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Kumara Times, Issue 1772, 5 June 1882, Page 2

The San Francisco mails arrived by tram from Greymouth on Saturday evening, were promptly sorted, and, by the courtesy of the postmaster, Mr MacDermott, delivered in town and for half* an-hour at the post-office window, together with the Christchurch, East Coast, and Suez mails. The annual meetings of the Licensing Commitees for the licensing districts of Arahura and Hohonu, for the consideration of applications for publicans’ accommodation, and bottle licenses, will be held at the Court Houses at Stafford and Greenstone, on Wednesday next, the 7th June, at 12 o’clock noon at the respective places. The annual licensing meeting for the Borough of Kumara will be held on Friday next, the 9th inst. It will be seen by an official notice in another column that the ten acres of suburban land situate at the foot of the Zig-zag, and recently advertised for sale on Wednesday next, are positively withdi’awn from sale. A meeting of the Miners’ Committee mil be hold at Mr Peters’ hotel, Dillman’s Town, to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock, when business of a most important character to miners and the general interests of this district will be discussed, A full attendance is requested. Tenders are required by the Westland County Council for the maintenance of Fox’s road, Arahura, and the Teremakau bridge ; for the construction of a mile of track ; and for the supply of timber, horses, and drays. By referring to the advertisement and to the places mentioned therein, further particulars may be seen or obtained. Tenders, which arc to be addressed t<» the County Chairman, close on Tuesday evening, the 13th inst.

The Wellington correspondent of the Greymouth Star telegraphed on Saturday : —“MrSeddon’s bill for the abolition of the gold duty is similar to that of last year, and provides for the termination of the tax at the beginning of the year. The goldfields members—thirteen in all—are unanimous on the point, but it is difficult to say if the bill as now consth tuted will pass. If thrown out it, will be introduced in a modified form the clauses providing for the gradual extinction of the duty.” The same writer also states : “ Messrs Seddon and Fitz Gerald have been interviewing the Government relative to works in the south, and to provide more accommodation at Woodstock. Also asking the Government intentions regarding the Mikonui water-race at Ross.”

At a German wedding at Chicago, in the middle of December, raw ham was one of the delicacies, and was partaken of by a Humber of the guests, who have since shown evidence of trichinae. Most of them have been relieved of the parasite ; but Henrietta Straese, aged 32 years, became worse under treatment, and died on January 20th, in great agony. An examination of the muscles of her body disclosed forty thousand of the parasites in one square inch.

The Troy Times thinks the hymn “Nearer, my God, to Thee,” in word and tune, is the sweetest sung by mortal lips. The angels may know and sing a diviner melody, but we have not heard them. The dying man asks to have it sung over his grave, and probably no hymn is so frequently used on funeral ceremonies as the one of which we speak. Its author is scarcely known ; thousands who sing it have never heard of her. Her name was Sarah Flower, and she was born in Cambridge, England, on the 22nd February, 1805. She died in 1849.