The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2751, 16 July 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1885.

The Munster Bank (Limited), a cablegram announces, has suspended payment. The head office is at Cork, and it has branches in 42 towns, principally in the south of Ireland. The London agents are the Union Bank of London, and the National Provincial Bank of England. Tenders for the Napier Harbour Board loan of £300,000, at 5 per cent., were opened on Monday. The total amount of the tenders, the minimum for which had been fixed at par, was £1,300,000, or more than four times the amount required. Commander Edwin wired at noon today :—“Every indication of hard frost W-uight, ”

A complete list of the Mercantile Marine steamers taken over by the British Government as armed cruisers, gunboats, and tugs, is published by the Liverpool Weekly Mercury, of the 9th May, which has been kindly lent us for perusal. The total number of vessels chartered is 135, with a registered tonnage of close on 300,000 tons, and a carrying capacity of more than 400,000 tons. It is estimated that the amount paid by the Government for the hire of these steamers is at least £200,000 per month. With such a fleet what chance could twenty or thirty Russian cruisers have ? In the Chambers in the Westland District Court, Hokitika, on Saturday last, an application by Thomas Reynolds, of Kumara, miner, under “The Adoption of Children Act, 1881,” to adopt Claude Henry Henham was granted. Mr Park for applicant. The Registrar-General estimates the population of New Zealand at the beginning of the current year as 608,401 persons, viz., 331,035 males, 277,506 females. It is understood that a member of the House has received a letter from Sir John Hall, in which he expresses his intention of returning to the colony in about three months, and of re-entering politics upon his return. At the adjourned meeting, yesterday, of the Grey County Council, a letter was read from the Westland County Council on behalf of Reuben Waite, asking if the Council was prepared to contribute anything towards the maintenance of Reuben Waite.—lt was pointed out by the Chairman that the only power the Council had to do as requested was on behalf of a person or persons residing within the county.—Cr. Warren said that Mr Waite had not resided in the county for the last seventeen years, and moved that the clerk be instructed to inform the Westland County Council that it would be contrary to the act to render him any pecuniary assistance in the circumstances. This motion was carried.—A letter from the secretary of the Greenstone Cemetery Committee in relation to the cemetery was received. Matthews, the American boxer, is now in Hokitika in search of more foes to * ‘ knock out. ” He has already vanquished some eight or nine of the best boxers in New Zealand. Mr John Sheedy advertises :—“Matthews has a standing challenge to knock any man in New Zealand out of time in four three-minute rounds, with full-sized boxing gloves. I am not 11 stone, and will meet him under the above challenge for £2O, within ten days. A reply to this will oblige.” To this Matthews publicly replied:—“l hear there are several boxers very anxious to meet me, or at least to stand four rounds before me. It is not a very difficult thing to stand four rounds, that is, if the man goes to stand four rounds, not with the intention of fighting his opponent, which, I believe, is the intention of Mr Sheedy and Mr O’Neil. I shall not attempt to knock either of them out in four rounds, but I will fight either to a finish, or I shall fight both the same evening in the same ring, with one half-hour’s spell after the fii’st battle, and if I fail to defeat both, I lose the match. Stakes from £lO to £IOO, or for gate money alone. Man and money to be found at the Club Hotel, Hokitika.” Sheedy replied—“l am willing to meet Matthews, as my challenge read, namely, four rounds, and not to a finish, specially provided with soft gloves.” It is understood that a Ross boxer is anxious to meet Matthews. The Kumara quadrille assembly will meet at the Adelphi Theatre to-morrow evening ; dancing to commence at eight o’clock. The Wellington correspondent of the Press writes on July 13:—“News has just been received that Mr M‘Kerrow, Surveyor-General of New Zealand, has on the motion of Colonel Tupman, been unanimously elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. It will be remembered that Colonel Tupman was in charge of the English Transit of Yen us Observation Party in New Zealand in 1882, and Mr M'Kerrow was in charge of the New Zealand Government observation. I hear that several distinguished astronomers are likely to visit New Zealand to view the great solar eclipse next September, and among these will, it is understood, be Mr Ellery, the GovernAstronomer for Victoria, and Mr Russell, Government Astronomer for Now South Wales. Important Notice. Mr Yon Don Fidegron begs to thank the people of Kumara and surrounding district for their support since his arrival, and wishes to notify that he has received a fresh consignment of Boots from the manufacturers, which will bo sold at. very low prices. For example : —Ladies Prunellas, &s per pair ; Men’s Balmorals, from 12s Gd ; Ladies’ best Kid Boots, 12s 6d; Ladies’ high-legged Usj Gents,

elastic side Boots, best quality, 15s; Children’s and Maids’ Kid Boots in great variety. Also, a ton of Woods’ superfine flour. The sale will last only a few days. Note the address, Main road, Kumara. A Rattlesnake’s Bite. —The quick venom of the rattlesnake has not killed so many people as the more insidious but deadly poisons found in the. air of foul rooms. The aeration of the blood by the lungs becomes impossible sometimes, and the failing health, growing weakness, and loss of appetite are harbingers of approaching death. For such cases Hop Bitters are the potent and all-powerful remedy to drive all fevers out of the system, purifying the blood, and giving a new and happy lease of life. Get Genuine. £IOO Reward. —They cure all diseases of the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and kidneys, and £IOO will be paid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them—Hop Bitters. Genuine only made by American Co.