The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3000, 15 June 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1886.

A cablegram this afternoon states that the ex-King of Bavaria, who recently became insane and was deposed, committed suicide yesterday by throwing himself into the lake at Stamburg, a suburb of Munich, where he has been under restraint. One of his physicians who was in attendance, in attempting to rescue him, was also drowned. Prince Luitpold, uncle of the ex-King, has been appointed Regent of Bavaria. The ordinary meeting of the Hospital Committee will be held at the Town Hall this evening. At this meeting, we understand, the applications received for the office of surgeon-superintendent to the Hospital will be considered and dealt with. The population of the North Island by the new census is 247,404, exclusive of Maoris and shipping population. At last census (1881) it was 107,720. The number of persons on the Electoral Rolls is 63,503. In the North Island there are also 2630 Chinamen. The population of the South Island by the new census is 320,006 of whom 7/,320 are on the roll. In this island there ere also 4073 ChuH'se, mostly located fin (he West Coast and in Otago and. r-Viiißda!"!. .At last ihe c. W:rv ■ ■ ■ ,7.-. war 363,100. The ■e.nV.s v> >; i...; .v’.ouy iris year are 573, oU), sle wing an increase in the live years of 72.500,

The Union Company’s steamship Hauroto, which left Wellington on Monday, the 7th inst., for Sydney, with a number of passengers from Kumara bound for Kimberley, arrived at Sydney on Friday afternoon—a good passage of four days and a few hours. Commander Edwin wired at 11.25 to-to-day—“Bad weather may be expected between south-west and south and east, and weather much colder. Glass further rise.”

The following contracts were signed yesterday at the office of the Westland County Chairman :—Construction of the Taipo - Kawhaka track, section I—Accepted.;l—Accepted.; Cornelius O’Sullivan, £lB9 Is 4d. Declined ; M‘Govern, £234 ss. Section 2—Accepted : 0. O’Sullivan, £209. Declined : M‘Govern, £234 10s; Quy, £258. Section 3—Accepted : 0. O’Sullivan, £l9l 19s. Declined : M‘Govern, £194 ss. Extension of Gentle Annie Terrace track—Accepted: P. O’Neill, £123105. Declined: Wells, £140; Ford and Williams, £126 ss. Oamaru track— Accepted : A. Dickie, £95 13s. Declined, Fitzgibbon, £ll4 16s; Galt, £lO9 4s; Murphy, £96. Tenders are required for driving and timbering a tunnel tail-race at Larrikins. Specifications can be seen at Mr A. Foldi’s, Dillman’s Town; or at Mr J. Corrigan’s Larrikins, to whom tenders must be addressed on or before Tuesday next, 22nd inst.

The Dillman Town quadrille assembly will meet at the Empire Rooms to-morrow evening, at eight o’clock.

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