The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2661, 18 March 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1885.

Special telegrams to the Press Association statu that pacific assurances have been received in London from the Czar in regard to Afghan affairs ; and that the Czar writes to the Emperor of Cermany that he does not think the Afghanistan difficulty will threaten peace. The St. Petersburg journals also are writing on the subject in a very pacific tone. After the meeting of the Hospital Committee last evening, the Hospital Fete Committee held a meeting, at which the concert sub-committee submitted their programme, for the entertainment and ball, which was adopted. Messrs Fitzsimons and Rudkin were appointed to canvass Seddon street for sports money, and the canvassing of Main street for the same purpose was left to Mr Ziegler. A special meeting of the Westlaud Board of Education was held at Hokitika last evening, to allocate the building grant; present—Mr R. J. Seddon° (chairman), Messrs M'Whirter, Rose, Jack, Rae, and Mueller. After a great deal of discussion (the Times reports) it was resolved to call for tenders for painting the Kumara school-house and teacher's residence, Arahura Road school and teacher's residence, Kanieri school-house, Ross school-house, and Donohue's schoolhouse, It was also resolved to call for

tenders for additions to Stafford school house, for removing school-house at Upper Crossing, Arahura, for teacher's residence, Ross, for removal of Gillespie's school-house and Arawata School. The meeting terminated at a late hour. Don't Starve !—Vance Klaus Hasselaer will sell on Saturday night next, a large and assorted stock of groceries, consisting flour, rice, and oatmeal, tin fish of every sort, pickles, sauces, tea, sugar, coffee, spices, blue, starch, household soap, blue mottled soap, brown Windsor soap, and glycerine bar soap, kerosene, matches, and several other various lots.—[Advt.] 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