The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2641, 23 February 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1885.

The usual weekly parade of the Volunteers will take place to-morrow evening at the Adelphi Hall at eight o'clock. The monthly inspection takes place on Saturday next, at 7.30 p.m. This arrangement is made by reason of the district prize firing taking place on Saturday, of which further particulars will be advertised.

In the latest Gazette to hand we notice Mr W. Spence is gazetted postmaster for Woodstock; and the post-office at Harcourt's Ferry has been closed. Both are in the postal district of Hokitika. At the meeting at Dillman's Town on Saturday evening of gentlemen favourable to holding a Miners Ball annually, there was a good attendance, a large committee was enrolled, and it was decided to hold the next ball on Friday, the 24th April. The committee then adjourned till next Saturday. Gentlemen willing to act on a committee to be formed for the purpose of raising a fund to erect a memorial to the late Gilbert Stewart are requested to meet at the Town Hall at nine o'clock to-night.

Considerable local interest was manifested in the result of the Greymouth Licensing Bench election. The following was the result of the polling :

F. W. Lahman 140 JohnArnott 127 Andrew Matheson 115 Frederick Austin 105 Richard Boddy 100 These constitute the new bench, the new members being Messrs Arnott and Boddy. The unsuccessful candidates were—

A. Hildebrand 98 John Walton 98 C. S. M'DoweU 79 The two latter were members of the last bench.

From Ist November, 1883, to the Ist November, 1884, ten new planetary bodies weee discovered in our own Solar system, making a total of 244. A New South Wales paper states that Mr D. Proudfoot, the well-known railway contractor, has commenced an action against the Bank of New Zealand. Damages are laid at £300,000. The Dunedin Cup will be drawn on Thursday next. Intending investors in the various consultations should make application without delay. "Robin Hood" informs us that his consultation will be drawn for the full amount, perhaps more. A few tickets can still be obtained of the local agent by making application at once. Miss Baxter, of Dundee, died on December 12, 1884. She gave two steamers for the new Guinea mission, also £150,000 for a University building at Dunedin.

The rough and uncut diamonds exported from the division of Kimberley during October last weighed in carats 202,961|, and were valued at £231,177 9s lOd.

Violin playing has become quite the rage recently among American ladies.

They are now eating a soup in Paris called "pottage a la Sarah Bernhardt." "It is made by chasing a hen through a tub of water," remarks an admirer of soup.

A number of young ladies of fashion in Paris have founded a racing club for the purpose of having races on their own account at least twice a month, and at which all the representatives of the feminine sex between 15 and 25 may assist.

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 Goon 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