The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2562, 8 September 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1884.

A large number of witnesses;.: proceeded by special coach to Greymouth yesterday afternoon, to attend the District Court civil sittings, which opened there at 10 o’clock this morning.

The Australians’ match with the I Zingaris lias been more decisive this time than when they played this club in 1882. On that occasion the Australians only scored 153 in their first innings to their opponents’ 279. But the Australians made a great stand in their second innings continuing at the wickets for the whole of

the third day, scoring 423 for the loss of six wickets only, and the match was drawn, want of time preventing its completion. The Australians commence a match to-day with eleven of Yorkshire, at Sheffield. A fourth match with eleven of All England is arranged for Thursday next; on Monday the smokers and nonsmokers try conclusions; and this, we believe, will complete the programme of the Australians’ cricketing tour ; and the unnecessarily long cable messages sent by Reuter of these matches will give place to fuller details, probably, of the more important events which are transpiring in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and which are of more general interest, no 'doubt, to most readers.

Commander Edwin wired at 11.47 a.m. “ Expect bad weather between northwest and west and south ; glass will rise soon, but after ,16 hours from now it will fall again with wind backing.” Mr S. S. Pollock paid a short visit here on Saturday. He is about to commence business in Auckland, we understand as an hotelkeeper. His genial character will no doubt soon make him many friends in the great market for the export of the kauri and gum. A telegram from Wellington yesterday says—“lt is understood that Wi Pere, the representative for the Eastern Maori district, has accepted a seat in the Executive Council, to which is attached a salary of £4OO per annum.” Tenders for the several works advertised by the Westland County Council close to-morrow, at 5 p.m.

Tenders for the construction of a waterrace for the Long Tunnel Company have been deferred, and intending contractors need not, therefore, send in tenders until further notice.

The ravages of the kea are becoming more serious every year. In this county, says the Lake Wakatipu paper, “Mr D. A. Cameron, one of the oldest nmholders in the district, is throwing up his run at the Nokomai through the keas, which, if not more numerous, are, according to report, greater adepts at the destruction of sheep. Formerly the birds used to annoy and worry, but now they kill outright. There is not a run which includes mountainous country but is plagued with the infliction, and we are informed on good authority that on one spur alone on a mountain range in the Wakatipu, a runholder lost no less than 1000 sheep during last year.”