LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1152, 2 October 1873, Page 2

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

I! 2; ■••• ><.- 8 :.;.;::■■ ' > ■'■ aJi •- '■' f|. FATAL ACPIDENT. QN A TRAMWAY. fc'

; MORTALITY AT THE THAMES. , THREATENED MIRATION'TO* W ' ,:;; . canterbury, ■'. ! ■--••■i^M;i

GRAHAMSTOWN

M/AMlli -. uiux'.'.*This day. A cHild named Andrewß, 11 years of age,. the daughter of a miner, was killed tmrg morning on the incline trani^, leadagrf fiom the Vni mine to Miil A.*^°* !

by some means went over the station to the in ( cline without being attached to a tracing-rope, so that the breaksman was powerless to stop it. The truck was loaded with 25 cwt. of quartz, and it tore down the incline at a fearful speed till it reached the pass loop, where it tnmblo.l over and struck the child, | who was incited up dead with its skull broken in and bones fractured. . j ■Potnt Tti'FSETJ. TniP.UT.i3. —Thirty-three tons stone yielded 90oz. gold. Ballabat Tribute. —Twenty tons stone yielded 19oz. Sdwt. * j Central Italy.—Twelve pounds good i specimens have been obtained from the foot- j wall vein of the main reef. The Caledonian is centreing'the lower section of the shaft. Will have cage working on bottom level. On Saturday they will open out a chamber. The contract for cuttin" the chamber has been let. Tt is estimated that a drive 270 feet on this level will reach No. 1 reef.

The death rate at the Thames during the past three months has been greatly in excess of any previous three months since the opening of the field, principally children. Labourers are anxiously inquiring when the water scheme is to be commenced, as inducements of one shilling an hour and lodging are held out for them to go to Canterbury.