The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2563, 21 November 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1884.

The Westland portion of the San Francisco mail is being forwarded overland by the Christchurch coacli which left Springtielcl this morning, and will arrive here to-morrow afternoon. Since the reduction in price, the circulation of Hansard lias increased from 109 to 1495 copies.

Between ten and eleven o'clock yesterday morning a fatal mining accident occurred at Maori Creek, by which a miner named John Mounsey lost his life. It appears (the Argus informs us) that deceased was busy at the mouth of the tunnel of " Morton's" claim receiving timber which was being lowered from the terrace by a young man named Morton. While so engaged, Morton, who supposed that all was clear below, slipped a piece of timber, which fell on Mounsey's head, killing him instantaneously. On receipt of the intelligence Coroner Stratford at once proceeded from Grey mouth to hold the inquest. Deceased was an Englishman, and about 40 years of age. The complete returns of the numbers polled by the various candidates for the different ridings of the Grey County are now in. The elections have resulted in the return of all the former councillors. By the returns from Barrytown and Seven-Mile, Cobden Riding, Ryall's majority over Glennon was increased from 13 to 46 ; and by the returns from Blackball, Moonlight, and Lees Ferry, Mr Taylor's majority for the Brnnnerton Riding was increased from 7 to 22, the numbers being

Votes. Taylor 90 Johnston 68 Langdon 2 Informal 3 The councillors, therefore, are—Messrs A. R. Guinness, P. Foley, Jas. Marshall, Joseph Taylor, Denis Ryall, J. M. Clifford, ClementjParfitt, Wm. M'Kechnie, John Warren.

There is no reason to understand (says the Argus), though we do not give the information as official and~ authentic, that Government will shortly transfer Mr H. A. Stratford to Tuapeka, and that Mr E. Wood, Resident Magistrate at Tuapeka, will be transferred to this district to act as Resident Magistrate and Warden. Mr Stratford's departure will be regretted by his friends and those of the public who have been brought into contact with him in his judicial capacity during his stay in Greymouth. The announcement, however, that Mr Stratford is to be transferred from here to Tuapeka has come as a surprise.

The complimentary banquet given to John Bevan, Esq., M.H.R., in the Town Hall, Hokitika, last evening (the Times reports) was successful from every point of view. The attendance was large, about 150 being present. His Worship the Mayor was in the chair, the vicechairmen were Messrs Reid and Richardson Rae. On the right hand of the Chairman was Mr Bevan, M.H.R., and on his left Mr Sodden, M.H.R. The various local bodies were well represented, and a number of miners from Rimu and other outlying districts were present. After the loyal toasts, "Our Guest;" "R.J. Seddon, M. H. R. ;" " The Mining Interests ; " "The Commercial and Agricultural Interests;" "The Chairman," and "The Press," were duly honored and responded to. Some excellent speeches were made, and many jovial and sentimental songs were sung. A quadrille assembly will be held at the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock.

The contract for the extension of the Stafford-Lamplough track to the Kapitea Creek was signed yesterday, at the County -Office, Hokitika. The tenders were as follows :—Accepted : J. Miller, Kumara, £95 4s. Declined :P. Watson, £ll7 10s 6d ; R. Stewart, £IOO ; William Smith, £ll2 10s; W. Caldwell, J 122 4s; J. Bramliall, £195 ; P. Brick, £97 2s ; Seterini, £lO4 ; J. Whelnn, £123 5s ; Hurran, £97 ; Montgomery (informal), £9l. The following is reported on good authority to be the composition of the Greymouth Harbor Board :—The Hon. H. H. Lahman, M.L.C. ; A. R. Guinness, M.H.R. ; R. J. Seddon, M.H.R. ; Messrs Dupre, Kennedy, Sheedy, and Kerr.

At the District Court, Hokitika, yesterday, before his Honor Judge Broad, in the matter of W. C. J. Kortegast. Mr Purkiss, for the bankrupt, applied for an order of discharge herein. The application was made under the Act of 1876. His Honor read the trustees' report, and, there being no opposition by creditors the order was made as prayed. —ln the matter of Austin O'Loughlin, and bankrupt, MiLewis appeared'for the bankrupt, who was examined. Bankrupt said he was a miner at Humphreys. He owed £225, due through sheer b.v i luck and sickness in his family. Order made declaring examination passed.

Messrs J. M. C. Malfroy, Rudolph Hirter, and J. H. Carrie were, on Wednesday last, nominated for the position of Mayor of Ross. The poll for election takes place on Wednesday next. A correspondent of the London Electrician gives the following as an instant remedy for tooth-ache :—" Willi a small piece of zinc and a bit of silver (any silver

coin will do), the zinc placed on one side of the afflicted gum and the silver on the other, by bringing the two edges together the small current of electricity generated immediately and painlessly stops the tooth-ache." The following is a literal translation of an inscription in Greek elegiac verse on a slab of white marble, dug up three or four years ago by the Archaeologist di Cesnola, at Salamis, in Cyprus:— "Phileas, who used to love his life of culture, is gone before his time to the unseen chambers of the dead, having fulfilled his three-and-twentieth year; but his aged parents, who have lost their only hope, mourn for their son for ever brideless ; but do thou, Persephone, place the chaste one in the choir of pious souls." It is remarkable that this epitaph, which must, as containing a prayer to Persephone (the Greek goddess of chastity), be heathen authorship, ends -with so strong an expression of a belief in a post mortem existence. A Somersetshire farmer recently suggested that the following clause should be added to the Litany :—"From priest and from proctor, from lawyer and doctor, Good Lord deliver us !" It is said that glass is gradually beginning to take the place of wood and iron in the construction of bridges in England. The inventor makes blocks of glass which he hardens by a special process. In solidity it is said to leave nothing to be desired. The experiments already made have given surprising results, and the cost is below that of bridges of wood or iron. Moreover, the glass cannot be injured by insects like wood, or rusted like iron. Half Asleep!—"! never," wrote a young lady to a friend, "go to church or lecture but I am half asleep, and I never know afterwards what the sermon or lecture was about." It was a plain case of nervous lethargy, produced by want of action of the liver and digestive organs. She was persuaded to try Hop Bitters, and now she writes: "How intelligent and bright are the sermons and lectures now, and how glorious the world we live in is ! Hop Bitters are indeed a blessing tome." Notice The Brazex Serpent.—Like the brazen serpent that the great Jewish leader lifted high in the sight of the perishing followers, whereby they were saved from death, the discoverers of Hop Bitters have placed before suffering, ailing mankind, a remedy which enables them to fight disease with conquering advantage. See