TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3195, 18 October 1880, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[VUOM OUR OWN COMIESrONDENT.]

GHAHAMSTOWN, this day.

A new drainage scheme has been propounded by Mr C. J. Stono for going another 100 feet. It has been submitted to the mines interested.

RuiiY. —Tho load is now down about 28 feet from the floor of tho drive. Tho reef is keeping a course parallel with it. The country has changed for tho better within tho last lew feet. A large quantity of water is issuing from the footwall, indicating the reef in that direction. VlOTOltlA.—Operations havo boon suspended in the low level for a day or two, tho men being required in the South Pacific section. An underhand slope is being brought along the floor of the old level. In that part of the working tho stuff being taken out is being saved for a trial crushing. It is also tho intention to make a trial crushing of the quartz taken from the reef in the low level.

The schooner Policeman, tho property of William Soutor of this town, has been purchased by Captain Champion, who intends to employ her in the island trade.

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WELLINGTON, this day. Arrived : Thetis, from Auckland. GRKYMOUTH, this day.

The scraping of tlie top plates from tho Golden Fleece Quartz Mining Company, the results of iivo days crushing, yielded 374 o/h. of amalgam. There is three feet of otuno iv the rise above No. 4 level, which looks well for stone going to tho surface.

CHRISTCHURCH, this day.

A sailor, named Fisher, fell oil' the train when entering the Lyttelton tunnel yesterday, and very narrowily escaped death. Ho was severely cut about the head. A number of pupil teachers arc opposing the reduction of salaries on the grounds that they were engaged for a given period at a given rate of ptiyj The weather contiuues very favourable to agricultural operations. INVERCARGILL, this day.

Ihe crushing for the Ueclong claim at Longwood yielded half-an-ouucc to the ton. The Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Show tukca place in the second week iv December.

DUNEDIN, this day,

Tiic Supremo Court was occupied the whole day with the case of McKay v. Councl, contractors, 111 which £400 was claimed for an alleged libel in letters written by Couucl to one Stevens, in Western Australia, Tho parties were partners iv .building the Port Chalmers graving dock.