The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3101, 11 October 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1886.

There was a small rush this morning down the new road to where old John Rose, "Grif," and another have been lately sinking a shaft. It is rumoured this party has struck the old Lamplough lead at a depth of 50 to GO feet. It was expected that a trial of the wash would be made to-day, and until that is done, no value can be attached to the rumours now going about. The locality is 3£ miles from town, and about from the beach. In the report of the committee presented at the annual meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce on Thursday last the following resolution, passed in November last, was to be brought up for adoption : —" That in the opinion of this chamber the time has arrived for the production of a New Zealand Year Book upon the lines of that of Victoria, compiled by the Registrargeneral, Melbourne; and further, that the statistics of the colony should be published and circulated at as early a date as possible." Such a work is highly desirable, and ought to have been undertaken years ago. The Westland Lauds Board adjourned their last meeting to Brunnerton, where it will be held on Wednesday next. The Times says :—" The Chief Commissioner leaves Hokitika for Greymouth to-day, and the other members of the Board, with Mr Clarke, will leave to-morrow. There is a great deal of important business connected with Wallsend sections to be transacted, and a land sale will also bo held." John O'Neill, a miner*at Cockabulla, Mi uri Craek district, was washed thro'.-I. V ' ~.//:;;;is - , Tiio Argus reports :—" The race is fully a quarter of a niilo long, and lias two falls

of about 10ft. each perpendicular, besides being very steep for about 100 ft. of its length. He was much injured about the head and arms, but was quite conscious when rescued. He is a man much respected by everyone, and a brother of the late Captain O'Neill of the s.s. Killarney, trading between Australia and China. The injured man was brought into town on Saturday, and then taken to the Hospital. Yet notwithstanding the terrible ordeal he had gone through, he stood up when lifted out of the express, and walked into the Hospital without assistance. It appears that when he emerged from the 200 ft. of tail-race he was in a pitiful plight. A few rags certainly enveloped his form, but clothes he had none. Even his gum boots were torn off his legs, so that when his mate reached the mouth of the tail-race to look for one he never expected to see alive, he found his unfortunate partner bruised and almost naked and exhausted." The M'Carthy children were taken before Major Keddell once more on Saturday morning, at Greymouth, and again remanded. It appears that a couple of the children will be taken by some Greymouth residents, while Mrs M'Carthy will look after the youngest. The others will be sent to St. Mary's Orphanage at Nelson. At the inquest on the body of Daniel Wilson, who committed suicide at Blenheim by shooting himself in the forehead at Pelorous Valley, the verdict returned was '' temporary insanity." No cause was assigned for the act. A Lovely Chaplet.—A late fashion report says :—" Nothing can be prettier than a chaplet of hop vines in blossom." A recent medical review says :—"Nothing can be a better renovator of the health than American Hop Bitters. They aid in all the operations of nature ; toning up the stomach, assisting the food to become properly assimilated, and promote healthy action in all the organs. The dictates of fashion, as well as the laws of health, alike favour a right application of hops." Read Mothers Don't Know—How many children are punished for being uncouth, willful and indifferent to instructions or reward simply because they are out of health ! An intelligent lady said of a child of this kind : —" Mother dont know that she should give the little one moderate doses of American's Co.'s Hop Bitters for two or three weeks, and the child would be all a parent could desire."