The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2029, 1 March 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1883.

An extension of time for preparation of the Valuation Roll of the Borough of Kumara is notified in the Gazette of the 22nd ult., as follows : —"Whereas it has been made to appear that certain things done by ' The Rating Act, 187G,' in connection with the preparation and revision of the valuation roll of the Borough of Kumara cannot be done by or within the times mentioned in the said Act : now, therefore, his Excellency, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the said ' Rating Act, 187G,' and by and Avith the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the times for doing the said things in connection with the valuation roll of the said borough, and doth declare that the time for the doing of such several things shall be—l. For transmitting to the Borough Council the valuation list : On or before the 23rd February, 1883. 2. Valution list to be open for inspection, and objections thereto to be received : Until the 22nd March, 1883." A share in Rowley and party's doublearea sluicing claim (next to Jones and party's) changed hands this morning, at about £l5O, Mr Hugh M'Masters being the purchaser. We learn that by special request Mr Forbes, the celebrated war correspondent, is expected at an early date to deliver a lecture at Kaiapoi. The Argus reports that Mrs Rody, late of Cape Terrace, met with a most disagreeable accident yesterday afternoon, by being thrown from a trap near the Recreation Ground Hotel, Greymouth, through the horses taking fright and bolting. Mrs Rody, who received a severe shaking, besides being very frightened, was picked up and taken into Mrs Magoffin's, where she received every attention and care required. The cutting of greenstone pendants (says a contemporary), which the Maori hangs in his ear and the Pakeha from his watch-chain, must be tedious work. A jeweller in Napier has just been suing a Maori for £2OO for work done in cutting up a block of greenstone weighing about 3cwt., into a dozen slabs. It took him two months to make the first trial cut, and nine months to make 11 other cuts, working 11 saws at once, driving them by steam power, and keeping them going from 10 to 14 hours a day. The Maori thought the charge too high, and offered £l6O j

and half the stone, and next £QO and half the stone. The jeweller declined these compromises, but offered to take all the stone in payment. The Native owners thought that charge too high also. Another jeweller stated that Is the square inch was the usual price for cutting greenstone, and the plaintiff said he would be willing to accept payment on those terms. Reckoning it up it was found to come to £194 Bs, very nearly the amount sued for. We have not yet heard the result of the case. Mrs Gramatica was to be placed on board the Kennedy at Westport, and taken on to Nelson, where she will await her trial. The Argus says : "It is reported that Davidson is far from having recovered from the self-inflicted wound. It is understood that he will also be tried for attempted suicide. A report of a further confession in connection with the murder of Quinlan having been made was in circulation last evening, but as it could not be traced to any reliable source, no importance could be attached to it." It was not a girl who dropped dead in the school at Temuka, but the lady who kept the school—a Miss Mary Ann Simpson. Mr Milner Stephen, who claims to possess the power of healing the sick by the simple process of breathing or laying his hands upon the part affected, and by the use of magnetised oil and water and magnetised flannel, gave a public exhibition of his powers on Saturday afternoon last, in the Academy of Music, Christchurch. The Press says :—" Two o'clock was the hour advertised for the commencement of the seance, and shortly after that time, notwithstanding the wet weather, the Academy was crowded. A large part of the audience comprised afflicted persons who had come in the hope of being restored to health, and who endeavored to get as near as possible to the stage, some being carried by their friends, and others wheeled up in invalid chairs. Mr Stephen treated about forty cases, and when he left off at six o'clock there were as many more waiting." Most of the sufferers treated professed to be " relieved," "much better," and some even " cured ;" but "there were others who experienced "no perceptible improvement." The millennium must be approaching—so, at least, thinks the Wellington Post — since (according to a correspondent of the Hawera Star) the local brewer drove the Good Templars of the place to a picnic, and one of the local publicans drove them home again. Miss Marion Willis and Company have left Melbourne for a tour of the provinces. Messrs A. J. Byrne imd Keogh are members of the company. Mr Teddy Shipp, the well-known song and dance man, has been engaged for a Victorian provincial tour. Miss Alice May, is highly spoken of by Edinburgh critics, in "Girofle Girofla." We regret to learn that the only surviving son of Mr C. J. Colborne Veel, Secretary of the Board of Education, Christchurch, was drowned at Sumner on Sunday last. The deceased, who was about 14 years old, with another boy, a son of Mr George Hart, of the Press, got into a punt at Burns' Jetty. The punt got loose, and was drifted by the tide, which was running very fast. The boys tried to row to the shore. There was in the boat only one oar and a small piece of paddle. By some means the oar was lost overboard. The deceased wished the other boy to jump into the water and try and get the oar, but he declined, as not being a sufficiently good swimmer. Young Yeel, who was trying to pull the boat to shore with the portion of a paddle, then jumped in, taking the part of an oar with him. The tide was unfortunately too strong for him, encumbered as he wa s with clothing, and he almost immediately sank. A dog belonging to Mr Milner, which had been with the boys, sprang into the water on being called by young Hart, and endeavored to save the drowning lad. Once he succeeded in getting hold of his jacket, but the strong tide forced his hold away. On a second trial, just as the lad was sinkiug for the last time, the dog got hold of his clothes, but the weight and force of the current compelled him to let go, but not before he had been dragged under water about a foot. The other lad stuck to the boat, and was carried by the current close to the Shag Rock, where Mr J. S. Monck, who was fishing, went out in his boat and towed the punt in. Veel was subsequently recovered. It will be satisfactory (says the Otago Daily Times) to those who have recently been interesting themselves regarding the movements of the comet to learn that on I

the authority of Mr Beverly, of Dunedin, there is no chance whatever of another visit from it. Mr Beverly has lately obtained two reliable observations—one on the 23rd December, and another on the 14th January. Those taken on the latter date were from a base-line of 35,000,000 miles. From this, combined with the time from perihelion passage and the perihelion distance, which are both known, it has been found that the orbit of the comet is as nearly as possible a true parabola, and not an ellipse. The comet will therefore never return to the sphere of the Sun's attraction, but will, instead, pass next into that of Sirius—a journey which will, it is estimated, occupy it about half a million years. It will probably be 200,000 years before it reaches the boundary-line between the sphere of the Sun and that of Sirius. A terrific thunder and hail storm occurred in Toowoomba, Queensland, on January 29. Such a storm has not been witnessed in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. For the space of an hour the rain and hail descended in torrents, the lightning flashed, the thunder roared, the wind blew with hurricane force ; in fact, there was a perfect war of the elements. The hailstones were as large as hens' eggs, and even larger; one was 3in. by 2in. They were more like solid lumps of ice than the familiar hailstone. Fowls in great numbers were killed, and one farmer lost as many as 20 sheep, whilst cattle were seen after the storm bleeding from wounds caused by the hail. The ground looked as if baskets of eggs had been emptied to a depth of six inches all over it. Henry Labouchere is believed to have inherited £IOO,OOO altogether from his father, who died senior partner in the well-known banking-house of Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co., but his speculations and investments have at least trebled his inheritance. He has a share in the Daily News and owns Truth. The Wonderful Wertheim Sewing Machine may be had upon Time Payment, easiest terms for any part of the country, no matter where 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, ruffle 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.]