give way beneath his team. The accident will put a stop to traffic between the Junctions and the Lyell for some days. Courtney, the mail contractor, has overcome the difficulty by placing a conveyance on each side of the chasm, so* as to keep uninterrupted mail Gon«msnication between Reefton and Kelson, The owner of the team has placed the- matter in Mr Lynch, the solicitor's hands, so that the Duller County Council will have a lively time of it,- as- the} 1- arc being sued for special damages by four different contractors. It would be cheaper for them to put their roads isv repair.

The Reefton Keep-it-dark Company’s return of amalgam for the past week (18560z5. of amalgam from 192 tons of stone) is the largest parcel ever turned out in the Inangahua. The price of shares went almost at a bound from 30s. to 425., and, as 455. was subsequently demanded, only very small parcels could be obtained. A 31st dividend of 3s per scrip has been declared, equal to £3OOO. A hat, supposed to have belonged to James Paul, was found on one of the reaches of the Inangahua river, on Saturday, near the brewery, and has been identified as that of the missing man by some who knew him.