The Kumara Time. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2794, 4 September 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Time. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885.

A telegram from our Wellington correspondent is unavoidably held over till to-morrow. He states that there are indications that Parliament will close in ten days.

The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council was held last evening. The principal business was the consideration of tenders for firewood and gravel and the striking of a general rate, notice of which is given elsewhere. Mr Jas. O’Connor’s tender was accepted for firewood, and Mr M‘Glone’s for gravel. Fuller particulars will be given in to-morrow’s issue.

A grand bazaar in aid of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church funds is announced to be held in this town during the approaching Christmas holidays. This bazaar has been very long in contemplation, having been previously advertised, and then for various reasons postponed till Christmas, so that now the promoters are very sanguine of making the affair a great success. Particulars will be given soon. There were two lady candidates among those nominated yesterday to represent the ratepayers in the Hokitika Borongh Council, in place of Messrs Jolly, Eisfelder and Ramsay, who retire by rotation. The names of the nominees and nominators are as follow T. Honey will, nominated by J. Lynch and J. J. Breeze, sen., Jas. Moore, by F. Rossetti and W. Perry ; Maria J. Hall, by D. Cullen, and J. Tait, R. Ross, jun., by J. J. Breeze and A_ King; W. Ramsay, by J. Smith and 0. E. Holmes; W. A. Thompson, by Tom Bramwell and E. B. Sammons; H. R. Rae, by W. Perry, and J. Lange ; Augusta King, by J. M‘Death and J. Lange ; J. M‘Goldrick, by B. Dyson and E. B. Sammons.

The new Lord Chancellor of England, Sir Hardinge Giffard, who in future will be known as Lord Halebury, is the owner of a large estate in New Zealand.

“Boaz’s” eleventh Hamburg drawing is now open to the public. As the new Gaming Act comes in force on the Ist November this eleventh drawing will close not later than the 27th prox., and applications received too late will be returned.

A Scolding Woman. —The barbarities fo the ducking-stool for the cure of scolding women, though abolished by law, are now oftentimes practiced by a kind of social barbarity none the less .reprehensible. Women scold only when they are ill. Instead of blaming them we should prescribe American Co.’s Hop Bitters. The entire system will undergo a genial, pleasant change. The nerves will be quieted and ascerbity of word and thought will give place to amiability and affection. Healthy women do not scold or fret. Read

Lady Beautifiers. —Ladies, you cannot make fair hair, rosy checks, and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics of France, or beautifiers of the world, while in poor health, and nothing will give you .such rich blood, good health, strength, and beauty as Mop Litters, American Co.’s make. A trial is certain proof. Sec.