The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889.

Kumara Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 3940, 29 June 1889, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphed this afternoon :—"Mr Gordon left by the steamer Brunner last evening, for Greymouth. There is a very strong feeling amongst members against the arbitrary action by the Manager stopping the sludge-channel works, and that a strong claim for compensation exists. There is a rumour afloat that the miners intend to petition for damages sustained, the same to be paid by giving a month's free water to each party. The total loss to the men and the Government is estimated at £3000." Our Hokitika correspondent telegraphed this afternoon :—" Mr Jos. Grimmond, M.H.R., wired to the Mayor of Hokitika to-day that Government proposed to take a vote of the House to spend £19,300 of the loan money to complete the Greymouth end of Hokitika-Grey Railway, and only if any surplus to spend it south of the Teremakau. This news has caused great indignation here. A public meeting is to be convened immediately to protest against this proposed action." Tonight, at the Theatre Royal, Mr T. L. Buick will respond to the special request made to him when in Kumara that he should again deliver his lecture on"A Plea for Ireland." The fact of a similar request having been made in Hokitika, and responded to, may be taken as an assurance to the public of the more than ordinary ability of this young New Zealand orator. There has been a heavy fall of snow on the ranges, which has had the effect of delaying the Springfield coach in the vicinity of Porter's Pass ; aud the coach hence yesterday, went on this morning to meet it. It is hardly possible, therefore, that the mails will be here before tomorrow. The complimentary benefit tendered to Mrs L. J. Spyer at the Adelphi Theatre last night was not so well patronised as we think the beneficiare had a right to expect. The performers in the comedy "Swi«" and farce "That Girl," however, did their best to amuse the audience, and succeeded. The selections given by the Volunteer Brass Band were well rendered. The Charitable Aid Commission sat all day yesterday, the Times reports, and examined a number of witnesses, principally Trustees of the Westland Hospital, who condemned the present system of management, yet seemed powerless . to change it. One of the witnesses startled the. Commissioners by stating that the by-laws were practically useless, that they never acted up to them, and really had no rules. Floods have occurred in the Kaipara district, and the booms at the mills have been carried away. Several landslips have occurred at the • Waitakeri tunnel of Henderson's railway line, completely blocking the way and preventing the passing of trains. Further damage is feared,

A special meeting of the School of Mines will be held on Monday next, at half-past seven o'clock in the evening. The Westland County Chairman received a memorandum from the AuditorGeneral yesterday intimating that, in view of the recent decision by Mr Justice Williams in respect of the action brought against the Manitoto County Council, all objection to the charges for travelling expenses of members would be withdrawn. At the half-yearly meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters, held last evening, at their Court room, Post Office Hotel, Greymouth, the following officers were elected :—A. Ashton, C.R. ; E. Perkins, S.C.R. ; P. Forrester, S.W. ; C. Rose, J.W. ; T. Clarke, S.B. j W. Rose, J.B. ; J. Brislane, Elective Secretary; J. W. Hall, ' Permanent Secretary; Treasurer, J. W. Eissenhardt; Auditors, J. Heron and E. Perkins; Doctor, P. Smith. The installation takes place next Court night. The Greymouth polo team arrived here this morning en route to Hokitika, where they will meet a team of Hokitika skatists at the Palace Rink this evening. The following are the Grey representatives : Messrs D. M'Davitt, Merson, Johnstone, Noy, Hungerford, Sutherland, Reeve, H. James, and Fraser. The Brunnerton correspondent of the Grey River Argus wrote yesterday :—"I am indebted to Mr Seaton for the following information which he received to-day from his son, who is at Nelson Creek : 'Washing-up (one box) to-day yielded 56ozs. sdwts., making a total of 89ozs. since Saturday last. Expect the paddock will yield from lOOozs. to 120ozs. One dish washed out of paddock this morning had sozs. 17dwts. The place seems to improve as we go in.' " A brief telegram from Auckland states that a man employed at the Parotoru tunnel on the North Island Trunk line has been killed and another seriously injured. The men were sub-contractors. Applications for the issue of writs of mandamus to compel the Auckland North Licensing Committee to grant a renewal of the licenses of the Eagle, Foresters Arms, Clanricarde and Wharf hotels, the licenses of which were recently refused, were before the Supreme Court on Thursday. The case appears to hinge on the point whether the Committee had the power to take the first objection and serve a fresh notice without having once intimated that it was intended to do so. Judgment was to be given to-day. "Atticus," in the Leader, writes:— Parents should be careful how they impress the Darwinian theory on the minds of their offspring. A friend of mine the other day was very wroth with one of his boys. The youth had left undone things he ought to have done, and had done things that he ought not to have done, and generally exposed himself to bitter parental anger. "I cannot understand it," said the indignant father, " it's utterly past my comprehension how you can be so bad a boy. Can you tell me what makes you as you are ?" He had a cane in his hand, and he was only waiting for an answer to strike. "I am afraid, papa," said the young scamp, with a tear in his eye, but a smile on his lip, "that it's the principle of heredity asserting itself !" And the father was so struck with the boy's answer that he put the cane aside. From the Hub.— There is perhaps no onic offered to the people that possesses, as much real intrinsic value as Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters. Just at this season of the year, when the stomach needs an appetiser, or the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and beat remedy is Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; don't wait until you are prostrated by a disease that may take months for you to recover in.—Boston Globe.