The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1886.

Kumara Times, Issue 3124, 6 November 1886, Page 2

The Kumara Times Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1886.

A meeting of gentlemen desirous of seeing Christmas sports in Kumara successfully carried out was held in the Town Hall last evening, his Worship the Mayor presiding. The meeting having affirmed the desirability of holding sports in the Recreation Ground on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday following Christmas Day (27th, 28th, and 29th December), the following gentlemen were appointed on the Sports Committee : His Worship the Mayor, Messrs Pearn, Fitzsimons, O. W. Anderson, Ziegler, Mulvihill, Killeen, Horne, G. Anderson, Hannan, Rugg, MTlroy, Sprinz, Denfeld, Jorgensen, Hudson, Benyon, Maloney, Olden, Bremond, Jas. Woods, Jas. Galbraith, and Dr. M'Brearty, with power to add to their number. For subscriptions or donations for this purpose, Messrs Ziegler and Mulvihill were deputed to canvass Main street, and Messrs Fitzsimons and Killeen Seddon street, and report to the adjourned meeting on Friday next, the 12th November. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before P. Dungan and H. Burger, Esqs., J.Ps., John Harris was brought up on two charges, one of drunkenness, the other of exposing his person in Seddon street. Accused pleaded guilty to both charges, but said he was drunk, and did not know at the time what he was doing, and on this ground he pleaded the leniency of the Court. On the charge of drunkenness the accused was fined ss, with the alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment ; but, as regards the latter charge, the bench stated that it was determined to put down indecent exhibitions of this hind in the public street. The law was severe and admitted of no alternative in the way of fines, but that cases of the kind should be dealt with in a summary manner. Since the accused had expressed groat sorrow for the act, the Bench would consider the previous good character of accused, and be lenient to him; but, as a caution, would sentence him to 24 hours’ imprisonment. The Christchurch coach arrived this afternoon at the usual hour, bringing large mails, including those by the direct steamship Tongariro, which reached Port Chalmers early on Thursday morning. The monthly meeting of the Literary ] nstitute takes place this evening at eight o’clock. The Kumara Fire Brigade team, which is to compete at Greymouth on Monday next, take their departure by to-morrow afternoon’s tram,

The district order to Volunteers notifying that a parade in review order will be held in Greymouth on Tuesday next, the 9th inst., at 10 a.m., further announces that—“ Ten rounds of blank ammunition io be served out to each man on parade. Officers commanding companies,, the headquarters of which are not at Greymouth, will be good enough to make arrangements so that their companies will fall in at the above time and place. The officer commanding the district will favorably consider applications from officers commanding companies for remission of fines for non-attendance at this parade.” Commander Edwin wired to-day, at 11.20 a.m.—“Bad weather is expected between north-east and north and west; glass further fall, and rain ; but glass rise after 12 hours from now, and wind change south of west.” Miss Fosbery will give her first lesson in music, calisthenics, and dancing, at the Theatre Royal, this evening, at eight o’clock. Ladies and gentlemen desirous of joining should make application before that hour. We have received from Mr S. M. Spiers the “ Report and Narrative of the Trial of Thomas Hall and Margaret Graham Houston, charged with attempting to murder Kate Emily Hall,” held at the Supreme Court House, Christchurch, last month. It contains a frontispiece giving portraits of Thomas Hall, Miss Houston, Nurse Ellison, and the general scene in Court; also an article on “ Antimony,” and a short digest of the English law relating to Poisons. The price is one shilling. Mr G. Mueller, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Westland, has been summoned to Wellington to confer and advise with the SurveyorGeneral with respect of the value to lands to be taken over by the Midland Railway Company. Great stress is being laid on the neccessity of Mr Mueller being in Wellington on Monday morning. Mr Mueller was a passenger by the coach yesterday morning for Christchurch, and would catch the mail steamer at Lyttelton to-night for Wellington. At the meeting of the West Lands Board at Hokitika on Wednesday last, on the application of Mr Duncan, agent for Messrs Montague and Williams, the time for handing in plans and specifications for a timber lease at Cape Terrace was extended to the 17th inst. The excursion party of gentlemen conveyed by Mr Adam Blair from Greymouth to Springfield, arrived at Springfield at 5 p.m. yesterday, and proceeded by the half-past four train to Christchurch, where they would arrive at 7.40 p.m. Tenders are invited by the Borough Council for felling timber on a piece of ground at the Borough Reserve. Tenders close on Thursday next, the 11th inst. The Presbyterian Church tea meeting takes place in the Theatre Royal on Friday next. There will be singing by the choir, and addresses by the Revs. Messrs Douglas (of Hokitika), Hodgson, Hosking, and Ramsay. A shocking tragedy took place atFootsscray, Victoria, on October 13. A young married woman, named Maiy Eliza George, drowned her infant in the underground tank, and then drowned herself. Her husband, Frederick George, who is engaged in a tannery, missed his wife and child, and subsequently discovered both d®a>d in the tank. On searching the room, part of an illustrated paper was found, with a few lines of a story descsibing an old tragedy in Ireland, and referring to a murder and to the acts of a man. On the other side, on the margin, in a woman’s writing, were the words, “Fred, mad, mad.” The deceased woman had shown no signs of madness, and was always a careful mother, and had been on the best of terms with everybody. Two children are left, the eldest of whom is four years old. Women are designed by their gentle nature to endear domestic life to man, to make virtue lovely to children, to spread around them order and grace, and to give society its highest polish. No attainments should be above beings whose end and aim are to accomplish purposes at once so refining and so salutary; every means should be used to invigorate by principle and culture such native excellence and grace. A real tragedy has been enacted on the stage of the theatre at Cassale, in Piedmont, where one of the managers of the company, who was also .the principal comedian of the troupe, was received with hisses by the audience. Without uttering a word, the unfortunate actor drew a revolver from his pocket and shot himself dead. His wife, who was seated in one of the boxes, was with difficulty prevented from precipitating herself on the stage; and the performance abruptly terminated. What the feelings of the people who had been hissing were must be left to the imagination of the reader,

The salaries of the male school-teachers in Victoria are to be increased, but not those of the females. The supply of the latter commodity is in . excess of the demand—so says the unchivalrous Victorian Minister of Education. The Dunedin Star has good authority for stating that Miss Houston, who is at present the guest of Bishop Harper, of Christchurch, expresses her intention of* going either to America or England. A northern paper states that it is intended to transfer Hall to the Auckland gaol. Sir Charles Dilke is now on his way to Australia by one of the Orient boats, and is expected to land in Sydney during the early part of next month. He will travel incognito.