The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2649, 4 March 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885.

The French lleet has bombarded Chinhai, u seaport city at the mouth of the Ningpo River, in the Chusan Archipelago, nearly opposite to the island of Chusan, and has blockaded the approaches to the Ningpo River. This will very seriously affect the trade of the Ningpo city, which has a population of 200,000 to 300,000, whilst the population of the plsins dependent on the river numbers 2,000,000 ; an extensive coast line is also dependent on its supplies from Ningpo. At the meeting of the Hospital Committee last evening it was resolved by G to 5 to give Dr. Monckton, the present Surgeon-Superintendent, three months' notice of dismissal. A fuller report is given elsewhere. Two members were absent, viz., Messrs Rudkin and Watson. There will be a meeting of the Easter Fete Committee at the Town Hall, this evening, at 8 o'clock. The entertainment for the benefit of the Church of England Sunday School by lady and gentlemen amateurs was repeated at the Theatre Royal last night, but to a comparitively thin house. The grand drama "The Sea of Ice" was produced with better effect even than in its first performance, and the audience was very appreciative. The Kumara Brass

Band kindly gave their services again, and enlivened the proceedings with their excellent strains. The amateurs who took part in the play are requested to meet at the Theatre- to-morrow evening, at seven o'clock. The annual installation of Worshipful Master and officers of the Lazar Lodge, No. 1689, E.G., took place at a regular meeting in the Masonic Hall, on Friday evening last, Avhen the following brethren were duly installed for the ensuing twelve months: —Bro. A. B. Wilby, W.M. ; Bro. Henry Burger, Senior Warden; Bro. William Barnett, Junior Warden ; Bro. Thomas Oonnell, Treasurer ; Bro. John J. Williams, Secretary ; Bro. William Morgan, Senior Deacon ; Bro. George Schroeder, Junior Deacon; Bro. Arthur Williamson, Inner Guard ; Bro. James Valentine, Steward; Bro. Hans Block, Tyler. The ceremony of installation was performed by Past Master Bro. Edward Gibbons, in an able and impressive manner. Mr Joseph Grimmond has been appointed a member of the Westland Board of Education in the place of Mr It. C. Reid resigned. Professor Black, who fills the professional chair of Chemistry at the Otago University, reached Reefton on Saturday afternoon last, and commenced the first of a course of lectures on Chemistry as applied to Mining and Metallurgy the same night, on the following subjects : (1), " Oxygen and Carbonic Acid, and the part they play in Nature;" (2), "How gold came into the Reefs; " (3), " Sodium, Amalgam ; Treatment of Arsenical Pyrites, Stone;" (4), "Alluvialformations;" (5), " Testing and Assaying of Stone for Gold;" (6), Saturday, a popular night, (numerous experiments), "Phosphorous, Will o' the Wisp, Dynamite explosions timed, Phosphorous.burning under Water, Spontaneous Combustion, &c, &c. Tenders are required by the Westland County Council for raising some crate work at Goldsborough. Plans and specifications can be seen at the County Council Chambers, Hokitika, and at Mr M'Whirter's, Goldsborough. Tenders close next Tuesday, at 5 p.m. Ladies should not fail to visit J. Manson, and Co.'s clearing sale. A great reduction has been made in all classes of drapery.—[Advt. ] 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 Now is the time to secure a large parcel of drapery for little money. Genuine sale. J. Mansou and Co.—[Advt.] 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