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Kumara Times, Issue 2702, 20 May 1885, Page 2

In yesterday's issue we inserted a paragraph stating that "Gilbert Stewart's Hotel has changed its proprietary, Messrs Burger and Orams being the new lessees or landlords." The information was given to us by a respectable townsman, of whose word we had no doubt, and from further conversation on the subject afterwards the report seemed to be substantiated. After the issue of the paper we were very soon informed by Mr Orams that the paragraph alluded to was quite erroneous. We thereupon cancelled all our exchanges and post papers, and took all possible means to suppress the information as far as we were concerned. Mr Orams, in a letter, gives the rumour an unqualified denial, and we trust this explanation will be satisfactory to Mrs Stewart, for whom we have always entertained the highest respect, with good wishes that the business so successfully conducted by her late husband may continuee to prosper under Mr Orams for Mrs Stewart and family's material benefit. We are pleased to learn that the price of gold has been raised by the banks to what it was before the war scare ; so from yesterday £3 10s is the standard price on the coast. The Cln-istchurch coach left the Bealey this morning at the usual hour, and arrived here at half-past three o'clock. Commander Edwin wired to-day at 11.57 a.m. :—" Bad weather may be expected between north and east and southeast ; glass further fall, and within 12 hours heavy rainfall." At the first ordinary meeting in the financial year of the Benevolent Society, held in the Town Hall last evening, W. Barnett, Esq., was unanimously re-elected Treasurer and Secretary. The passing of several accounts for payment was the only other businrss. The Westland County Council after providing for all their recent heavy expenditure up to the end of April, and making provision for the payment of the May accounts, were yesterday enabled to place a sum of £3OOO on deposit for three months. The Kuiuara quadrille assembly will meet at the Adolphi Theatre to-morrow evening. Dancing to commence at eight o'clock. The degradation of women among socalled civilised nations probably reaches the lowest depth in Saxony. The American Consul at Dresden, in a recent report to the .State Department, gave a graphic picture of one phase of life in Germany in the following language;—"l haye

heard it estimated that women and dogs, harnessed together, do more hauling than the railroads and all other modes of conveyance of goods united. Hundreds of small waggons can be seen every day on all the small roads leading to and from Dresden, each having a dog for the c near horse'harnessed, while the 'off horse' is a woman, with left hand grasping the waggon-tongue to give direction, and the right hand passed through a loop in a rope which is attached to the axle, binding her shoulder. Thus harnessed, woman and dog trudge along together, pulling miraculous loads in all sorts of weather."