The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 2912, 27 February 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1886.

Professor Rico and his talented wife will, at tile Theatre Royal this evening, present to the public of Knmara a varied programme —of music on the lady’s part, and on the Professor’s of his unfathomable mind reading and his equally entertaining lecture on “Physiognomy,” not forgetting the really wonderful Hindoo handkerchief trick, which is actually worshipped by the Buddhists of Hindostan. An entertainment of this character should command the support of the whole community; it appeals to the .scientific as well as to the lover of fun, to the mysterious as well to the musical. The Catholic Brass Band is engaged for the occasion, and we understand the Fire Brigade will turn out and form a procession, the Band leading, and proceed from the Post-office to the Theatre. There will be an exhibition of the process of using the hand grenades fur extinguish-

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ing fires in the open space of ground next to the Theatre, precisely at eight o’clock. The performance in the Theatre will commence immediately afterwards. The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon at the usual hour. Commander Edwin wired at noon today that—“ After 16 hours glass would be falling, with wind backing to northeast. ”

There was a meeting of the Local School Committee last evening, at which a letter was read from the Secretary to the Education Board, announcing that J. H. Currie, J. R. Hudson, M‘Lean Watt Jack, J. M‘Whirter, C. Rose, and R. J. Seddon, Esqs., had been nominated by the various School Committees for seats on the Board. The local Committee recorded their votes for Messrs R. J. Seddon, J. M‘Whirter, and C. Rose.— Leave was granted to Miss Kelly, teacher of the Rangiriri School for a holiday on Tuesday next.—A fuller report of the meeting will be given in Monday’s issue. A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the holding of the annual Miners’ Ball will be held at the residence of Mr G. Watson, Dillman’s Town, at seven o’clock next Monday evening. There will be no sitting of the Warden’s Court here next Friday, owing to the absence of Dr. Giles, Warden, and Mr Macfarlane having to proceed south (it is said, though a telegram from Wellington implies otherwise) to meet the Hon. Mr Larnach in the Haast district. The rota of Justices will, however, sit at the R. M. Court on that day. Messrs Campbell and Kettles being about to add another branch to their large business, have resolved to hold a clearing sale, for one month only, making a great reduction in prices during that time in crockery, glassware, ironmongery, and general household requisites. The Inangahua Times understands that Bishop Redwood will visit the West Coast about the middle of March.

From a private telegram received in Hokitika yesterday, the Times is informed that “ Mr and Mrs Schultheis arrived by the Aorangi at Dunedin yesterday morning. They were leaving at once for Christchurch, and in all probability will reach Hokitika about next Wednesday. They may rely on a hearty welcome.” The Bijunnerton correspondent of the Grey River Argus reports that another accident happened yesterday afternoon just above where Mr M'Gregor was hurt the day before. Mr Gibbs was driving up the hill, about 50 yards above the goods shed, when his horse shied at a loaded timber waggon, and backed over the embankment on to the railway 7 line, a distance of about 35 feet. A young lad who was in the spring cart narrowly escaped being killed, as he was under the horse, and the animal was struggling to get free. The lad has a cut on the head, and his leg is hurt. Mr Gibbs has two or three bruises about the head and face. The shafts of the cart are broken, but the horse is unhurt.

The same correspondent reports that a man named Fred or Frank Cole, employed at the Baud of Hope, Nelson Creek, met with an accident yesterday at Nelson Creek. It appears that he was working about the water ballast, and got in a tub to come up when he was pulled up to the poppet head, by which his thigh was severely injured. He was taken° to the Ahaura for medical treatment. The Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales has given instructions for the annual issue of blankets to the aboriginals throughout the colony. The number of blankets to be issued will be 7362, as against 7536 last year.

The strike of the Newcastle (New South Wales) colliers is three months old, and shows no sign of being terminated. The Argus’s Sydney correspondent writes “Four hundred men at the Lambton Colliery have obstinately put themselves out of employment, and have remained so, living on contributions from other labor societies and preferring to get £4OOO that way to getting £20,000 by work. The Daily Telegraph sent a special reporter up to make inquiries into the cause of this strike, and he arrived clearly at the conclusion that it was not justified ; that the men were earning from los to IGs a day ; and that in view of this fact, their demand for more wages was unreasonable. It is said that the heaviest ship ever launched in England is the man-of-war Campordown, built of steel at the cost of £4/0,000. It will take three years moi'e to fit her for the sea.

Rev. Mr Tennant lias just died in Arkansas at the age of 115 years. He had preached for 00 years. W. J. MTlroy and Co., Main street, Kumava, be" to announce that they are purchasers of gold.—[Advt.]

Mokai. TciiPixmi-:. —Blame attaches to a jury of intellgent men when they condemn a man for crime whoso 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 day, and I want everybody to know it for their benefit.” —John Weeks, Butler. Find