The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2534, 5 August 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1884.

A meeting of the Hospital Committee will be held at the Town Hall this evening, at eight o’clock. We regret to notice the decease, at Greymouth, of Mr Edward Butler, Grey County Engineer. “ By his death,” the Argus says, “ the county loses the services of an invaluable officer. This is a fact so well known as not to require stating. He was probably the most known man in the county, and those best acquainted with him esteemed him most.” Mr Butler was born in the county of Kilkenny, Ireland, and was about 41 years of age. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss. Messrs Seddon and Bevan, M.H.Rs., left by coach this morning for Christchurch, en route to Wellington. Mr Menteath, M.H.R. for Inangahua, was to leave Greymouth by this morning’s tide, in the steamer St. Kilda, for Wellington direct, se that the last-named gentleman will probably be present at the opening of Parliament on next Thursday afternoon. Mr Guinness, we observe, has signified his intention of being present at the funeral to-morrow, of the late Mr Butler, Grey County Engineer. The Union steamship Ringarooma arrived at Melbourne, from Auckland, yesterday. The steamship Sorata, from Plymouth, arrived at Adelaide this morning. It is notified by the Commissioner of Crown Lands that sections 357 and 358, town of Kumara, containing 20 perches each, will be submitted to auction at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 3rd September, at two o’clock in the afternoon. The upset price of the sections is £5 each. The circumstances of a fatal encounter between two brothers named Farmer, aged 38 and 25, are related by the Standard. They quarrelled in a public house, under the influence of drink, when the elder was struck by his brother, without retaliation. On leaving, the attack was again renewed, when the younger brother, after almost strangling the elder, severely bit his cheek, inflicting a large wound. The two afterwards, starting about seven yards apart, ran at each other with their heads forward, and came into such fearful collision that they both rebounded some distance. When taken up the younger man was insensible, and he died from his injuries. A very sudden death occurred in the Congregational Sunday School, Paramatta (N.S.W.), on the 21st inst. Mr Charles H. Edgell, superientendent of the school and deacon of the church, was in the act of reading out a hymn when he staggered

back and died almost immediately. The deceased was well known in Paramatta, where he had taken a prominent part in church matters for the past 20 years. Good Resolutions.— At the commencement of every new year hundreds and thousands of our young men—and old as well—form resolutions for their guidance for the coming year. Many keep them, while others break them. To such we wish to give a word |of advice. In order to sustain your determination of leading a better life in the future you should use Hop Bitters, The judicious use of Hop Bitters strengthens, cleanses, and purifies the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and kidneys, and is just what you want to build up and invigorate yourself.—Greenbush Dem. Read The Tidy Housewife.— The careful, tidy housewife, when giving her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are more precious than houses, their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels, and she should know that there is nothing that will do it so surely as Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all medicines. Look for