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Kumara Times, Issue 2486, 7 June 1884, Page 2

The San Francisco mails arrived by the Christchurch coach this afternoon, which came in at the usual hour, bringing also East Coast and Australian mails. An inquest was held at Noonan's Hotel this afternoon on the body of Charles Klees, who was yesterday suffocated in his claim at the Teremakau. The verdict returned was "That Charles Klees was suffocated through a fall of sand in his race, and that his death occurred accidentally." His remains will be conveyed to the Kumara Cemetery to-morrow afternoon. The funeral of James Wildridge will also take place at about the same hour and destination. Commander Edwin wired at noon today :—" Indications of very hard frost to-night."

Twins—two boys—were born at Dillman's Town last night. The loser of a £5 note last night offers a reward of £1 for its recovery. It was lost between Dillman's and Kuinara.

Messrs Girdwood, Lahman and Co. will sell by auction at Arahnra, on Monday next, prime seasonable bullocks, and a large number of cross-beed sheep and wethers.

"Cissy" writes as "yours affectionately" to the Editor of the Grey River Argus—" Sir—Are we to have any assemblies this winter 1 I have asked ever so many gentlemen, but they know nothing about it. Don't you think we girls might venture on Leap Year assemblies if the gentlemen do not move in the matter?"

Mr Archibald Forbes is writing a life of "Chinese" Gordon, which will be published shortly.

"Jem Ward," the once famous pugilist, has died in the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum at the age of 84. Like his profession, " Jem had long since come down in the world, and just as the modern breed of degenerate prize-fighters are leaving the Old World, for the New, the old bruiser has left the world altogether. 'His staying powers, however, have been truly remarkable, but though he knocked so many

"out of time," writes a facetious contemporary, Old Time has knocked him out at last. May he and his profession both slumber undisturbed. 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 to us 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