The Kumara Times. Publishes Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2322, 6 February 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Publishes Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1884.

Owing to a break in the road, the coach which left here yesterday morning for the Bealey did not arrive there last night, as usual. The coach from Springfield came on from the Bealey at ten o'clock this morning. The Christchurch and East Coast mails cannot therefore arrive till to-night. The Borough election to-day did not excite any interest. The poll will be declared shortly after six o'clock. Dr. Giles received the following message yesterday from Mr Hislop, Secretary for Education, at Wellington :—" Please let it be known that in order to bring the ordinary expenditure for December within the income, Government find it necessary to pay no bonuses for instruction or passing of pupil teachers, and only half committee allowances, while ten per cent will be taken off the salaries of the secretary and inspector." It is understood that Government have forwarded money for the payment of the educational salaries in arrear. Messrs John Hayes, Michael Clancy, William Morgan, Denis M'Cormick, John Caldwell, and Daniel Clarke were yesterday nominated at Greenstone to be members of the Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Hohonu. Captain Edwin wired yesterday as follows : —" Bad weather is expected between N.W. and W. and S.; and glass further rise, but will fall again after 10 hours with wind backing to N.E. andS.E.; indications continue bad and for much warmer weather with heavy rain after 12 hours, and heavy sea." Notwithstanding the very unfavourable weather, Woodyear's Circus was crowded with spectators, both at Ross and Hokitika. At Ross alone, £l2O was taken for admission ; and at Hokitika, of course, there was a still larger assemblage of sight-seers. The Times reports that the company is much enlarged and improved since Mr Woodyear's previous visits to the Coast, there being between thirty and forty performers in the Circus, with about the same number of horses. The company and horses will perform in Kumara on Friday and Saturday ; the agents request that the inhabitants will look out for their entrance into this town. Thomas Maxstead, a miner, was killed in his claim at White Horse Terrace, Charleston, on Friday last.

The Charleston paper records the death by drowning of two of the most promising young men in the district. During Sunday, the sea became exceptionally calm, some youngsters had been amusing themselves by pulling out to sea in a boat, which was entirely unfit from its build to cope with even the slight swell, which in the calmest weather prevails outside the Bay. The last batch of youngsters came in, however, safe somewhere about seven p.m., and the boat was then taken possession of by 0. Woodger and Thos. Hickey, aged 19 and 18 years respectively, against the advice of on-lookers who, we are informed, begged them not to go in the frail craft, and represented to the unfortunate lads the danger of their doing so. However, they apparently had confidence in themselves that they could manage the boat and pulled out, but they had hardly cleared the south head when an alarm was raised that the boat had capsized. Of course there was a rush of people to attempt to rescue them, but there was no boat to be availed of, and they had to make their way over the rocks to get to the south head. Both lads clung to the boat for some time, when Hickey left it and made for the rocks, followed soon after by Woodger. Hickey succeeded in nearing the rocks but could not reach them owing to the drawback, and, becoming exhausted, suddenly sank. Woodger also bravely endeavoured to make for the rocks, but disappeared soon after Hickey was observed to go down. The bodies have not yet been recovered.