The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1884.
Yet another chance is offered to the sportsmen and business people of this town to form a committee to organise sports in Kumara for the Christmas holclays. A meeting of gentlemen willing to form a committee for this purpose will be held in the Town Hall this evening, at half-past eight o’clock. It i,- .1; fiil'iilt to nude’ stand whv (here should have been so much lethargy mani-leslf-d. in this mailin' this yen - . Every sticeei-diug year should impioss us with the fact that many new homesteads nave hcini funned in our midst, families are increasing in number; and thne should lie something to keep the 1 itLle ones and their parents, as well as those of mahirer years, and friends all together. Is the father to he separated from his wife and children, the young man from his sisters and sweethearts, or the sterling friend from those whom ho is wont to visit, in the search for seasonable enjoyment and pastime in some neighbouring town? Is the biggest washing of the year—that which has been looked forward to for many months—to be spent in enriching the coders of those to whom men have been all the year as distant strangers? It is not that money will be scarce. It is regarded as a positive fact that more gold will be produced and sold at the banks this Christmas than during any former year since Kumara has been a goldfield. Then why this state of duluess and inaction in providing amuse, meat for (he people who are settled here 1 We have a good Recreation
Ground, quite large enough at present for anything but horse races and grand cricket matches, which are just now out of the question. It is a great pleasure to have some place and time where and when one cau go and make sure of being welcomed, and of having, as it were, all the world thrown open to the family and the visitor. We trust that those persons who have any desire at all to see some really genuine sports got up in Kumara this Christmas will attend the meeting at the Town Hall to-night, and give their time and attention right heartily to the carrying out of Christmas sports in Kumara.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2578, 9 December 1884, Page 2
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