The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3075, 10 September 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1886.

In the report yesterday of the meeting of the Hospital Trustees it was stated that “The number of attendances of the Surgeon-Superintendent at the Hospital during July was 9 and during August, 07.” These numbers refer to the number of out-patients treated at the Hospital during those months. There was a very large attendance at the presentation to Father Browne at St. Patrick’s school-room last evening. An address and a purse of sovereigns were presented to him on the occasion, Mr Jeremiah Gilbert occupied the chair, and the new parish priest, the Rev. Father M‘Man us (who hails from Feilding, in the North Island) was present. A fuller report of the proceedings will be given in another issue. Father Browne took his departure for Timaru by the coach this morning, via Christchurch. “The Great Leveller,” the West Coast Times reports, “is once more busy amongst us, his latest victim being Mrs Jones, the wife of Mr James Jones, dairyman, of Stafford street. The death in this case was sudden, and exceptionally painful from the fact that a great many little children are left without a mother’s care. Great sympathy is expressed for them and for Mr Jones in their bereavement.” The funeral took place this afternoon. Several mourners went from Kumara to attend it. Commander Edwin wired to-day, at 12.44 p.m.—“Bad weather may be expected after 12 hours from now between north-east and north and west; glass fall again soon. Indications bad.” The adjourned meeting of the Literary Institute Committee will be held at the Reading Room, to-morrow evening, at eight o’clock. The election of Councillors to the Hokitika Borough Council took place yostcr. I day, and resulted as follows. The lirst | th mo are elected ; | BA. M. Turner 251 i .V-f.y' T . ’.'"r i ’ o'. s>. a.ie 2[i-; ; ;>. Beniamin . ..• ... A‘9 I R. Cross 77 J. Hawkins 48 J. J. Breeze, sen. ... ... 42 The elections for the East and West Wards, Borough of Greymouth, were held yesterday, and resulted in the return of Gerald Perotti and Fred. J. Gleeson, as under:— MIDDLE WARD. Gerald Perotti ... ... 101 Patrick Smith ... ... 93 EAST WARD. Fred. J. Gleeson 113 Patrick M, Griffen ... 100

The successor to Archbishop Goold, late Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, is to be nominated next week. In a cablegram it was erroneously printed Roman Catholic Archbishop of “ Sydney.” Tenders for the supply of blocks for No. 2. sludge-channel close to-morrow evening, at six o’clock. M. Verbeck has made an exhaustive study on the great eruption of Krakatoa on August 28, 1883, and finds that the volume of matter ejected by the explosion was about 18 kilometres. Two-thirds of this mass were landed within a circle of 15 kilometres radius from Krakatoa. All the material was incoherent, and no lava was thrown out. The wonderful volcano of Kilauea, Sandwich Islands, has recently suffered the loss of its picturesque fire-lake and fountains, the crater having sunk. H. Goulston and Co.’s sale is still going on, and greater bargains than ever are being given away. The public should take this opportunity of laying in a stock, as the goods will be sold at exceptionally low prices. —[Advt.] A Scolding Woman. —The barbarities of the ducking-stool for the cure of scolding women, though abolished by law, are now oftentimes practised by a kind of social barbarity none the less reprehensible. Women scold only when they are ill. Instead of blaming them we should prescribe Am. Co.’s Hop Bitters. The entire system will undergo a genial, pleasant change. The nerves will be quieted, and acerbity of word and thought will give place to amiability and affection. Healthy women do not scold or fret. Read