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Kumara Times, Issue 2640, 21 February 1885, Page 2

A late Sydney cablegram states that the total amount subscribed towards the expenses of the contingent for Soudan now amounts to over £15,000. The preparations for the despatch of troops is nearly completed. Commander Edwin wired at 11.56 a.m. to-day : —“ Bad weather may be expected between east and north and north-west; glass fall seven-tenths within next twenty hours.”

Lieutenant Brayshaw of the Eire Brigade, was at the last meeting of the Borough Council appointed a Fire Inspector, and his appointment is now notified.

A meeting of gentlemen favourable to holding an annual Miners Ball will take place at Dillman’s, at seven o’clock- this evening, at Mr T, Martin’s. It has been found necessary for several reasons to postpone the bazaar in aid of the Catholic Church funds till next Christmas, and notice is elsewhere given to that effect. The precise date will be notified on a future occasion.

At the Preston sale yards, Greymouth, on Monday next, Messrs Girdwood, Lahman and Co. will sell prime bullocks, wethers, lambs, and pigs.

Moral Turpitude.— Blame attaches to a jury of intelligent men when they condemn a man for crime whose moral nature has been perverted by indigestion, diseased liver and kidneys. A thoughtful judge may well consider whether society would not be better served by ordering a bottle of Hop Bitters for the unfortunate in the dock instead of years of penal servitude. Read

A Good Account.—“To sum it up, six long years of bed-ridden sickness and suffering, costing £4O per year, total £240, all of which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who has done her own housework for a year since without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it for their benefit.”— John Weeks, Butler. Find