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Kumara Times, Issue 2014, 12 February 1883, Page 2

The Christchurch coach arrived at about eight o'clock on Saturday evening, and with commendable promptitude, the San Francisco mails were sorted and delivered in town, and there was an half-hour's delivery at the window. The East Coast and Melbourne mails were also sorted into the private boxes. The delay of the coach was due, as we surmised, to a fresh in the Smooth Wainihinihi, and having to carry all the heavy mails across the Taipo bridge each way.

The nomination of candidates for the Licensing Committee of the Licensing District of the Borough of Kumara for the ensuing year will take place at the Town Clerk's Office, Sedclon street, tomorrow, at noon. Five persons constitute a committee. The names of the gentlemen elected last year were Jas. Holmes, J. O'Hagan, E. J. T. Price, A. C. Campbell, and R. Toms. In the event of more than five candidates being nominated, a poll will take place on Tuesday, the 20th inst. Committee-men may be resident either within or outside of the district, but in the interests of the ratepayers it is not advisable to go out of the district to find one or more members to form a Committee of five, if by so doing the borough would be chargeable, as it would, with the actual cost of the traveling expenses incurred by such person (if elected) in attending any meeting of such Licensing Committee. In case the ratepayers of the borough fail to nominate the full number required to constitute a committee, the Governor of the colony in such case appoints members, who will then be deemed to have been elected under the Licensing Act (1881). For the Licensing Committee of the Licensing District of Arahura, the following ratepayers were nominated at the Court House, Stafford, on Saturday last : James Francis Byrne, James Murphy, Roderick Murray, Henry William Sandle, Frederick Stanhope, and John Jenkins Williams. The polling for the election of five of these gentlemen will take place on Saturday, the 17th inst., between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., at the Public Hall (Manson's), Dillman's Town ; and at the Court Houses at Stafford and Goldsborough.

It does not appear likely that the West Coast will be favoured with a visit from the famous "war correspondent," if we are to judge from an Auckland telegram received on Saturday. It states — "Archibald Forbes closed his Auckland season last night. Before proceeding to Australia he goes to Christchurch to. spend a fortnight. En route he will lecture at Taranaki and Wanganui."

The result of the intercolonial cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales still leaves Victoria a winner of a majority of five matches in the aggregate since the contests were commenced, which was in March, 1866. Victoria has won 17, New South Wales 12. Bannerman takes both the ten guinea trophies for the highest individual score on either side, and the highest score on the Australian side. Throughout the match the best of good feeling prevailed. The Omotumotu railway bridge was the scene of a somewhat serious accident to the down train from Brunnerton on Saturday afternoon about 2.30 ; but the damage was confined to some half-a-dozen coal trucks and the rails and sleepers on the bridge. The train was stopped in time to allow the carriages (of which there were three full) containing the passengers to get out without injury. Every necessary arrangement was made by Mr Ronayne to save the public from any inconvenience. Coaches were provided, and all who depended upon the railway for getting to their homes were promptly accommodated ; and in the course of the afternoon several full coaches passed along the road with passengers for Brnnner and Nelson Creek.

Constable Palamontaine has been temporarily transferred from Greymouth to Charleston, and was to leave for his destination by the s.s. Kennedy to-day.

At the time the gold robbery on board the Tararua was discovered, the man Hinton, who recently died at Adelaide, and in whose possession the gold or a portion of it has been found, made a statement at the detective office in Melbourne, of which the following is a copy : " My name is Robert S. Hinton. I am second steward of the steamship Tararua. I have been in the employ of the company for 20 months. I saw some gold come on board at Dunedin, and I heard on ai'rival here or soon after that there was a box of gold missing. I have nothing to do with receiving or delivering the gold. Whilst at Port Chalmers I gave the key of the safe to the purser. He came and asked me for it. I took it off a nail in the bar. It was the custom when there was no gold oh board to use the room for storing carpets, &c. When gold was on board we had no access to the goldroom, the purser then having the key, as far as I know. The stewards usually retired to bed from half-past 10 to half-past 11p.m. I was never up later than the latter hour during the voyage. I am cmite certain that I had never been up as late as 1 a.m. on any night this voyage. I have charge of the captain's cabin. I have seen the key of the gold room there

once, but it is over a year ago. When I first joined the ship there were two keys of the gold room. I saw them myself. One of them was broken since I joined. The key produced was hanging up in the bar about three weeks before I gave it to the purser on this trip. I did not have the other ; I do not know who has. I do not know anything about this gold. I am a married man, and reside in West Melbourne."

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