The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2586, 6 October 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1884.

A meeting of the Knmara Miners Association and the public is to be held at the Empire Hotel, Hillman’s Town, this evening, at 8 o’clock. This morning the following telegram was forwarded by the County Chairman to the Chairman of the Goldfields Committee, V. Pyke, Esq., M.H.R., and to K J. Seddon, Esq., member for this district, re reduction in the price of water on the Kumara gold-field, now under the consideration of the House:—“l would respectfully point out that from the exceptionally high prices charged, involving as they do, most serious consequences to the district. It is of most vital importance that the existing charges be reduced. I am convinced the local government department could give proof to a decline of the yield of gold from, and how such opprcsssivc charges boar on, the miners.— P. I) UNCAN.” The parliamentary Goldfields Committee had a meeting this morning, at which some important resolutions were unanimously carried relative to the management of the Kumara sludge-channel and water-race. We are indebted to an occasional correspondent for forwarding these resolutions, which are given in another column. Joseph Jacono, or “Old Joe, the Basket Man,” as he is more familiarly known, had a narrow escape from being run over by Peter Moore’s waggon on Saturday evening. As it was, he was knocked down by the horses and trodden upon, with the result that one or two fingers of his right hand are injured or lacerated, and the left leg injured. The driver of the waggon was in the act of turning, at the top end of Seddon street, and observed Joe, and sung out; but a host of juveniles who were either in or about the waggon, as usual, made such a noise that the warning was fruitless. Jacono through this cause narrowly escaped with his life, as he was pulled out from almost under the wheel. A business notice in reference to this will be found on the next page. Commander Edwin wired to-day at 1.15 p,m, ; “ Bad weather may be expected

between north-east and north and west; glass further fall, and heavy rain within 12 hours.” It is understood that at the end of the session Sir Julius and Lady Yogel will go into the Premier’s residence, Tinakori road, at present occupied by Mr Mitchelson. “Robin Hood,” whose novelty company’s operations on the Melbourne and New Zealand Cups are so well known, writes from Christchurch that the shares are going off very rapidly this year, and a great success is confidently anticipated. A Sydney paper replies to a correspondent’s query thus :—“Hanlan is married. He and his wife are both Protestants. Probably he would be just as fast a sculler professing any other dogma. This is a most peculiar question.” Miss Georgie Smithson had a fair run in the capital of Southland. Fancy making a man a new nose out of the middle finger of his left hand and by borrowing a bit of flesh from his cheeks. This is what Dr, Sabine has just accomplished in the Bellevue Hospital, New Y ork, in the case of a man who had lost his nose through hepuline cancer. To make a new nose of flesh alone would not do, as it sinks into the face, and does not stand prominently forth as a nose should. Consequently Dr. Sabine borrowed the little bones of the finger to make a bridge and septum, and then covering these with a strip cut from the cheek, manufactured an artificial but living nose ! The man is said “to be much improved in appearance,” and to be very proud of his second nasal organ.

Somebody has ciphered up the potato production of the world thus : Cwts. Germany 235,000,000 France 113,000,000 Russia 110,000,000 Austria 76,000,000 United States ... 47,000,000 Ireland 38,000,000 England 26,000,000 Belgium 23,000,000 Sweden 16,000,000 Holland 15,000,000 Hungary 14,000,000 Italy 7,000,000 Norway 6,000,000 Denmark 5,000,000 Australia 3,000,000 Portugal 3,000,000 Spain 2,000,000

Good Words—From Good Authority. * * * We confess that we are perfectly amazed at the run of Hop Bitters. We never had anything like it, and never heard of the like. The writer (Benton) has been selling drugs here nearly thirty years, and has seen the rise of Hostetter’s Vinegar and all other bitters and patent medicines, but never did any of them, in their best days, begin to have the run that Hop Bitters have. * * We can’t get enough of them. We are out of them half the time. * * Extract from letter to Hop Bitters Co., August 22, ’7B from Benton, Myers and Co., Wholesale Druggists, Cleveland, O. Be sure and see. Good for Babies.— “We are pleased to say that our baby was permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the bowels by the use of Hop Bitters by its mother, which at the same time restored her to perfect health and strength.”— The Parents. See