The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1885. HOSPITAL EASTER PETE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2665, 6 April 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1885. HOSPITAL EASTER PETE.

The Kumara Hospital Easter Fete takes place to-day. Preparations for the great event have been going on for some days, and by many ladies even for weeks past, in preparing little useful and fancy articles for sale. The scene early this morning at the Recreation Ground, where the sports are being conducted, was one of bustle and activity. Two booths are erected, one for the sale of liquor and refreshments of every kind, and the other for the sale of fancy articles, live ducks, fowls, &c., mostly if not all, presented by kind friends who wish well to the Hospital. Shortly after 10.30 a.m. the Rifle Volunteers, and several members of the M.TJ. Independent Order of Oddfellows and Foresters, marched from Dill man’s Town, and, headed by the Brass Band, proceeded to (he Recreation Ground, "■’here the Band will discourse music during the clay. A large floor, 36ft. by 24ft. has been laid on tbe ground for dancing. A raerry-go-round has also been erected. So that there will be a variety of ways for young and old to enjoy themselves. The weather this morning looked threatening, but the rain clouds seem likely to be kept to the ranges for the rest of the day proper, and it is hoped there will be a large attendance on the ground in the afternoon. This evening the concert and bull will take place in the Theatre Royal. The prog ramme of the concert is one of the very best published for a long time back. The Brass and String Bands will both be in attendance, under the leadership respectively of Mr Richards and Mr A. Miller; and Mrs Williams will preside at the pianoforte. The entertainment will conclude with a short negro sketch entitled, “The Stage Strnck-Darkey,” which is sure to he productive of much amusement. After the concert a grand free ball will take place; an excellent orchestra—violin, cornet, and piano—has been pro-

vided; therefore all who enjoy a good dance, or wish to see others, will have a splendid opportunity of gratifying themselves, whilst they will have the satisfaction of reflecting that what they may spend then and during the day will be for the benefit of our local institution ; and that for every £1 spent, the General Government will supplement the amount out of the public funds to the same extent. Mr Florence M‘Carthy, who has edited the Grey River Argus for the last four years, has now become a principal in the firm, which will, however, continue to be carried on under its old and present title of Kerr, Arnott and Co. We wish the new proprietary the continued success which the Argus as a colonial journal merits and they deserve. The Pacific Mail steamship Zealandia, with the San Francisco mails, arrived at Auckland on Saturday, her due date. The City of Sydney, with the March colonial mail, arrived at San Francisco from Auckland on the 24th ult., timetable date. Since the fall of Khartoum and the reported death of General Gordon the illustrated and leading Colonial Press have supplied us with such different portraits of him as to give the idea that the great soldier was a sort of Maccabe, capable of wearing a different face to suit his dress. Now, though variety may be charming, it should not be downright unjust; and so we venture to point out that the strength of character and self-reliance for which General Gordon was so remarkable is found in conjunction with a certain phrenological angle as in a portrait published by the Australasian ; and that a coloured picture, in uniform, with a fez on his head, gives an angle or want of angle which would indicate a vacillating weakness, and convey a false impression of the hero it purports to represent. The uniform and decorations we accept as probably very correct. In the petition against the return of Mr Brennan the finding of the court was in favor of the petitioners, 65 votes being struck off Mr Brennan’s total, the true poll being declared as follows : Menteath 210 Campbell 205 Brennan 192 Patterson 142 The election of Mr P. Brennan was therefore declared to be void, and Mr A. S. Menteath and Mr W. Campbell were declared to be duly elected. Costs were given against Mr Brennan to the amount of £163 12s, including £42 professional costs. Professor Black will deliver the first of a series of geological lectures in Kumara on Wednesday evening at the Theatre Royal. The admission will be Is, but ladies will be admitted free. The lecture to-morrow is to be on “ Quartz reefs, how they are formed, and how gold came into into them.” These lectures have been well attended at Reefton, Westport, and Greymouth, and listened to with deep interest. Mr N. C. Muir, Clerk of the Amuri Road Board, shot himself accidentally last Wednesday morning. He is not expected to live. A Dr. Fosse, who has resided at Coker’s Hotel, Christchurch, for the last twelve months, was found dead in his bed last Wednesday. He had gone to his room about twelve the night before, but he did not generally rise before noon, and it was 1 p.m. before his body was discovered. It is not known whether the deceased gentleman had friends in Canterbury, but he is said to be well known in Melbourne and Sydney. The three children of Alexander Fleming, who with Caroline Fleming, awaits his trial on a charge of ill-treatment, were brought before Mr Carew, Resident Magistrate, at Dunedin, on Tuesday last. Sergeant Macdonnell asked that they should be committed to the Industrial School. He stated that neither of the Flemings had yet obtained bail, and he was given to understand from their solicitors that the father had no objection to the application. Mr Carew therefore committed the children to the Industrial School, to be brought up in accordance with the Presbyterian faith. Alexander Fleming, the father, was liberated on bail on Wednesday last, himself in £IOO, and two sureties of £SO each. Mr Colin Allan and Mr M‘outcheon, of Cavershara, were the bailsmen. Mr Dailey, Attorney-General of New South Wales, is suffering from a severe attack of gout. Mr Dailey has received the following cablegram from the agent-general, dated London, 12th inst. :—“The Times, in a leader to-day, speaking of the offer of troops, says that the action of the colonies in this matter has been entirely admirable all through, Nothing has been done.

or said, or left undone or unsaid, on their part, which the friends of the Empire would wish otherwise than it is. Their spontaneous rally round the mother country at one of the crisis which distinguish true friendship from false, gives the lie to many contemptible theories and mean speculations unfortunately current among ourselves.” The backers and American friends of Hanlan marked their appreciation of Laycock’s exertions as trainer of their countryman by presenting him with a handsome and valuable gold watch. The watch bears the inscription, “Presented to Elias Laycock by the American friends of Edward Hanlan.—Sydney, March 7, 1885.” To-morrow, at 12 o’clock noon, in order to dissolve the existing partnership, Mark Sprot and Co. will sell by auction, on the claim, at Larrikins, that desirable mining property known as Alex. M‘Leod and party’s tank claim, being a six men’s double area. The claim will be sold to the highest bidder, without the slightest reserve. Special Telegram from Soudan.— Vance Klaus Hassalaer wishes to state that his father —Mr Von Hon Pidegro Hassalaer—has arrived with a large stock of boots, which he is now offering for sale, and will sell to-night and the following days during Easter.—Vance Klaus Hassalaer has determined to clear all his remaining stock of groceries, drapery, &c., at a great sacrifice.— [Advt.] “ You Don’t Know Their Value.”— “ They cured me of biliousness, and kidney complaint, as recommended. I had a half-bottle left, which I used for my two little girls, who the doctors and neighbors said could not be cured. I am confident I should have lost both of them one night if I had not the American Co. ’s Hop Bitters in my house to use. This is why I say you do not know half the value of American Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them highly enough. ” See