The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 2894, 6 February 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1886.

Mr T. R. Connell, the respected and successful agent for many years of the Kumara Branch of the Bank of New Zealand, will leave early next week on a wellearned and well-merited holiday of from nine to twelve months. He is purposing to visit Old England and Ireland, via Auckland and Australia, and we are sure he will have the heartiest good wishes for a bon voyage and safe return of all who have the favour of his acquaintance and of his well-known sterling worth and abilities. He will be accompanied by the Rev. E. A. Scott, who was for some time Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, in this town. Mr W. H. Brown, who takes the management of the branch bank during Mr Cornell's absence, and who has now arrived, was for some time acting as accountant in the Hokitika branch, and as agent at Ross, ami has for the last three years been acting as agent at Charleston. He is highly spoken of by the local paper at Charleston, and in its issue of Saturday last, the 30th ult., we find the following reference in the Herald to him and his departure for Kumara : "A number of business men and others met together last evening at Woodhcad's European Hotel to present an address and testimonial to Mr Walter Hudson Brown, of the Bank of New Zealand, who is leaving the district to take charge of the Kumara Branch of the same establishment. As set forth in the address, the testimonial—a purse of sovereigns was made to Mr Brown as a slight acknowledgment of services rendered to the pnblic by him during his three years' residence in the district, Mr Brown having always been noted for his readiness to forward the interests of our local institutions, in the management of all which ho hold prominent and responsible positions. Mr Brown was also presented on behalf of the public with a handsome bracelet for Mrs Brown, who has always cheerfully given her talented services to the furtherance of local objects. Mr Brown, on behalf of himself and Mrs Brown, thanked the donors for their handsome presents, and assured them that

himself and wifj would not soon forget the happy days spent in Charleston, nor the kindly feelings of the inhabitants of the district towards them. Mr Brown and his esteemed lady will be sadly missed at our social gatherings, but our loss will be Kumara's gain, and we have no doubt that both will soon be as fully appreciated for their social qualities in their new sphere as they have been by the people of Charleston." Mr W. Mason, who was for some time in the Hokitika office, takes charge at Charleston.

To-night, at the Theatre Royal, will be the last opportunity of witnessing the splendid model of the famous Strasburg Clock, from 7 to 10 p.m.

The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon, at the usual hour. The funeral of the late James W. A. M'Ennis, which took place late on Thursday afternoon, was largely attended by friends of the parents from all parts of the country, and to the number of over one hundred were the friends and schoolmates also of deceased, by whom he was so much liked and respected. The Wesleyan annual tea meeting is appointed to be held on Thursday, 25th -March.

In the course of his speech at the luncheon on Thusday, his Excellency the Governor humorously remarked that on the occasion of a visit he paid to the town ofNaracoorte (which is some 220 miles from Adelaide), in South Australia, all the speeches from "The Queen" to "The Press " were got through in twenty minutes. This reminds ns of the remarkably expeditious manner his Excellency travels from place to place. We are told that when he arrived at Hokitika, the authorities were scarcely ready to receive him. The appointed hour for his arrival at Kumara was 11.30 a.m. Thursday ; yet notwithstanding that, allowing three hours for the drive of 19 miles, he started from Hokitika at 8.50 a.m.—twenty minutes after the appointed time, he did the journey to Stafford, ten miles, in 40 minutes. At that township and at Goldsborough the Governor received the school children and gave addresses, so that he must have been detained at least ten minutes at each place ; and he still arrived at Kumara half-an-hour before the appointed hour ; so that the whole journey was accomplished in one hour and forty minutes.

Mr Gerald Dillon's entertainment last night at Dillman's Town was received with universal satisfaction. To-night he will appear at Waimea. Commander Edwin wired at 12.58 this afternoon—" Bad weather may be expected between north-east and north and west; glass fall soon."

The Ahaura correspondent of the Argus telegraphed yesterday that Mr John Reid's sawmills at Ahaura, and the men's cottage, has been destroyed by fire. Win. Evans, a young man, aged 16, employed at the Coal Pit Heath Company's Mine, was yesterday drowned while bathing in a pool of water behind Rocky Island, at Taylorville. The Argus states that he could not swim and walked out of his depth. Messrs Sarjeant, of the Greymouth Navals, and E. Martin, of the Westport Navals, noticing, from the train, the crowd collected on the other side, proceeded to the spot, and with Mr Robert Gregory, dived in for the body, which Avas brought to the surface by the latter, but life was extinct, the body having been immersed for about threee hours. The long spell of dry weather which we have had of late (says the Westport Times) has enabled the iniuers working in the Waimaiigaroa river bed to make good progress, as the river is very low. We are told that one party of three men is getting three ounces of gold per day. The Borough of Napier (says the Telegraph) has a funded debt of £70,000, a bank overdraft of not quite £BOOO, and a revenue of between £IO,OOO and £17,000. The rates are up to half a crown in the pound.

The good feeling shown by the Port Chalmers Fire Brigade (says a Napier paper) is worthy of record. Unforsecn circumstances at the last moment having prevented their team from coming to Napier, they clubbed together and purchased a handsome trophy, engraved on it "An apology from the Port Chalmers Fire Brigade for not attending the demonstration at Napier, and instructed their superintendent (who has come as a delegate) to present it to the committee as a prize to be given for such event as they may decide.

The friends of Miss Rosina Carandini (Mrs Palmer)—and they are legion—will be interested to learn that she Fs at present paying Divnetlin a visit.

The London correspondent of the Lvttelton Times writes .- An interesting letter appears in the Morning Post this week, describing the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The writer

tells us that one of the streams which is passed by the line is named Kicking Horse River. The name arose this way : Dr. Hector, now head of the Geological Survey of New Zealand, and a C.M.G., was sent to examine the Pass through which the stream runs, and report upon it for a railway. Dr. Hector got into trouble with his horse in the river, and was badly kicked, hence the name of the river and the pass. As showing the growth of the bookmaking fraternity, it may be mentioned that the Victoria Racing Club have this year received in license fees from the wielders of the pencil the large sum of £4,420.

The Life of an M.P.—An M.P., deploring the evil effects of London habits on the health, said that were it not for the American Co.'s Hop Bitters he could not live through with the irregular hours he was forced to keep. Said he: "As soon as I feel weak and exhausted from long night sessions and meals at irregular hours, 1 resort to my Hop Bitters instead of stimulants. They regulate my bowels and keep my appetite good, my brain clear, and my strength and health are preserved." See Alcoholic Fatuity.—The chronic debauchee feels that he positively cannot exist without his alcoholic stimulation. To quit drinking or to continue the habit brings death all the same. Such a man can find in American Co.'s Hop Bitters, properly used, a perfect panacea for the drunkard's cure. Read