The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3057, 20 August 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1886.

The Borough Council meeting which should have been held last evening, was adjourned till three o'clock to-morrow .afternoon. Mr Seddon will not arrive by to-morrow's coach, as expected. As he has a brother on the way to this colony, it is thought he will wait his brother's arrival at Lyttelton before proceeding homewards. The Waihora, by which boat the brother is expected, has been detained at Dunedin by bad weather. Some fears are entertained for the safety of the Union steamer Wanaka, which left Dunedin at 3 p.m. on Monday, the 16th inst., and of which there was no sign at Lyttelton, where she should have arrived next day, up to 9.20 last evening, being thus four days some hours from Dunedin. As the Wanaka must have had a heavy sea and a north-east wind against her, with a lee shore, it is supposed she stood out to sea, waiting for the weather to clear. Commander Edwin wired yesterday at 3.30 p.m.—"Bad weather is expected between north-east and west and south ; glass further rise." A letter has been received from MiGeorge Mansfield. It was written on board the steamer Port Darwin, when bound for Cambridge Gulf from Sydney, and is dated Monday, July 12. The vessel was then off Thursday Island, close to Cape York, North Australia, and it was expected to reach Cambridge Gulf on the following Friday (16th). Mr Mansfield writes : —" The news as we go on is not so good as it was when we left Kumara. Mills and Jones are in the same boat with me. I am mates with Tom Bath and a man from Nelson Creek [Mr Daniel Baybutt, probably]. Two or three horses have died, but ours are all right. When I get to Cambridge Gulf, I will send you a full account of the place. Give my respects to all friends." The arrival of the steamer Port Darwin at its destination has been notified, and she left Cambridge Gulf for Singapore. At the meeting of the Hospital Trustees last Tuesday evening, the following sums of money were handed in to the Treasurer, Mr Ziegler :—By Mr Voysey, £3 10s ; Mr Maloney, £4 ; Mr Payne, £1; and Mr Wooldridge, £2—total £lO 10s. The Kumara Quadrille Club will hold their usual assembly this evening, at the Adelphi Theatre. Dancing to commence at eight o'clock. The Catholic Brass Band is engaged for this assembly. At the Westland County Council meeting on Tuesday it was resolved that the road overseers for the future prepare a return for each monthly Council meeting, showing—(l) how they have been employed during each working day of the month; (2) how many men they have had each day under their charge, and (3) how these men were employed each working day. The funeral of the late Mr John Lange, which took place at Hokitika Cemetery yesterday afternoon, was very largely attended, many old friends being present from the country, and some even from Greymouth ; among the latter were Messrs Dupie and Skoglund. Mr Robinson, the Midland Railway contractor, is now in Westpurt. H. Goulston and Co., having decided I i. n giving up business in Westland, the public will find it to their advantage to buy their goods from them and lay in a stock, as the goods will be sold very cheap and regardless of cost.—[Advt.] One of the finest pieces of lace ever soon in England is being shown at the f-.i i,!. !,:■!■ '.]:. It :■> -*'< ..J: a : !•■■-• -,■■.;.;,„......., ~-,,„,. H.,,, ~..,, .-.-,,..u s<jiiare, in point tie Veinse, and of ex- j tame richness of design. It was made '

about a hundred years ago for the reigning Pope, and it occupied two or three lifetimes in the working. A few years ago it found its way back to the Royal Lace Factory at Venice, whence it was added to the collection of Mr Stuart Samuel, of London. The following appears in the "Long Lost Friends" column of Lloyds'Weekly: "John Johnson last wrote home June 3, 1867, when he was on board a coasting vessel at Nelson, New Zealand, but thought of going to the diggings. His widowed mother would like to know of his whereabouts." The Melbourne Leader of July 17 contains a long poem by Henry O'Donnel, of Adelaide, entitled "King Tarawera." It records the horrors of the eruption. Mr Knipe, ex-mayor of Port Augusta, South Australia, has been committed for trial, for having embezzled over £2OOO, the moneys of a building society. The coal resources of Australia excite much interest among the Indian visitors at the New South Wales Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Warm water is now supplied at the rate of 175,000 gallons a day at Pesth, from an artesian well that is said to be about 3000 feet deep, and the deepest in the world. The temperature of the water is IGI degrees, but the work, toward which the city contributed £40,000, is to be continued until the temperature rises to 178 degrees. It is expected that the supply will also then be ample for all the wants of the city. Mr L. Seebeck being appointed agent here for a Home Jewellery Factory has now on view a very fine selection of the most modern designs of Jewellery, at low prices.—[Advt.J Good Resolutions.—At the commencement of every new year hundreds and thousands of our young men—and old as well—form resolutions for their guidance for the coming year. Many keep them, while others break them. To such we wish to give a word of advice. In order to sustain your determination of leading a better life in the future you should use Hop Bitters. The judicious use of Hop Bitters strengthens, cleanses, and purifies the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and kidneys, and is just what you want to build up and invigorate yourself.—Greenbush, U.S.A., Dem. Read.