The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2483, 4 June 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1884.

The Licensing Committee for the Borough of Kumara met for their annual meeting at the Court House to-day at noon. All the members were present, viz., Mr W. Nicholson (Chairman), and Messrs J. O’Hagan, M. Maloney, H. Burger, and J. Hannah. On the name of the first applicant, William Hanna, being called, Mr D. Hannan, on behalf of several licensees, asked for an adjournment of the Court till the 14th inst., to give applicants a little more time. The Bench signified their willingness to comply with the application. Mr Seddon applied that if evidence were required it might be taken now, to save applicants again coming to Court. The Bench stated that as there wer no objections lodged against applicants for renewal of licenses attendance was not necessary in their case ; it would only be required of persons applying for a new license. The Court was then adjourned till Saturday, the 14th inst., at 11 a.in. Mr Seddon, M.H.R., gave the last of his presessional addresses to his constituents at the Theatre Royal, Kumara, last evening. The attendance was not so numerous as on former occasions: but this was probably owing to the coldness of the weather, or to the fact that he had already addressed many of the same electors at Dillman’s only a few days ago, and two or three lengthy reports of his presessional utterances had but recently appeared in the local papers. His Worship the Mayor (D. Hannan, Esq.) occupied the chair. Tlie best of order prevailed throughout. No questions were asked. On the motion of Mr G. Stewart, seconded by Mr S. S. Pollock, a vote of confidence was unanimously carried. A fuller report will be given in another issue. Mr Seddon leaves for his parliamentary duties at Wellington by next Friday morning’s coach. The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon. Miss Dargon, the elocutionist and dramatic artiste, who comes to the Coast to give some of her drawing-room entertainments, was a passenger. She was accompanied by her agent, Mr Walter K. Bishop, who in the early days of Kumara was financial manager at this office, Mr Denniston, of Dunedin, who is on a visit to see the coal workings of Kanieri, was also a through passenger to Hokitika, bliss Dargon proceeds to give an entertainment in Hokitika, and purposes visiting Kumara some time next week for the same purpose.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before D. Hannan, Esq., and J. O’Hagan, Esq., J.Pfe., Ah King and Cong Fue were charged with the larceny, on the 31st May, of some gold dust, valued at £3, from a claim at Limestone, near Marsden. Sergeant Russell appeared to prosecute. The gold dust was represented to be the property of Ah Sing, Ah Shung, and Ah 3A>y. The evidence was of a- lengthy, complicated, and con-

tradictory nature. It was, however, proved that the two accused held equal shares in the claim with the three prosecutors, and that they still held the shares. The Bench being of opinion that the evidence for the prosecution disclosed a partnership existing between Ah King, Cong Fue, and the three prosecutors, they had no jurisdiction in the matter. The case was therefore dismissed on its merits. We understand the gold was equally divided by the interpreter. The annual Loyal Orange ball and supper will take place on Friday, the 11th July.

Commander Edwin wired at noon today ;—“lndications of hard frost tonight.” We are informed that Louis Lousich is much better, and that Dr. Monckton thinks he will be out of all danger soon if the Hospital can be kept quiet and free from visitors for the next few days. Tenders for six months’ supplies of groceries and provisions, bread, butcher meat, milk, and wines and spirits, to the Kumara Hospital are required to be sent to the Secretary, Mr L. J. Spyer, on or before Tuesday, the 16th inst. ; also for undertaking funerals, and also, for certain quantities of firewood.

A most painful and distressing accident (the Argus reports) happened at Taylorville yesterday afternoon. Wm. Marney, employed by the Brick and Timber Company, was engaged in lowering a truck of timber down an incline by means of a rope round a tree, a common method in such work. By some means he got his fingers jammed rather badly between the tree and the rope, and while smarting under an agony of pain he accidentally got his leg caught in the rope and was drawn round the tree as the truck was being lowered. The result was that he sustained a compound fracture of the left leg below the knee. When extricated from the dangerous position in which he was placed, it was found that the bones of the leg were protruding through the flesh, which was much torn and bruised. Dr. Morice was at once sent for, and was in attendance on the sufferer with the least possible delay. Under his direction, Marney was removed to the Hospital, where he now lies. The extent of his injuries will be better known to-day, when the course of treatment to be adopted will be decided upon. Marney has a wife and family. Charles Evans, also known as “Piccolo Charley,” after a short sojourn in Kumara, appeared before Mr Bird, on Tuesday morning at Greymouth, on a charge of drunkenness, and was fined ss. The Otago Daily Times states that on Monday last a hawker, whilst traveling along the road to Cardrona, near Lake Wanaka, lost his purse, containing over £B9. It was found by a Chinaman, and faithfully returned to its owner the same day. A Wise Deacon.— ■“ Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doctors running tons so often.” “Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time, and kept my family well, and saved large doctors’ bills. Four shillings’ worth of it kept us all well and able to work all the time, and I will warrant it has cost you and most of the neighbours £lO. to £IOO apiece to keep sick the same time. I fancy you will take my medicine hereafter.” See

We believe that if every one would use Hop Bitters freely there would be much less sickness and misery in the world, and people are fast finding this out, whole families keeping well at a trifling cost by its use. We advise all to try it. Read