The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2864, 7 December 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1885.

To-day's early cablegrams state that— The Soudanese Arabs made an attack on Friday last on a British ambuscade, but were repulsed, and compelled to disperse, with the loss of fully a thousand men.— In reference to the administration of Burmal), lately captured by the British, Earl Diifterin, Viceroy of India, has stated that it would be a matter of careful consideration whether Burmah should be linked to the present British Burmah, or whether it would b'c better to remodel the late Administration. The counter-pro-posal put forward by Prince Alexauder, of Bulgaria, to the Servian terms of peace have been rejected by the King of Servia. On the one hand, it will be remembered, Prince Alexander demands not only an indemnity, but that the Bulgarians shall occupy the towns of Pierot and Latchar as a guarantee for its due payment; whilst the proposals of Servia were for the mutual evacuation of territory and extension of the armistice till the Ist of January. The Liberal candidates for the British Parliament continue, to triumph, particularly in the farming counties. A message received this afternoon, from London yesterday, states that the Liberals have now secured 311 seats, the Conservatives 244, and the Parnellites 07. There arc returns from 40 more electoral districts to come in*. The elections close on Wednesday next,

A public meeting will be held at the Town Hall at half-past eight o'clock this evening, to arrange for the annual picnic for the children on New Year's Day, and to elect a committee of management. As Mr Burns, of Stafford, was on his way here yesterday afternoon in a buggy, by some accident, of which we have not yet learned particulars, the vehicle went down an embankment and was capsized, and Mr Burns sustained severe bruises. In consequence there was no service at Holy Trinity Church last evening. The death is announced in a cablegram to-day of Mr Jonathan Binns Were, of Melbourne, who in 1881 received the honorary title of C.M.G. Mr Were was Consul, Consul-General, or Vice-Consul in Victoria, for Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden and Norway. It is notified in the Government Gazette of the 26th nit. that the portion of the Hokitika-Christchurch road in the County of Westland described as " From a point 66 feet to the Hokitika side of its junction with the Loop Line Road (near the 17-mile post) to the top of Arthur's Pass (near the 53rd-mile post), distance about 36 miles : all in the County of Westland," shall on and after the 17th November, 1885, become a Government road. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Greymouth, on Saturday, Frederick Edwin Parsons was charged with having, on the 17th November, at Ashburn Ferry Road, near Christchurch, being then the bailee of certain moneys, namely £4, the property of John Meeson, unlawfully appropriated the same. Parsons was remanded, at the request of the police, for eight days, pending the arrival of a warrant from Christchurch. Tenders for the supply of 1500 cubic yards of gravel for the Kumara Beach Road close at the County Council Chambers, Hokitika, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. A preliminary notice is given that a dramatic entertainment will be given for the benefit of the Catholic Bazaar, at the A del phi Theatre, on the last night of the Bazaar, when the sensational Irish drama " The Colleen Bawn " will be produced. Two narrow escapes from drowning are reported by the Times to have happened at Hokitika on Saturday last, one to Walter Trice, son of the harbormaster, who, while bathing, took a fit in the water, and would most probably have been drowned but for the timely assistance rendered by a youth named Keane, who jumped into the water immediately, without waiting to divest himself of his clothes, and managed to get Trice safely on land. Shortly afterwards George Aitken, who was bathing on the beach, was carried out by the back-wash of the breakers. He was rescued by a youth named Alexander Lennie. The Grey County Council having adopted similar regulations to the Westland County Council for assisting prospectors, the following prospecting party has been engaged : Coleman Hynes, Joseph Rose, and Joseph Oliver. The ground selected for prospecting is between the head waters of the Omotu Creek and Welshmans. Some of the Boards under the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Act are applying to the Government to let members' traveling expenses be paid. Mr C. Redwood has named the latest addition to his thoroughbred stock, Small Change, because, he says, after experience at a church bazaar, "Nothing can go faster." A wager match between two local horses, Mr Falla's Mosquito and Mr Hardley's Black Bess, attracted a large number of spectators to the Orawaiti race-course, last Wednesday evening. The Westport Times states :—"Black Bess had defeated Mosquito a few weeks since, and therefore increased interest was added to the l-ace. Mosquito was ridden by G. West, while I. Hardley piloted the other mare. Mr Geo. Mnnro acted as starter, and got the pair away well together. West made the running, hanging on to Bess's quarter during two rounds of the course ; and at the back of the course, coming home, pushed Mosquito, who hotly responded and enabled Mr Geo. Holmes to declare her a winner by half-a-dozen lengths. Both horses were admirably ridden, but Mosquito's blood told." A female patient in the Napier Asylum is evidently determined to rival Dr. Tanner's feat ; for six weeks she has steadily refused all food or drink. The Government, have had a track made, so that excursionists may get to the top of Ngongotaha, Rotorua. The mountain is 2200 feet high. In China a man cannot by will dispose of his laud in favour of any one person, whether relative or stranger. It must be distributed evenly among all his male children without exception.

A terrible accident,- resulting in the death of a young man named Robert Walker, occurred last week at Hender's brick and tile works, near Brisbane. Walker, who was engaged in emptying clay into a shoot which fed the crushing rollers, by some means fell in, and his body passed through the rollers and it was literally crushed to a pulp. An extraordinary passenger recently arrived at Liverpool by the Royal Mail steamer from Africa in the shape of a magnificent lion, of such enormous dimensions as are rarely found in zoological gardens, where lions are generally bi'ed for generations in captivity, and are for the most part small in size and partly deformed. The Liverpool Courier remarks : "As this monarch of the wilderness is still in his younger years, and is likely to grow considerably yet, he certainly promises to be the largest and most beautiful lion ever seen in England. Although so very strong and powerful, the noble beast is as gentle as a lamb, and was the pet of the whole ship, from the captain down to the cabin boy. He hails from Central Africa, and was brought over in a cage the size of a large room. His food on the voyage consisted of 24 sheep and 18 goats. It is 24 years since an animal of this sort was landed in Liverpool." Snakes and Tarnation. —Haul down your Flags !—He is coming ! Babylon is fallen ! Tell it not in Kumar a ! Go ye, fathers, to your daughters of Kumara, and say unto them—Behold the Flying Dutchman ! He who cometh across the seas in a frying-pan hath got fine linen and glorious apparel; needlework fit for the all-glorious within of the king's daughter of the ancient of days. Clothe yourselves, ye naked ! Feed yourselves, ye hungry ! Shoe yourselves, ye bare-footed, at the Great Feast of Vance Klaus Hassjelaer ! Come, all ye, to the Dutchman's Great Gift Auction for your Christmas wants ! And there you will be able to select from a large and well-assorted stock of all descriptions of merchandise. The sale in Kumara will commence on or about Saturday, December 12th. Due notice will be given by Mons. Japardo Francisco po urles veto Polo. God Save the Queen ! Never Return.—lt is said that one out of every four real invalids who go to foreign countries to recover health never return, except as a corpse. The undertakers, next to the hotel-keepers, have the most profitable business. This excessive mortality may be prevented and patients saved and cured under the care of friends and loved ones at home, if they will but use American Co.'s Hop Bitters in time. Read Indigestion.—The main cause of nervousness is indigestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach. No one can have sound nerves and good health without using American Co.'s Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the system. See