The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2605, 12 January 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1885.

In our report on Saturday of the proceedings at the Warden’s Court on Friday, it was stated that “ the application of Joseph Meade and others for an extended claim, objected to by Isbister and party, M‘Masters and party, and M‘Kenzie and party, was refused.” The last word should have read adjourned.

The news of the death of Mr D. W, Virtue’s daughter, which took place yesterday, will be heard with regret. The young lady has been ailing for some time past, but her decease was sudden. Great sympathy is felt for her bereaved parents. The Children’s Picnic Committee meet at the Town Hall at 8 o’clock this evening, All accounts must be sent in bv 6 p.m.

The special meeting of subscribers to the Hospital, to receive accounts and to nominate a new committee of management will be held at the Town Hall tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.

The admirers of Burns, the Scottish National Poet, who are desirous of celebrating the forthcoming anniversary are requested to meet at the Globe Hotel, Dillman’s Town, to-morrow evening, at 8 o’clock.

Tenders for various works advertised by the County Council close at the County Chairman’s Office, Hokitika, at 5 o’clock to-morrow evening. A sale of live stock consisting of'horses, milch cows, sheep, pigs, fowls, &c., will take place on Thursday next, at 3 p.m., on the premises, at Peart’s Farm, near Old John’s, Christchurch Road. The police received information on Saturday (says the Times) that Charles Bagnal, a farmer at Totara, was found dead in his cowshed, at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The supposed cause of death was heart disease. An inquest will be held at Ross to-day. A bazaar at Reefton, dnring the Christmas week, in aid of the Church of England, realised between £l5O and £l6O. Miss Elizabeth Harris, of the Addison’s school, and Master Maloney, of the Charleston Boys’ School, have been successful in winning two of the Nelson Board’s scholarships.

The Government Insurance Department has taken up the balance of the South Invercargill municipal loan at £4OOO at par.

Newcastle sent 597 tons of coal to New Guinea the other week.

The whites in Fiji number 3000, the native population 110,000. The population of New Guinea is estimated at about a million.

.A Lady’s Wish.—“ Oh, how I do wish my skin was as clear and soft as yours ! ” said a lady to a friend. “ Yon can easily make it so,” answered the friend. “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