The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2600, 6 January 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885.

The British Channel Squadron has been suddenly ordered to put to sea. The object of this movement is unknown, and the destination of the squadron has not yet transpired. Considerable excitement has been caused in London by the news.

A cablegram this afternoon states that another battle in which six thousand Chinese wore arrayed against the French troops has been fought in Tonquin. The engagement lasted some time and resulted in a decided victory for the French.

General Wolscley does not intend in his march through Soudan and along the Nile to leave any important strategic posts in the hands of the rebels. A cablegram this afternoon states that the detachment of the South Staffordshire Regiment which recently left Korti is proceeding to Abu Hamed, at the junction of the Nile River with the desert road to Korosko. They will thus proceed through Berber, and meet the Camel Corps at Skendy.

Mr W. J. M. Larnach, M.H.R. for the Peninsula, Otago, was yesterday morning sworn in before the Governor as a member of the Executive Council, with the portfolio of Minister of Mines. The ordinary meeting of the Kumara Hospital Committee will be held at the Town Hall this evening, at eight o’clock. The deadlock in the Yictorian boot trade continues, and the manufacturers are now considering a proposal to send to England for a thousand workmen. The two islands, Steers and Calmeyer, which sprang up last year at the time of the Krakatoa eruption, have again been swallowed up by the sea,' while the eruption of the volcano Merapi, in Java, seems to be increasing. The two tiny satellites of Mars, which were discovered by Professor Asaph Hall in 1877, have diameters of less than 10 miles each, and are the smallest celestial bodies known. Cured op Drinking.—“ A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for liquor, that had so prostrated his system that he. was unable to do any business. He was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed all that burning thirst, took away the appetite for liquor, made his nerves steady, and he has no desire to return to his cups.”—From a leading R.R. Official. Read A Lady’s Wish.—“ Oh, how I do wish my skin was as clear and soft as yours ! ” said a lady to a friend. “ You can easily make it so, ” answered the friend. ‘ 1 How ?” inquired the first lady. “By using Hop Bitters, that makes pure rich blood and blooming health. It did it for me, as you observe.” Read