The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1882.

Kumara Times, Issue 1776, 10 June 1882, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1882.

The mail and Rugg’s coaches left the Bealey at the usual early hour this morning. Mr Cameron’s coach, formerly connecting with the mail via the Loopline road at Goodfellow’s, took the new Dillman’s road this morning to meet the mail coach at Harris’s, near the junction of the new road with the Christchurch road, and returned by the same route at 2.25 p.m. Mr Rugg’s four-horse coach also came in by the new line of road, arriving here at a few minutes before two o’clock, thus saving over one hour’s time, and connecting with Cameron and Bassett’s afternoon coach for Hokitika.

The Rev. J. T. Kempthorne will conduct divine service in Holy Trinity Church to-morrow, in the morning at 11 o’clock, and evening at 7. At a meeting of the directors of the Long Tunnel Company held on Wednesday last, a first call of twopence per share was made payable at the company’s office on Wednesday, 12th July. The annual meeting of the Ross Licensing Committee was held on Thursday. Most of the publicans applied for 12 o’clock licenses, but the Chairman said the Committee were unanimous in not granting a 12 o’clock license, as it would not be for the welfare of the public. Mr Grimmond showed the great inconvenience it would be to many strangei-s by closing at 10 o’clock, and asked for 11 o’clock, but the Committee were obdurate, having made up their minds before they went on the Bench ; so no 12 o’clock licenses were granted at Ross.

Notice has been given of the intention to construct a water-race from the Mount Tuha Range to the Blue Spur township, a

distance of thirteen miles. The Star states that the depth and width of the race is to be six feet; and to carry fifty Government heads of water. The time to be occupied in construction to be two years. The application will be heard at the Warden’s Court, Hokitika, on sth July. A fatal accident occurred yesterday to a miner named Edward Shannon, while he was working with his mate in a tunnel claim at Back Creek, near Woodstock. The West Coast Times reports that Shannon was engaged making alterations to the mouth of his claim, when some timber and a quantity of gravel fell, jamming him in, but leaving his head exposed. He did not seem to be hurt, and his mate exclaimed, “I’ll have you out in a few minutes, Ned.” Just at that moment a large quantity of earth fell, striking the unfortunate man and breaking his neck. Death must have been instantaneous. The body was removed to Gaylor’s Hotel, Woodstock, where an inquest will be held to-day. The deceased was well known and respected in the district, married, without family, and about 34 years of age.

The Immigration Returns show that there arrived in the colony from Ist April, 1881, to 31st March, 1882, 118 nominated immigrants, equal to 94£ statute adults, at a cost of £1329 17s, £25 of which was paid by emigrants before leaving England, and £134 10s cash or bills given in the colony for nominated emigrants. They were distributed as follows :—Auckland, 43 ; Taranaki, 5 ; Hawkes Bay, 1; Canterbury, 28 ; Otago, 41.

On and after the Ist of July all the tolls in the Bruce County (Otago) will be abolished.

The movement to form a troop of Hussars at Milton, near Dunedin, is being taken up vigorously, and 30 or 40 members are expected to join. The funeral of the late Mrs Dodson (formerly of the Empire Hotel, Dunedin) took place in the new cemetery, Port Chalmers, on the 30th ult., when fully 500 persons testified their respect for the deceased lady by following her remains. The whole of the business places were closed during the funeral ceremony, which was performed by the Rev, 0. J. Byng.

A potato-digging match against time took place on Thursday (says the Christchurch Press) on the property of Mr Wild, at Papanni. The wager was that a man named Coombes could not dig half-an-acre of potatoes in eight hours, the stakes being £SO a-side. He won with four minutes to spare, having dug well and cleanly 73 bags of potatoes in seven hours 56 minutes. The contest created considerable interest in Papanni. The weight of the quantity dug would be six tons two cwt.