The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2037, 9 March 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1883.

The Valuation List for tlie Borough of Kumara for the year 1883 is now open for inspection at the Town Clerk's office. All objections thereto must be left at the Court House, .Kumara, on or before the 9th April, addressed to the Assessment Court ; and a copy of every such objection must be left at the Town Clerk's Office not less than seven days before the next sitting of the said Court.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last evening, the applications (of which there were eight) for the office of Registrar of Dogs and Inspector of Nuisances, at a salary of £25 per annum, were opened and considered, and Mr John Monahan, sen., was appointed. At the meeting of the Central Board of Education at Greymouth last evening, there were present Messrs Perkins (chair), Petrie, Taylor, Grimmond, Reid, M'Whirter, Warner, and Dr. Morice ; Mr Rudkin only was absent. For the election to fill the three vacancies occurring in the Board, the following votes were found to be recorded: —

A motion by Mr Petrie " That Mr Taylor receive the casting vote of the Board" was carried on the voices. It appears that before the voting papers were opened the Chairman admitted that three or four of the voting papers had been changed. The Secretary had given up the papers, and fresh ballot papers had been substituted. Mr Reid severely commented on the conduct of the Secretary in giving up papers when once lodged with the Board, and questioned the soundness of Mr Guinness's opinion respecting the legality of the action, and urged that the case be stated to the Minister of Education. MrM'Whirter likewise stigmatised the action of the Board in strong language, and was frequently interrupted by Messrs Petrie and Warner. Several divisions took place, with Messrs Reid, M'Whirter, and Grimmond (all the southern members) in a minority. A meeting of miners to take into consideration the means necessary to get the carrying capacity of the sludge-channel increased is called by J. M'Whirter, Esq. (County Chairman) for Monday evening next, at Dill man's Town. Captain William Jackson Barry will lecture in the Theatre Royal, to-morrow evening, on his experiences in "this vale of tears " during his fifty-three years' residence in the colonies. The Captain landed in the colony of New South Wales in the year 1829, a boy ten years of age, with a decided preference for adventure over everything else. His career since that has been full of ups and downs and chequered in the extreme ; but as far as the amassing of worldly goods is concerned Captain Barry's fortunes have been typical of the traditional " rolling stone." Like a true colonial, he has turned his hand to everything ; he has been a stock-rider, cattle-dealer, squatter, butcher, sailor, gold-miner, auctioneer, hotelkeeper, besides figuring in various other capacities, to say nothing of being three times elected Mayor of Cromwell. His eventful career as told by himself will no doubt be well worth listening to. Mr Jacobsen, of Christchurch, has submitted some of his supposed New Zealand diamonds to Mr C. E. Button, who tested them and found one to be genuine. Mr Jacobsen has applied for a prospector's license for 500 acres. 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.]

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