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Kumara Times, Issue 2902, 16 February 1886, Page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Hospital Committee will take place this evening, at the Town Hall, at 8 o'clock. To-morrow evening a course of Mission services will be commenced in Holy Trinity Church, to be continued daily till and including Monday, the 22nd inst. They will be conducted by the Revs. C. Bodington and G. E. Mason, two clergymen who have come out to New Zealand expressly at the invitation of the Bishops of Christchurch and Auckland for the purpose of holding Mission services. The opening ceremonies will commence tomorrow evening, at eight o'clock. New "Durham Mission hymn-books" will be used for the occasion, which are obtainable at a small cost.

Commander Edwin wired shortly after noon to-day : "Indications of glass rising and strong north-west and west and south-west winds."

H. A. Gordon, Esq., Inspector of Mines, arrived in Hokitika on Saturday on a periodical tour of inspection. He will remain in the district some time, a portion of his duties consisting in inspecting the various goldfields roads and tracks. It is understood that he will visit Mount Rangitoto for the purpose of making a thorough inspection of the silver deposits.

Messrs J. W. Painter and A. C. Andrews, members of the Christchurch Bicyclists Club, left the City of the Plains at a quarter-past ten o'clock on Saturday evening, arriving at Springfield the same night. They came on to the Bealey on Sunday, and arrived in Kumara at halfpast eight last evening, and at nine proceeded on to Hokitika. The cyclists that came over last week were unfortunate in their return. Mounted on bicycles of the most improved pattern, the bed of the Bealey and the Crooked and other rivers was rather too rough for the gutta-percha tires, and they returned in a station express, the odour from which partook strongly of hides and tallow. Let us hope the new arrivals will meet with a better fate.

In the General Anglican Synod sitting at Auckland, the Primate on Saturday requested the Bishop of Nelson to visit the Pacific Islands if the Bishop of Newcastle could not. A committee was appointed to consider the advisability of trying to influence public opinion on religious education by sermons, lectures, and pamphlets. We observe in the Gazette of the 11th inst. that a post office has been opened at Haast, in the postal district of Hokitika.

The Hon. James Campbell, of Victoria, left by his will an estate in Fiji, the proceeds to be devoted to the establishment of a Church of England Bishopric. The time for receiving tenders for Mr C- F. Holmes property is altered to Saturday next, the 20th inst.

W. J. M'llroy and Co., Main street, Kumara, beg to announce that they are purchasers of gold.—[Advt.]

Moral Turpitude.— Blame attaches to a jury of intellgent men when they condemn a man for crime whose moral nature has been perverted by indigestion, diseased liver and kidneys. A thoughtful judge may well consider whether society would not be better served by ordering a bottle of American Co.'s Hop Bitters for the unfortunate in the dock instead of penal servitude. Read

A Good Account.—"To sum it up, six long years of bed-ridden sickness and suffering, costing £4O per year, total .£240, all of which was stopped by three bottles of American Co.'s Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who has done her own housework for a year since without the loss of a clay, and I want everybody to know it for their benefit."—Jo nx Weeks. Butler. Find '