The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1884.

Kumara Times, Issue 2588, 20 December 1884, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1884.

Notice is given elsewhere that the pro-perty-tax for the year commencing on the Ist April, 1884, the duty on which amounts to three-eights of a penny in the £ is payable on Monday next, the 22nd inst. Where the duty amounts to £250 or over, the duty may be paid in two instalments, the first instalment being payable on the day before mentioned, and the second on the 2nd February, 1885. The duty on fire, marine or guarantee policies issued by any insurance companies are payable on the 10th March, 1885. The taxes are to be paid at any post-office which is a money order office. Our readers will learn with pleasure that the the Rev. Mr Seaborn who is lecturing for the Government Insurance Department, will; give some special recitations from great authors at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next. We hope to see a crowded house. The agent for Robin Hood's Novelty gramme has only a few tickets remaining on the C. J.C. summer meeting, and any person desirous of obtaining a chance should make application at once. The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon at 3.45 p.m., being detained by the flooded rivers. A qviadrille assembly will be held at the Theatre Royal this evening, at 8 o'clock. A fatal accident (says the Argus) occurred at Rutherglen yesterday, by which a well-known miner named Thomas Walker was killed. So far as we can learn deceased was at work sluicing in his claim, when a slip occurred from the face, bringing down a large quantity of earth and timber, by which the unfortunate man was killed. His mate had a narrow escape from a similar fate. And inquest will be held to-day, and the funeral takes place to-morrow. The deceased was a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and will be followed to the grave by the members of that order. The Tarawera will make the Union Company's excursion to the West Coast Sounds this year. She is to leave Port Chalmers on the first trip on Saturday, January 17th, returning on the 26th, on which day she will again start on the second trip. The fare is £l2. Mr Walter K. Bishop, the well-known theatrical agent and head of the Druids, shortly joins the staff of the Auckland Telephone. Mr Bishop has been nominated a candidate for the Central Board of the New Zealand Government Insurance Association. The prisoner Duane, charged with complicity in the murder of Mrs Sheehan, her son, and daughter, at Castletown Roche, county Cork, Ireland, some years since, has been accepted as a witness by the Crown. The statement that William Sheehan, the son and brother of the victims, has been arrested in New Zealand is premature. The majority by which Cleveland defeated Blaine for the Presidency of the United States was only 37 votes. In the death of Mr A. M. Sullivan, Ireland has (says a leading London journal) lost one of her ablest and purest patriots. Few more eloquent enthusiasts ever crossed the Irish Sea. If all Irishmen were like Mr Sullivan, no one would shudder at Home Rule. But he has given way to men of a sterner and a coarser type, and Mr Healey seems likely to be able to extort by menace what would never have been conceded to the milder representations of Mr Sullivan. In this case also delay has been all loss and no gain.

Never Return.—lt is said that one out of every four real invalids who go to foreign countries to recover health never return, except as a corpse. The undertakers, next to the hotel-keepers, have the most profitable business. The excessive mortality may be prevented and patients saved and cured under the care of friends and loved ones at home, if they will but use Hop Bitters in time. Read

Indigestion.—The main cause of nervousness is indigestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health without using Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the uyytein, g e g