The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885.

Kumara Times, Issue 2870, 15 December 1885, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885.

Cablegrams to-day report that the telegrams which appeared last evening referring to fighting which was alleged to have taken place at Velikizvor are now stated to be devoid of truth, and that latest advices report that at present hostilities have ceased. Latest intelligence states that the Sublime Porte has despatched an Envoy to confer with Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, on the present situation of affairs in Bulgaria, Roumelia, and Servia.—King Thebaw has arrived, a prisoner, at Madras.—A disastrous fire occurred at Plymouth, in Devonshire, on Saturday night, by which thirteen persons, mostly children, lost their lives. The Alameda, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland on Sunday afternoon, two days after time-table date. The Penguin, with the southern portion of the mail, left Onehunga for Wellington on Sunday. The day for opening the grand bazaar in aid of the Catholic Church funds is now announced. This will be on Thursday week, the 24th inst., at half-past seven o'clock in the evening, in the Public Hall, Main street. For this bazaar a very large variety of fancy goods have been in course of manufacture for months past by the ladies of the Catholic Church and many other of their friends, and a large number of donations and presents have also been given. Those who have not yet contributed and may be desirous of doing so are informed that presents and fancy work of any kind will be received by the collectors or stallholders, Mesdames Mulvihill, M'Glone, Galbraith, Wilkinson, Scanlan; or the Misses Monahan, Hannan, Flanagan ; or by the Rev. Father Walshe. We have received from the Greymouth agent of the Union Steamship Company, the " Tourists' Vade Mecum," being a handbook to the services of the company. It will be found of great use to tourists and travelers. The programme is published to-day of the concert in aid of sending a representative team from Kumara to the Fire Brigades demonstration at Napier next month. The concert will be followed by a grand ball. Tickets can be obtained from any member of the Fire Brigade. Commander Edwin wired at 12.49 p. m. : " Indications glass fall, and after 16 hours from now strong winds between northeast and north and west." A rather sad case of father and son being killed by lightning is reported from the neighbourhood of Ballarat, Victoria. John Cook Feuch, 59 years of age, had been engaged splitting wood for several weeks in a paddock. On the day on which the fatality occurred his son went to see him, and judging from the circumstances, both must have sought refuge from the storm under a large gum tree. The fiend stripped bark, leaves, and branches from the tree, and the position of the deceased showed that death had been instantaneous. The elder man had his hands in his pockets, and they remained there when he fell. The crown of the young man's hat was torn completely out, but singularly enough there was not a trace on either body to show how death was caused; neither was there the sign of a struggle or evidence of pain on the men's countenances. The Christchurch Gold Mining Company forwarded, recently, a sample of quartz taken from their reef at Browning's Pass. They have received the following analysis:—"Pyritous quartz for gold : —The analysis of this sample proves that the yield of gold is at the rate of IGozs. lldwts. 12grs. per ton.—(Sigued) James Hector."

Snakes and Tarnation.—Haul down your Flags ! —He is coming ! Babylon is fallen ! Tell it not in Kumara ! 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 Hasselaer ! 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 commenced on Saturday last, December 12th. God Save the Queen !—[Advt.] 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, nexD to the hotel-keepers, have the most pi'ofitable 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

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