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Kumara Times, Issue 2630, 10 February 1885, Page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council (adjourned from Thursday evening out of respect for the late Mr Gilbert Stewart) was held in the Town Hall last evening. Our report is held over. Seven tenders for the extension of Third street were opened, and that of J. Stone accepted. There were four tenders for building a tank in Seddon street; that of T. Oliver was accepted. Our first cablegram from Rio de Janiero was received yesterday afternoon, at about two o'clock. It was dated Sunday, 11 a.m., and stated that the New Zealand Company's Royal Mail steamship Tongariro, from Lyttelton, had arrived there on Saturday morning, having passed through the Straits of Magellan. She sailed from Rio on Sunday, at 10 a.m., for Plymouth. The tea meeting and reception to the Ven. Archdeacon Harper, which took place at the Theatre Royal last evening, was largely attended, far exceeding the expectations of those who had the management. After tea, several ladies and gentlemen entertained the company with songs, recitations, and pianoforte music, and the Ven. Archdeacon Harper gave an instructive and pleasing address. The reception wound up with the singing of the National Anthem. The Archdeacon took his departure homewards to Timaru by this morning's coach. Commander Edwin wired at 10.40 this morning—" Bad weather may be expected between north-east and north and west; glass further fall, and much rain soon." The following weights were declared last evening for the Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap, to be run on the 17th March : st. ft). Jersey Lilly 9 7 Restoration 9 4 Volunteer 8 12 Grand Duke 8 4 Wanderer 8 4 Cardigan 8 0 Marie Stuart 7 6 Little Dick „ 6 8 A telegram from New York states that Nettie Horan, a school teacher, committed suicide by poison at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Before dying she confessed that that she had poisoned her father, mother, and two sisters, who had all died suddenly at intervals within the past three years.

It is stated, on the authority of Mr Archibald Forbes, that the present Sir Robert Peel has rim through everything bequeathed to him by his illustrious father. " Drayton House, with all its art treasures, gone to the hammer ; the last racehorse sold, the town house gone, and nothing left but an- insatiable appetite for gambling."

The Life of an M.P.—An M.P., deploring the evil effects of London habits on the health, said that were it not for the Hop Bitters he could not live through with the irregular hours he was forced to keep. Said he : "As soon as I feel weak and exhausted from long night sessions and meals at irregular hours, I resort to my Hop Bitters instead of stimulants. They regulate my towels and keep my appetite good, my brain clear, and my strength and health are preserved." See Alcoholic Fatuity. —The chronic debauchee feels that he positively cannot exist without his alcoholic stimulaton. To quit drinking or to continue the habit brings death all the same. Such a man can find in Hop Bitters, properly used, a perfect panacea for the drunkard's cure. Read