The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2658, 16 March 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.

A smart shock of earthquake was felt on Saturday night shortly after 11.30 p.m.—the exact minute between that and 11.35 p.m. being an open question. It was preceded by a rumbling noise. Chandeliers, mantel-piece ornaments, bottles, and kitchen crockery, by their swinging or jingling, added their testimony to the under-ground shake, which seems to have been more generally observed than any of the shocks which have taken place lately. It lasted from ten to twelve seconds, several persons experiencing the usual sensation of giddiness. The direction seemed to be, as on the last noted occasion, from west to east. The ordinary meeting of the Hospital Committee will be held at the Town Hall to-morrow evening, after which the Fete Committee will meet for business. All accounts against the Westland County Council, up to the 28th February last will be paid to-morrow, Tuesday. The Sydney Jockey Turf Club’s annual consultation on the Adelaide Cup, to be run on the Flemington race-course, Melbourne, on the Tth May, is now open. Skill in the Workshop.— To do good work the mechanic must have good health. If long hours of confinement in close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let him at once, and before some organic trouble appears take plenty of Dr. Soule’s Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuvenated, his nerves strengthened, his sight become clear, and the whole constitution be built up to a higher working condition. Read