The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2633, 13 February 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1885.

The fall of Khartoum, and with it the sad fate of General Gordon and his adherents, is now followed by another great loss to the British in the death of MajorGeneral Earle, and Colonels Eyre and Cavaye, in a severe engagement with the Mahdites, opposite Bucka, on the Nile. Colonel Brackenbury has assumed the command of General Earle's column.

To-night, at the Adelphi Theatre, the Kumara Amateur Dramatic Club will give a performance for what must be regarded as a most charitable purpose, viz., to assist a poor woman, with a family of five children dependent upon her for their daily bread, the means of subsistence, and, if possible, to join her friends in Otago. The American sensational drama, entitled "Dred, a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp," will be performed on the occasion, and a glance at the cast of the various characters should be an assurance that the drama is to be well put on the stage. Then there will be a strong orchestra, and numerous auxiliaries to assist. The doors will open at half-past seven o'clock, and the curtain rise at eight.

An' alluvial miner, named Godfrey Hoffer, who has been mining on the Buller river, five miles above the Lyell, for some time past, met with a rather serious accident on the sth inst., by which one of his legs got fractured just below the knee. Hoffer was working by himself at the time and it is supposed a boulder from the face must have caused the injury. No one being near, the unfortunate fellow crawled through the bush, and up the terrace on to the road, where he was observed by someone passing ; word was sent round, and soon there were willing hands to carry him into the township. The sufferer was taken to the Westport Hospital by boat, at daylight next morning.

One hundred and three individuals or firms in Christchurchhave guaranteed £25 each towards the expenses of placing the East and West Coast Railway project on the London market.

English postage stamps may now be obtained at the General Post-office, the chief object being to afford facilities to persons desiring to send home small remittances in stamps.

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 H>p Bitters instead of stimulants. They regulate my towels and keep my appetite good, my brain clear, and my strength and health are preserved." See