The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3058, 21 August 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1886.

The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon, at the usual hour, bringing East Coast, Australian, and (via Suez) English mails. The adjourned meeting of the Literary Institute Committee will be held in the Reading Room, this evening, at 7.30 At the Theatre Royal this evening, Captain Pattrick, of the Salvation Army, will give a sketch of his career from the time of his leaving England in the year 1850 up to the present day. His advertisement intimates that he has been forty years in the service of the Devil, and three years in the service of God; so that the Captain will doubtless have a great deal to say concerning his long experience of temporal and spiritual matters. The address is announced for a quarter to eight o'clock. The admission is free, and all are invited. In reference to the Flying Brigade's sojourn in Kumara we elsewhere give some extracts from lato " War Cries." A full sixth share is for sale in M'Masters and party's extended claim at Larrikins, with eight weeks' water paid. Tenders for same, addressed to Mr Thomas M'Callan, must be left at Mr M'Grath's store before 7 p.m. on Saturday next, the 28th inst. Messrs Spriuz and Hamburger announce a great gift sale of drapery clothing, and boots, which they have resolved to dispose of at an immense sacrifice. As a further inducement to purchase, every customer buying goods from them to the value of 10s will have the opportunity of competing for valuable prizes by guessing the number of peas in a large glass jar which has been placed on view in their window ; and for every 10s additional spent in purchases, an extra guess will be allowed. The prizes are described in their advertisement, in the preceding column, and also the plan adopted for allotting the same. The jar will be opened at the conconclusion of the great sale, on Tuesday, the 28th December, when those customers who have been fortunate in guessing nearest to the actual number of peas in the jar will be awarded the prizes accordingly. The first instalment (£G00) of die £ISOO vot-d for the road to tho Owen reefs has b'-.'.-w received at ;-.nd -. : '.e v/'-ri. ; w ill be at once put in hand and prose- i cuted with vigour. ! The jlisavovy Tid;>! C-.'cok (:'■<> Gvey- I Council men are busy laying down a set ] oi -.oiutii n.?nr the T-linui-street crowing, |

to enable the quarry spoil to be conveniently dropped into the creek at the rear of Messrs Kennedy's offices. This " Hausmanising " of our hitherto hideous slums is a good foundation for making the premier Coast city a place of beauty and a joy for ever. Dr. August Kursteiner's Electro Galvanic Teething Necklet is an invention which has for its object the relief from pain of infants during the period of teething, and relieving thereby the anxiety of mothers, as well as preventing many otherwise sleepless nights for both. " The Lancet," the leading medical journal of the world, says :—" The fact that the discovery and invention of these Necklets is announced by Dr. Kiirsteiner is a sufficient guarantee that a means has at last been discovered which will save the lives of millions of children, and relieve the anxiety of many mothers." Puller particulars are given in the advertisement on the 4th page. 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. The Tidy Housewife.—The careful, tidy housewife, when giving her house its spring cleaning, should bear in mind that the dear inmates are more precious than houses, their systems need cleansing, by purifying the blood, regulating the stomach and bowels, and she should know that there is nothing that will do it so surely as American Co.'s Hop Bitters, the purest and best of all medicines.