The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2547, 20 August 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1884.

We are indebted to the Government, Mr MacDermott, and the telegraph operators along the route, for the quick receipt yesterday afternoon of a copy of the Governor’s speech on opening Parliament yesterday. The Hospital new Committee held their first meeting last night. A report will be given to-morrow. The Christchurch coach arrivvd this afternoon, at the usual hour. Mr T. Bracken, late M.H.R. for Dunedin Central, but better known by his writings as New Zealand’s poet and the spirited proprietor of the Saturday Advertiser (now Public Opinion), was a passenger. After leaving Dunedin, and while en route to Wellington, he accepted an offer to make a tour of the West Coast for the purpose of writing a series of articles descriptive of the scenery of this part of the colony. He will therefore visit the principal places on the Coast before settling down in Wellington. He proceeded on to Hokitika, but will visit Kuraara again and spend a day or two, and we have no doubt he will be well received here. He is accompanied by Mrs Bracken.

Commander Edwin wired the following message to-day at 1.25 p.m.:—“Bad weather may be expected between north and east, and south-east; glass fall and after ten hours heavy rainfall. The usual weekly meeting of the quadrille assembly will be held at the Adelphi Theatre to-morrow evening, A meeting of the Grey County Council was held last evening, at Greymouth. No business pertaining to the southern part of the county was brought under notice. A letter was read from the teacher of the Westbrook School stating that the school had been closed on account of an infectious eye disease amongst tne children in the school. The letter was written in June last. Cr. Foley said there were no children ill now.

The Wellington correspondent of the West Coast Times, in telegraphing the proceedings at the opening of Parliament, thus refers to the ladies present“ To the left of the dais the ‘creme de la creme ’ of the upper ten ladies of Wellington were seated, and looked resplendent in the newest dresses of the season, although, so far as natural beauties are concerned, there was not a really handsome woman amongst them. Our Hokitika and West Coast ladies could, in so far as good looks are concerned, give them points. Fine feathers don’t always make fine-looking birds. The best efforts of Mesdames Worth and Rachel could not make the bulk of the Wellington ladies good looking or well dressed, there being neither beauty nor shape to work upon. The galleries were literally packed with ladies, also the seats in the Council next the entrance.”

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