The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2046, 20 March 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1883.

The attention of the Grey County Council is directed to the dangerous state of the culverts on the high road between Westbrook and Greenstone. In the latter township Mr King had to place some planks across the culvert to enable drays to pass over ; and near Messrs Keech and Malloy's store at Westbrook one or more of the planks of a culvert are dislodged ; so that both are unsafe for man, beast, or vehicle to pass over. An extraordinary meeting of the Kuniara Long Tunnel Gold Mining Company, Limited, was held at the Public Hall last night. A large number of shareholders were present. Mr Wylde was voted to the chair. The following resolutions were carried unanimously :—(1.) " That the Directors he authorised to let the Company's claims on tribute." (2.) "That in order to put a stop to further unnecessary expenditure, the Directors be requested to let the claim on tribute at once for a period of six months." A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. By a district order it is notified that the Kumara Rifle Volunteers will parade for inspection at the Adelphi Hall this evening, at 8 o'clock. It is requested that they will assemble at 7.30 p.m., as parade is to commence punctually at the hour named. Captain Webb, District Adjutant, and Captain Bonar, the Officer Commanding the District, will both be present, and it is imperative that all members of the Company attend, with all Government property in their possession. We learn that the Hokitika Volunteer Band will be up, this being the first quarterly inspection under the new regulations. The whole company are to be afterwards entertained at Stewart's Hotel. The Hospital Committee will meet at the Secretary's room this evening, at 8 o'clock. At Norwich, England, recently, Miss Maria Baker was married to Mr Butcher. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr Brewer, and the clergyman who married them was the Rev. Mr Painter. The Claimant, Arthur Orton, is reported to have reduced himself, by enthusiastically stacking bricks at Portland, from twenty-four stone weight to eleven stone. Two sudden deaths in the football field were reported in England on December 30th. In the course of a match on the Turton Club's ground, near Bolton, Mr C. Duckworth, who was officiating as umpire, fell down dead. The cause of death, it is supposed, was heart disease, accelerated by excitement. During a match at Dulwich, between the Old Blues, of Dulwich, and the Roslyn Park, Norwood, Mr Sydney F. Welsh, the captain of the Old Blues, while running after the ball, was seen to stumble and fall to the ground. Medical assistance was procured, but it was found that life was extinct. The deceased, who was only 23 years of age, was a muscular young man, standing upwards of six feet. It seems that the safety of the chimney at Bradford which fell and caused such loss of life and property was often questioned. The fear and trepidation with which the poor operatives had for some time past gone to their work in the mills was touchingly described by a bereaved mother in her evidence before the coroner. This poor woman, named Hancock, whose son, aged 13, her only source and help, had been killed, said : On Thursday morning he awoke shortly before six o'clock, and, as there was a strong wind blowing, the poor little fellow remarked, " Oh, mother, I don't want to go this morning. There'll be sure to be someone killed at yon place." The mother made answer, " But, lad, this is t : week I've rent to pay, so tha' mun go." The boy cheerfully obeyed, and called "Good morning" to his mother, and disappeared in the darkness of the morning. She did not again see him alive. In answer to the Coroner as to whether the boy had said anything about the chimney previously, the mother stated : "On the evening before it fell my poor lad was at tea, and he commenced talking about the chimney ; he moved his hand backward and forward, and said ' I seed it sway this way and this way to-day.' I said, 'James, lad, don't talk on that way,' and he replied, 'Well, mother, you'll see the chimney down before 24 hours.' I then answered, 'No, lad, master will know better that that, and will never let you work in clanger.'" As this poor creature was. giving this

narrative she broke down more than once, and before she had finished several of those present had to dry their cheeks. A terrible duel took place at Socara, New Mexico, on January 28th, between two Mexicans. The combatants had been paying attention to the same girl, and in order to settle their claims to her they locked themselves in a room and went at each other with axes. The snrvivor was brought a prisoner to Denver. He had chopped his rival in a fearful manner, severing his head from his body. He is so terribly injured himself that he cannot live. The origin of the Order of Odd-fellows is of an ancient date : it was established by the Roman soldiers in camp after the order of the Israelites, during the reign Nero, the Roman Emperor, who commenced his reign a.d. 55, at which time they were called Fellow Citizens. The name of Odd-fellows was given to this order of men (a.d. 75) by Titus Caesar, Emperor of Rome, from their singularity of notions and from their knowing each other by night as well as by day, and for their fidelity to him and their country. 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, Kuniara and Hokitika.— [Advt.]