The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2817, 1 October 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1885.

We have received from Mr J. C. Schulstacl a copy of a lecture, in pamphlet form, delivered by him in the Mechanics Institute, Singleton, after his return from Soudan. Mr Schulstad acted as a Sergeant in the New South Wales Contingent, and therefore the account of his experiences of military camp life, of bullet storms and the roar of the cannon have an interest of their own, apart from the fact of his parents being resident in Kumara. Commander Edwin wired at 11.55 a.m. to-day:—"Bad weather may be expected between north and east and southeast, and heavy rainfall ; glass further fall. Indications bad." The fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council takes place this evening. It is not an uncommon event for two sisters or two brothers to get married at the same time. But it is a very unusual coincidence, excepting at the times of plague and infectious disease, for such to be buried on the same day. Yet, according to a Cbristchurch Press received last evening, we find that such a sad and unusual coincidence took place last Thursday afternoon, when two married daughters of Mr J. Sandford, of Heathcote Valley, were buried at the same time in the Heathcote Cemetery. Both of them were wives of members of the Loyal Perseverance Lodge of Oddfellows, Woolston, and a large number of members attended in funeral regalia ; there was also a numerous following of friends in vehicles. The funeral of Mrs E. J. Dean left her father's house at the Valley, and that of Mrs G. W. Woodford her husband's house, Bromley, the two meeting at the Ferry road, when the Oddfellows led the procession to the gates of the cemetery, and then filed right and left to allow the coffins to enter. They then formed a cordon round the graves, while the service was conducted by the Rev. Mr Merton, St. John's, Woolston. Much synrpathy is felt in the district with the bereaved, who are well known, Mr Dean having only been married five months, while Mr Woodford is left with five little ones, the youngest only ten months old. The Rev. J. Holland, late of Kumara, is delivering a course of lectures at the Christchurch Cathedral on Friday evenings. The Press states that last Friday evening auothcr large attendance greeted him, to hear his address, entitled "Our Social Duties one towards another." His subject was divided into three parts, viz.: (1) Children's duties to their parents, and parents' to their children ; (2) duties of young men to their employers ; (3) good manners, subdivided into self-sacrifice, self-control, and self-respect. He also, by request, made a few remarks on the duties of married men to their wives, concluding an eloquent and exceedingly interesting, and instructive address by reciting an appropriate poem on "Love," a translation from the German. A fair number of ladies were present. The subject for next Friday is " Turning over a Xew Leaf." The Inangahua Times reports : —" The friends of Mr William Williams, who has been engaged in mining for many years past in the district, will be glad to learn that he is quickly recovering from the injury to the eye, the pupil being severely cut by a quartz chip. At first it was feared that the sight was gone, but under the skilful treasment of Dr. Morice, of Grey mouth, for some weeks, the catas- j trophe was averted; and there is now every hope of Mr Williams being completely restored."

Mr Vincent Pyke, M.H.R., has received letters from the equerries to her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, thanking him for copies of his song "The Old Flag," which he had forwarded enclosed in caskets of native wood to her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses. An accident happened to Mr Henry Marson, on the West Coast road, near Springfield, on Monday last, while he was driving in a trap with a friend. Some portion of the harness broke, letting the trap upset backwards, and throwing both occupants out on the road. Fortunately neither sustained more injury than a few bruises, and, after repairing damages, were able to proceed on their way. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Herald writes:—"l have just had a chat with Mr Bryce, who is going Home by the Kaikoura for the libel case. I tried to dissuade him not to bother his head about it; but he told me he valued his good name more than money, and was determined to clear his character at all risks. He said, "Books never die," and 50 years hence people might read the libel, and cast it in his descendant's faces. He valued the honour of his family name above all other considerations." In commenting on the new Gaming and Lotteries Bill, the Poverty Bay Herald refers to Mr Hobbs, who introduced the measure into the House, as "a narrowminded fanatic, who throughout his political career has made himself a constant laughing-stock to the Assembly by the child-like absurdity of his sentimental ideas on the subject of legislation." Curiously enough, a son of Anthony Trollope, who holds a Government position in a little town of New South Wales, finds himself next door neighbour to a son of Charles Dickens. Good Words —From Good Authority. * * * We confess that we are perfectly amazed at the run of your American Co.'s Hop Bitters. We never had anything like it, and never heard of the like. The writer (Benton) has been selling drugs here nearly thirty years, and has seen the rise of Hostetter's, Vinegar and all other Bitters and patent medicines, but never did any of them, in their best days, begin to have the run that American Co.'s Hop Bitters have. * * We can't get enough of them. We are out of them half the time. * * Extract from letter to Hop Bitters Co., U.S. A., August 22, 78, from Benton, Myers and Co., Wholesale druggists, Cleveland, O. Be sure and see Good for Babies. —"We are pleased to say that our baby Avas permanently cured of a serious protracted irregularity of the bowels by the use of American Co. 's Hop Bitters by its mother, which at the same time restored her to perfect health and strength." The Parents. See.