MINING NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1904, Page 6

MINING NEWS.

[»T TELEdIIAJPH — I'RKSS ASSOCIATION ] DUNEDIN, 9th September. Dredging return* : — Cromwell No. 1, 105oz 14dwt; Electric No. 1, 560 i 6dwt; J)un»twi Lead, 470 a 17dwt j Sailor's Bend, 4203 15dVfc; Mntnu, 3107.; Unity, 28oa lOdwt; Junction lilectric No. 1, 270z 4dwt; Waimumu, 240z ldvrt; First Chance, 24«z; Gabriel No. 1; ?.3oz 12dwt; Jtmetion Ekclric No. 2, 230z 2dwt; Enterprise No. 1, 220z Bdwt lSgr; Cuntral Charlton, 21oz 16dwtj Ettrick, 21oz lOdwt; Enterprise JC<» fc. 20oz 2dwi; Hartley and Uilcy, 19pz; Waikaia, 17oz; Hwecy's, I3oz I7dwl; Now Fwirdown, 13oz'10dwt; jnchdalc, 12oz 2dwtj Lady Roxburgh, 12oz. . , This D.w. Additional roturn^: — lilectric No. 2, 10002 2d wtj Muuuherikiii, 330z sdwt; Clytle, lloz j Rise and oniiwv No. 1, 360j; .2dwt ; Alpine No. a, 16oz 18dwt • Sandy Point, 48oz ldwt; Olrig, I5o?. 9dwfj CiarxJen Gnlly, 230z 12dwt; Junction Waik«kn, 18oz 2dwt; Waikaka United No. 1, 240z ldwt, No. 2, 230 a 8dwl ; Gabriel No. 1, 16oz Bdwt; Vjukv WaJporl, 28oz 16dwts Bignell's, 490z; Notown Creek, ,290z; AkKnga, 17oz lOdwt; B'.nqkwutcr, 260 x sdwt; MoonliKht, 220z I2uwtj Threo Milo Greenstone, 250z 12dwt. [BY TXLBOBAra — OWN* COBBKSrONDENT.] ABEFL'ON, This Day: Return* :-^-Pactolus No. 1, 18oz 4dwt for 125 hoars' work j Pnctolus No. 2, repairing; Callaghan's Creek, *250z Bdwt lor 130 hoars' ; Bullec Junction, opening up near th« junction, of Innngnhuu ana Bullet Rivers.

Evidences aro not wanting that the , Joyful anticjpations formed by the Premier of tho alliance between tho Government and "King" Mahuta havo not been realised. That alliance, it may bo romombered, dates back to the time when the Maori Lands Administration Act was passed in 1900, at which time the support of Messrs. Kaihau and Mnbnta was seen rod on'wie understanding that tho lands of tho Ngntimaniopoto would be included in tho uoundttries of the district in -which they aro ii n tores ted. That understanding has not been caVricd into effect, and Mr. Kaihuu and his friend. tho "King" are up in arms, and are showing signs of hostility to the Government in spite of tho fact that Mahota is a mojnber of 'the Executive, wnd may therefore bo presumed to show allegiance to his nominal political chief. Mr. K&ihau has already taken occasion to speak and vote in opposition to tho Government, and it is reported that "King" Mahuta is contemplating assorting his independence in tho Legislative Council in a monnor which will loavo ■ no doubt of his intentions in the minds of his nearors. "The extraordinary state of affairs that exists in connection with the Mnsterton Railway Station" was mentioned by Mr. Hogg during the discussion of the Railway Estimates last night. Ho said a new bylaw had Iwen gazetted in connection ■With the charges made on cabmen who entered the station yard, which amounted to the levying of blackmail on these men. itvrM proposed to mako an annual charge of £1 per year to be pnid to .the Department. Tho cabmen, he pointed out, had to pay a guinea to the Borough Council for their licensee, nnd to avoid the Department's charge thoy waited outside the ■kution yard and thus put the Department and passengers to great inconvenience. The Minister replied that the charge was the same as prevailed n-t obher large stntions in the colony, and was in conformity with a world-wide practice which was found auite necessary.