The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2023, 22 February 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1883.

With this evening's issue is published a Supplement containing the statements of John Davidson and Mary Gramatica, now in custody charged with the wilful murder of Denis Qninlan, a miner, on or about Sunday, the 28th ultimo, at Lyell, upon their own confession. The accused have been committed for trial on the coroner's warrant. We remind miners and others who may be interested that a public meeting will be held at Dillman's Town this evening to take into consideration the advisability of introducing the electric light to enable claims to be worked by night. The Borough Council hold their fortnightly meeting this evening at T. 30 o'clock. We acknowledge the receipt from the Government Printer of several Parliamentary Papers, Reports, &c. The fourth cricket match between Ivo Bligh's English team of cricketers and the combined Australians, which began at Sydney on Saturday last, wss concluded yesterday, the Australians winning this match by four wickets. The Englishmen. went in lit'ot and remained at the wickets all day, nine men being out for 204, of which Steel (not out) made 135. In this match the best team Australia could produce was supposed to be pitted against the visitors. It included Evans and Midwinter, of those who did not do the Home trip. The three former matches between the Hun, lyu. Bligh's Eleven and the

Australians resulted as follows :—First match : Australians, 291 and 58 for one wicket ; Englishmen, 177 and 169—won. by Australians. Second match : Englishmen, 294 ; Australians, 153 and 114— won by the Englishmen. Third match : Englishmen, 247 and 123; Australians, 218 and 83—won by the Englishmen. Fourth match : Englishmen, 263 and 197 ; Australians, 262 and 199 for six wickets. No doubt the changing of Massie, Garrett, and M'Donnell (especially the latter) for Evans, Midwinter, and Boyle, materially strengthened the Australians, as it proved; and now the champion teams of their respective country have won two each. It must be acknowledged that the Australians have on this last occasion shown the best average batting, for had it not been for the excellent stand Steele made for the Englishmen in their first innings, when he scored 135 (not out)— being more than half the total of the whole innings—the Englishmen might have been defeated in almost one innings. Baunerman, who is always a reliable bat, added 41 to his score as telegraphed yesterday afternoon, and Blackham "played splendidly, not out, for 58." It is probable a final match will be played at Melbourne. The following weather warning was received yesterday from Captain Edwin, timed 2.10 p.m.:—" Expect bad weather between north and east and southeast ; wind backing and glass fall again within 12 hours, and considerable and increasing sea, and river rising." At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, Ellem Simpson, pleaded guilty to a charge of making use of obscene language in a public street, and was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment (in default of a fine of £5 with Court costs 2s) with hard labour in the Hokitika Gaol, to which place she was yesterday forwarded under the kind protection of Constable Nash. The returns of the polling at Stafford on Saturday last for election of the Aralvura. Licensing Committee are to hand, and the following make up the totals announced yesterday : Dillman's Staf- GoldsTown, ford, borough. Tl. Sandle 43 38 30 111 Byrne ..'..... 47 35 26 108 Murphy 41 33 24 98 Williams 50 23 .19 92 Murray 37 36 19 92 Stanhope.... 40 15 25 71 Mr F. Stanhope, the defeated candidate, writes to us as follows :—" Mr H. W. Sandle's seat on the Licensing Committee for the District of Arahura is to be investigated on petition, he being a gazetted postmaster, and having signed a bond with the Government." The Willmott Combination will reappear at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, and will play the great spectacular drama " The Flowers of the Forest." William Alfred Barton is gazetted to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the District of Greymouth, from the 2nd instant. Mr C. Barton who has for a long time past acted as assistant clerk at the Magistrate's Court, Hokitika, has (the Times states) received well merited promotion, and will leave for the Lyell this week, where he will assume the duties of Clerk of the Court. During his occupancy of the Hokitika clerkship, Mr Barton has combined a strict performance of his duties with the utmost consideration for and courtesy to the public with whom he was of necessity, continually brought into contact. Mr Barton will be succeeded by Mr Arthur Banks, late pupil teacher at the State School, and who recently passed the Civil Service Examination. The Wonderful Wertheim Sewing Machine may be had upon Time Payment, easiest terms for any part of the country, no matter whei'e you live. With perfect ease and simplicity they will make very fine double seams or fells, will kilt, braid, make their own braid and stitch it on at the same time, bind, cord, rufHe gather, sew on ribbons and trimmings, tuck, hem to any width, bind scallops, and fold dress material with raw edges, bind on the bias, embroider curtains or antimacassars, stitch heaviest tweeds or moleskins, muslin or calico. Every kind of family or factory sewing. The Wertheim machines wind their own bobbins without guidance as level as reels of cotton. They are guaranteed for ten years, but will last a a lifetime. Easy to learn, light in running, strong, 'handsome, and durable. Catalogues, samples of work, and particulars free by post from James Renton, sole agent, Kumara and Hokitika.— [Advt.]