The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2064, 11 April 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1883.

Our cablegrams last evening and to-day are of more than ordinary interest. Mr Parnell has left England on his visit to the United States.—On Monday last the trial of Brady, the first of twenty-one men who were committed charged with the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke, commenced in Dublin.—On Monday also, Sir William Vernon-Har-court, Secretary of State for the Home Department, introduced his Bill for the Suppression of Dynamite Explosions and the Manufacture of Explosives, and the Bill passed both Houses of Parliament on the same day.—The death is announced of Sir George A. Arney, late Chief Justice of Now Zealand, who had for some time been ill.—The burglars who attacked and strangled Maglath, the President of th'j Hungarian Court of Cassation, in his own home, have been captured. The overflow of the Vistula at Dantzig (or Dantzic as.it is often called), has been attended with very serious loss to the inhabitants of that city and the surrounding districts. The Vistula is the principal river in Poland, and is about 650 miles in ;:s whole course. Before it reaches the Baltic Sea it divides into two branches,

the smaller of which turns east and empties itself into the Frische-Haff, and the main stream taking the opposite direction, enters the Baltic at Weichselmiinde, north of Dantzig. It is navigable for large barges from Cracow, or about 400 miles of its course to the Baltic. Being connected with many other navigable rivers the Vistula is a great channel for the conveyance of the corn and timber of Poland, from the interior of the kingdom to the Baltic ports, especially to that of Dantzig, so noted for its pine and deal woods. Still more destructive, perhaps, has been the great fire at Hallorbe, in the Canton de Vaud, Switzerland, where one hundred houses have been destroyed.—Additional troops are being sent to the Metropolitan barracks, and the guards to the public buildings are being increased.—Considerable alarm prevails in the State of Ottawa, in consequence of reported intended outrages. It must be put down to the inclemency of the weather, we suppose, but it was exceedingly discouraging to the enterprise of Mr Willmott and his talented Combination, who had so kindly offered their services in a charitable cause, to find that the total takings at the door of the Theatre Royal up to 8.15 last evening (when the fine comedy "The Guv'nor" had been prepared for performance) amounted to only about seventy shillings. Mr Hesford, the stage manager, thereupon announced that as to proceed would be a direct loss of many pounds to Mr Willmott, whilst no pecuniary benefit could accrue to the sufferers by the late fire, there would be no performance, and the moneys paid for admission would be returned. And, much to the disappointment of those present, most of whom had come from a distance, this was done, and the doors of the Theatre were closed. Owing to the flooded state of the rivers Cobb and Co.'s coach, due here this afternoon at two o'clock with Christchurch and East Coast mails, did not leave the Bealey till 8 a.m., or about three hours after the usual time. It may therefore be expected not earlier than five o'clock this evening. Captain Edwin wired yesterday afternoon that bad weather is approaching from any direction, between east and north and north-west ; with a further fall of the glass, and after sixteen hours the river in high flood. We acknowledge receipt from the Postmaster of the "Postal and Telegraph Guide " for quarter commencing Ist April. Among the principal alterations since the January issue of the Guide may be mentioned the discontinuation of the Greymouth 4 p.m. delivery, and the closing of the post-offices at Granville and Rutherglen, in the postal district of Greymouth. The Guide also publishes the new regulations governing the transmission of telegraphic messages relating to sickness or death, and gives a variety of new matter relating to the ordinary branch of the Government Life Insurance Department. No. 3, Vol. 11., of the "North New Zealand Settler and Land Buyers' Guide" has reached us. It fully bears out the object for which it was designed, viz., "a repository of information of value to the farmer, grazier, dairy man, orchardist, horticulturist, and every other class of actual or intending settlers in New Zealand." On the 24th May the Wesleyans will hold a public tea meeting in aid of the Church Parsonage, now erected, by which they hope to so supplement the funds already subscribed for this purpose that the cost of the new structure may be entirely defrayed. The old London Bakery having been destroyed through the late fire, Mr James Woods, the proprietor, announces that he has taken the premises lately occupied by Mr A. Skilton, known as the Beehive Store, where he will in future carry on the business of the London Bakery. At the inquest on the body of James Forrest, who was killed at Greymouth yesterday morning, the jury, after considerable deliberation, returned a verdict to the effect that the injuries were received through the falling of the crane, and that he died almost immediately. . The Argus relates: —"As there was a good deal of talk yesterday as to the number of fingei's lopped off by the five-ton crane which capsized yesterday, we present the following list furnished by one familiar with the doings of the crane in that particular line since it was set to work here :—Mr Fitzgerald, 2 fingers; Thomas Kearney, 1 finger; Williamßeresford, 2fingers; John Smith, one finger; Mr Schofield, 2 fingers ;- and two other men a finger each." It is worth noticing in connection with the passage of the British King to Wellington, that she left Plymouth on the

same day that the new Orient steamer Iberia started for Melbourne, and reached Wellington four days before the Iberia arrived at Melbourne. The Star says it is intended shortly to give an exhibition of a game of chess, in which the pieces are represented by living persons, in aid of a local charity. Two of the best players in Dunedin will conduct the game. Milwaukee is described as being excited over the arrest of a man who is alleged to have set fire to Newhall House, that caused so fearful a loss of life. His name is George Scheller, and he was the lessee of the bar-room. He was heavily indebted. The expected receipt of insurance money is believed to have been the motive for the crime. The populace threaten to hang him if they can lay hold of him. It is reported that Mrs Langtry, at the end of her American engagement, intends taking up her abode permanently in New York. She has recently purchased a neat estate there. Before settling down, how; ever, she will devote some time to study under Mr Regnier, in Paris, with a view of becoming an actress. The French authorities have decided to assist the English police in ferretting out persons implicated in the Phoenix Park murders and lurking in Paris. A curious advertisement appeared in a late issue of the Liverpool Mercury. It read as follows :—" I lost my purse containing two guineas and a sixpence. The finder can keep the gold if he will return the sixpence, as it was the amount of damages received from the Midland Railway for breaking my leg. The bit of silver cost me £2lo.—George Amesbury." 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 gent, Kumara and Hokitika.—[Advt].