The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 2910, 25 February 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1886.

The Commercial Bank of South Australia closed its doors yesterday morning. The stoppage of payment is attributed to the refusal of the associated banks to render assistance to the Commercial Bank to tide over a critical period. The failure is attributed to heavy losses on pastoral properties held by the Bank. Commander Edwin wired at noon today : —" Bad weather may be expected between north-east and north and west; glass fall again with wind backing, and rain within 12 hours." The result of the new electoral franchise in the United Kingdom is to give the following increase : Number of registered electors in 1885 " 5,711,920 Do. in 1880 3,038,726 Increase 2,673,194 The Nelson Creek correspondent of the Grey River Argus wrote yesterday :—"I am very soi-ry to have to record a serious accident in this district. Mr Samuel Thrower, one of our most respected residents, met with a very serious accident this afternoon at the Band of Hope Gold Mining Company's shaft. He was caught between the buckets and the side of the shaft, and but for the prompt action of Mr Martin Dunn, there is no doubt that he would have lost his life. As it is, he is very much crushed. Great sympathy is felt here for his young wife and baby, Mr Thrower having been married only a little more than 12 months." Later information is to the effect that as Mr Thrower had been in a sleeping or comatose state all day, the case was more serious than at first anticipated. The interprovincial boat race was rowed at Dunedin yesterday. At the start a Dunedinite broke an oar. The Invercargill crew declined to take advantage, so a new oar was obtained. The Dunedin crew went ahead from the start, winning with ease by four lengths, in 9f minutes. Invercargill went to pieces the first half mile.

A lawn-tennis match between teams representing Greymouth and Hokitika will be played on the Greymouth ground on the 16th of March next. The Carandini concerts in Dnnedin were very successful. Miss Rosina Carandini sung a song " Remember me no more," written for her by Sir William Robinson, Governor of Western Australia.

Yesterday's Greymouth Star reports : " The Kumara Amateur Dramatic Company have engaged the Public Hall for a conple or three performances, to commence on the race day, March 17. The Company is a very strong one, and have had a fair amount of practice lately. They purpose putting on the stage with full equipments the romantic play of 'Dred,' an episode of the great dismal swamp, and on the second night ' Kathleen Mavourneeii, or St. Patrick's Eve ' an evergreen dramatic effect that is always sure of a crowd of admirers. :1

Mr John Hannah being about to le;ive Kumara, is now and for one week holding a cheap sale of watches, clocks, and jewellery. No reasonable offer will be refused. It is requested that persons having business transactions with Mr Hannah will make an immediate settlement.

W. J. M'llroy and Co., Main street, Kumara, beg to announce that they are purchasers of gold.—[Advt.] Moeal 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 Avife, who has done her own housework for a year since without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it for their benefit."—John Weeks, Butler. Find