The Kumara Time. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2797, 8 September 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Time. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1885.

The weather being favourable, to-mor-row, at about a quarter before 7 o'clock in the morning, persons so inclined will be enabled to see the commencement of the total eclipse of the Sun, by the Moon, thejlatter body happening, on occasion of its revolution round the Earth this month, to pass in a direct line between us and the Sun. There is nothing extraordinary in the circumstance, only that though the eclipse will be seen as a partial one over a large portion of the Earth's surface, totality or the dark shadow will only be visible in a belt of country 114 miles broad across the two islands of New Zealand on either side of Cook Strait, being the only inhabited land where the eclipse will be seen as total, and where, if the weather be unfavourable, there will be total darkness from GO to 100 seconds. In Kumara, and all places on the West Coast, south of Karamea—or to be more exact below latitude 41° 31' S. —the Sun will bo seen eclipsed to the extent of fifteen-sixteenths of its whole disc as usually presented to view on the Earth. According to Commander Edwin to-day, the weather is not very promising ; and if it be unpropitious to-morrow morning, of course we shall see nothing unusual, except that it may be a little darker than usual between 8 and half-past 9 o'clock. As far as our experience goes, the weather lias nearly always been favourable in New Zealand for observing eclipses of the Sun and Moon ; and all we can hope for is that it will be so to-morrow morning. Commander Edwin wired to-day, at 11.4(5 a.m. —" Dad weather may be expected between west and south, and south-east, with much colder weather, and rain. Indications are bad." The German corvette Augusta, whose loss while on the voyage to Australia with reliefs for the German men-of-war on the station, was briefly alluded to in a cable which appeared in our issue of the 26th nit., was a composite vessel of 1825 tons. Her displacement was 1300 horse-power, and her speed 14 knots. She carried 10 guns. She was built in France in 1800 for the Government of the United States, but was afterwards sold to the German Government. Her ordinary crew consisted of 2.°.S officers and men, but ou this voyage she would have about 200 or 270 men, of whom 230 perished.

The third tussle between Miller and Donald Dinnie for the championship of Australia resulted this time in favor of the latter. In the "side hold'' style Dinnie had his opponent in trouble from the start and in seven minutes threw him fairly and squarely. In the Gneco Roman bout Miller, after seventeen minutes play, threw Dinnie with perfect ease. In the Cornish style Dinnie at once showed superiority and threw Miller in eighteen minutes. In the catch-as-can style Miller, after a tussle lasting twentythree minutes, turned Dinnie right over. The final bout was the Scotch style, and after three vain attempts Dinnie succeeded iu pinning his opponent to the

floor for the requisite twenty seconds, and, amidst great applause, was declared the victor.

O'Loughlin (the Argus reports) has not been long behind Hunt in coming down with his second instalment of the stake for which they are to run, as yesterday he handed over another £25, which was duly paid into the Bank of New Zealand. The draughts match between Nelson Creek and Brunnerton for the conquering game was played on Saturday afternoon at Jones's Terminus Hotel, and resulted in the Brunner team still holding the belt. The scores were as follow :—Brunner won 19, Nelson Crsek won 17, draws 2.

The Dillman's Town quadrille assembly will be held at the Empire Rooms tomorrow evening, at eight o'clock.

The Melbourne Punch recently issued a caricature of "an unfortunate civil servant" in the General Post Office there named Browne, who, "at his own request, on the ground of incapacity," was removed from the dead-letter to the mail department. The picture represented a man standing against a wall with his tongue hanging out and affixed the superscription : —" Why should Mr Browne be sacked 1 Every man has his use. Let him stand outside the General Post Office and hang out his tongue for people to wet stamps on." Mr Browne, who, in the meantime, had been "removed from the service," thereupon sued Punch for £250 damages, but the verdict was in favor of the paper.

Mr Joseph Tilden, a well-known San Franciscan, and recently manager of the hotel at Honolulu, 5.1., was burned to death on July 6th in a fire that destroyed one of the hotel cottages. Mr R. C. Creighton, formerly of New Zealand, now editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, was a co-inmate of the cottage, but fortunately was absent at the time of the burning. His loss was confined to household effects. 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 .xeprehenslble. 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

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