The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2769, 6 August 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1885.

The debate on the motion for appointing a Select Committee of the House to consider the question of the East and West Coast and Nelson Railway, and to make a recommendation regarding the same, was brought to a close yesterday evening, and resulted in its being lost, on a division, the numbers being—Ayes, 27 ; Noes, 34.

A London cablegram, received at 4.25

p.m., states that the Colonial Federation Enabling Bill has been passed through Committee.

A special meeting of the Hospital Committee Avill be held in the Town Hall this evening, at seven o'clock, to consider a telegram received last evening, from J. Giles, Esq., R.M., relative to the inquiry re Hospital matters. The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council is appointed to be held this evening.

The usual sittings of the R.M. and Warden's Courts will be held to-moi*row ; after which, or at two o'clock, J. Giles, Esq., and Major Kcddell, Esq., R.Ms., will hold an inquiry into the cause of dismissal of Dr. Monckton, late SurgeonSuperintendent of the Hospital, and the aouointnient of Dr. Davy to that position.

The Post Office at Woodstock has been re-opened, at the stove of Mrs Sandiland. In the House yesterday, Mr Guinness, without notice, asked the Minister of Defence what decision he had arrived at in the matter of the inquiry held under the Royal Commission in relation to O'Grady. Further, whether the Hon. Minister would state if the. member for Greymouth, either directly or indirectly, influenced him in arriving at that de-

cision.—The Minister replied that a decision had been arrived at some days ago. The member for Greymouth had not influenced him in regard to the decision. The evidence adduced at the inquiry did not warrant in his opinion the removal of the officer in question. In the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Minister of Mines said, in answer to Mr Seddon, that the Government would take into consideration the advisability of sending some competent person to America to report upon laboursaving appliances, machinery, &c. Commander Edwin wired at 1.37 p.m. to-day : —" Every indication of sharp frost to-night, but glass falling after 14 hours from now."

The Kumara quadrille assembly will meet at the Adelphi Theatre to-morrow evening ; dancing to commence at eight o'clock.

It is reported thst the steamer Napier is aground on a sand bank inside the Okarito harbour.

Tenders for the purchase of the hut, at Mignonette Flat, occupied by the late James Montgomery will be received, up to Saturday evening next, by Mr W. Nicholson, Main street. A Wellington paper says : "Mr Seddon's Mines Amendment Bill has come back from the Goldfields Committee so that its parent can hardly recognise it. Almost the whole bill, after the title, is excised. All respecting the reduction of charge for miners' rights and for business licenses, and the holding of water-races under mining Acts, and everything else of importance is gone. All that remains is a small clause, legalising the issue of duplicate licenses and certificates in cases of the loss of the originals." The Ross Advocate reports:—"A whale about 80ft. long suddenly made its appearance in Jackson's Bay one day last month. The monster appeared in great distress, as he rolled about the bay all day, he would frequently rear himself 20ft. in the air and give vent to loud roars, which would resound through the length and breadth of the settlement and bay."

Mr J. P. Klein announces in the West Coast Times that a new evening paper, to be called the " Hokitika Evening Star," will be published daily, under his proprietorship, the first issue on Monday next. The Times says, '' The purchasers of the late Evening Star having neglected to register the property, Mr Klein has jumped their claim." Matthews, the American boxer, left Gre3 T month yesterday for Auckland by the s.s. Herald. It is understood that he has two matches waiting for him in the North Island, one being at Auckland. The Tidy Housewife.—The careful, tidy housewife, when giving her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are more precious than houses, their systems need cleansing by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels, and she should know that there is nothing that will do it so surely as American Co.'s Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all medicines.