The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1883.

Kumara Times, Issue 2097, 21 May 1883, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1883.

The Committee of the Prospecting Association will meet to-night at the Town Hall. It is very desirable that there should be a full attendance of members as it will be proposed to arrange a definite principle for carrying out the objects of the association, relative to the mode of prospecting and subsidising prospectors. The contract for the construction of the Taipo bridge was signed to-day, Messrs Charles Browne and Robert John Howe being the successful tenderers. The price is £2186 2s, which is for the woodwork and erection only. The iron cylinders are provided by the Government. The amount of the other tenders has not yet transpired, but we understand there was only £BO between this and the next lowest tender. The Secretai’y of the Hospital begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of £1 10s from Mr E. Blake, it being a balance left in his hands belonging to the Licensed Victuallers Society. The Kumara Rifle Volunteers will parade at the Drill Shed, to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock, to make preparations for the Queen’s Birthday Parade at Hokitika. All members are requested to be present. It appears from our Australian files, which are more explicit than the cablegrams we received, that Timothy Kelly was put on trial three times, the first two juries disagreeing. The first trial lasted three days, commencing on Thursday, April 19. On Saturday, the 21st, the jury announced that they were unable to agree upon their verdict. They were accordingly directed to be locked up until Monday, when, being still divided in opinion, they were discharged and a new trial became necessary. The second trial commenced on Tuesday, the 24th, and on the Thursday following, the jury again signifying that they were unable to agree, were ordered to retire till the following Monday, to reconsider the evidence. Being still unable to agree, they were discharged. The third trial commenced on Monday, the 7th May, and on the Wednesday evening following, the third jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. The Malnnapua left Wellington pn Saturday afternoon last, and is expected to arrive at Greymouth to-morrow morning. The funeral of the late James Black took place at Greymouth yesterday afternoon. The cortege asasembled at 3.30, a rather late hour, otherwise the attendance might have been larger. As it was the

Argus says :—“The procession was one of the largest ever seen in Greymouth, even in its most prosperous times, when the population was larger. The Masonic brethren assembled in great strength, and altogether there could not have been fewer than 200 by the time the cortege reached Sawyer’s Creek bridge.” The Timaru Herald puts down Mr Shaw’s victory over Mr Wakefield for Inangahua entirely to the influence exerted on his behalf by the Government. It says ; —“The constituency were plainly given to understand that the favours they should receive from the Ministry would depend entirely on their supporting Mr Shaw, and the electors, on the other hand, making their terms quite unreservedly with the Ministry. Mr Shaw himself made no disguise of his relations with the Government, but frankly informed the electors that if they returned him he would get large grants and subsidies, whilst if they returned his opponent they would get nothing. With reference to one particular mining enterprise, the promoters of which were supposed to command 50 votes, he telegraphed from Wellington that the Minister of Mines had sent for him, and that terms had been arranged highly satisfactory to the shareholders. This telegram was immediately published by his supporters, and no doubt had the desired effect. On his arrival in the district the Ministerial candidate everywhere proclaimed himself as the authorised dispenser of Government favours, and made the most lavish promises on the strength of his position. It is needless to say that in a goldfields constituency, dependent on the Government for almost everything, he commanded from the outset a numerous and constantly-increasing-following.” 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.—[Acyr].