The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2703, 21 May 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1885.

The quarterly inspection parade of the Kumara Rifle Volunteers will take place at the Adelphi Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening, at eight o'clock. Major Webb, Adjutant of the district, will be present. Every member of the company is notified to attend.

In consequence of the severe illness of one of the lady amateurs, the Dramatic Club performance advertised to take place to-morrow evening is unavoidably postponed till to-morrow week, May 29th. An adjourned meeting of the Westland County Council was to be held to-day. The Westland County fund and general accounts for the financial year would be laid before the Council, and there was a long Order Paper to go through. At a meeting of the Greymouth Rifles, held on Monday last, it was decided to take part in the Queen's Birthday parade at Hokitika. The members of the Greymouth Fire Brigade have selected the team for the Queen's Birthday competition, and the team will proceed hither on Sunday next. The Hokitika Brigade will not be represented. Tenders are invited by the Town Clerk for felling, grubbing, and draining a piece of ground on the Borough Reserve for the purposes of a racecourse. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Town Clerk's Office. Tenders close on Monday, Ist June. Tenders are invited for the purchase of iron tanks, truck wheels, &c, now lying in Wilkinson's claim, Larrikins. Further particulars in advertisement and from Mr George Anderson, Main street. The Belmont Viaduct, on the Welling-ton-Manawatu railway, which has been built across a deep gully about a mile beyond Johnsonville, is, according to the Post, the highest wooden viaduct in the world. It is 373 feet in length, and is 172 feet above the watercourse below. It is built entirely of well seasoned kauri, resting on fourteen concrete piers, the one in the bed of the stream having its foundation sunk 20 feet. The main kauri spars used are 14 by 14, each 40 feet long. No less than 212,000 ft. of timber and 35 tons of wrought iron bolts and braces have been used in the work. It is much the largest erection of the kind yet undertaken in the colony, and has every appearance of being perfectly safe and stable, notwithstanding its great height and length. Poverty and Suffering.—" I was dragged down with debt, poverty, and suffering for yeara, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring, which did them no good. I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have been sick a day since ; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with American Co.'s Hop Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will cost. I know it."—A Working Man. Read. How to Get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night, sit too much without exercise, work too hard without rest, doctor all the time, take all the vile nostrums and imitations advertised, and then you will want to know How to Get Well.—Which is answered in three words—Take American Co.'s Hop Bitters.