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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1897, Page 4

A good deal of excitemenb exists ab Coromandol in consequence of developments that have taken placa in fcha property now being worked by Scobty's Hauxaki, an English Company, for which Captain Hodge i« supervisor. This mine ia admirably eitaated between the Kapanga and Britannia properties, and also adjoins the Dalcoofch. All these properties are beine worked by English companies. In Scotty s Hauraki a level was put in at a depth of 300 feet, and then a winze was sunk 50 faeb upon the reef, and it ia ab this point that! the very rich stone has been Btruck which has created such excitement in Ccromandel. About 1501b of specimens were got in the firab breaking down, and ona stone 501b in weighty is valued at £300. An interesting interview with Captain Hodge which appears in another column give* full particulars of the discovery. As this stone was brouen down in the presence of Mr Cecil Hartridge, the Chairman of Directors of several English companies, that gentleman will be able to vouch to the Home shareholders for the bona tides of the discovery. It is said the find ii apparently as rich ai that made in the Hauraki, Bnd which haa since brought about euch wonderful results.

Today being the German Emperor William lI.V thirty-eighth birthday, the event waa celebrated on the German warship Bu«sard with festivities befitting tno oecaaion. The vessel was decked with flags from stem to etern, the interior being : also gaily decorated. A concert was held on board by the officers and crew, to which a number of prominent, citizens were invited. The flag was flying at the Albert Park in honour of the occasion. Mr Seddon has replied to Mr E. Taylor's request that facilities should be afforded to Mr Ben Tillett to ccc the colony, saying that Mr Tillett'e position and work^ entitle him to a free railway pasa, and that the matter will be brought under the notice of the Minuter of Railways. The rather curious fact is disclosed by the Census returns that there are 103,193 wives in the colony, and only 102,736 husbands.

The Devonporfe Garrison Artillery Volunteer Corps, which was formed recant-ly nnder the captaincy of Mr Miller, formerly of the Ponsonby Naval Artillery, has been gazetted, its services having been accepted by the Government. There are about 60 members in the corps, which should be a valuable addition to the local volunteer garrison. At the meeting of the Devonpork Borough Council last evening the Secretary of the new corps wrote asking for the use of the old Naval Shed at the North Shore for drill purposes. The Coancil was favourable to tho request;, and the matter was referred to the Works Committee with power to acb.

Major Somerville left Wanganui for Auckland yesterday afternoon, to superintend tho arrangements in connection with the forthcoming meetisg of the New Zealand Rifle Association.

A meeting of delegates representing a large number of bands in the North Island was held at Marton yesterday, when a Band Association for the North Island was formally constituted and officers elected. The executive centre, it) was decided, is to be Palm«rston North, and Messrs M. Cohen and James Grace were elected Presidentand Treasurer respectively. Jvlr Oakes, of Wellington, was elected Secretary. The date and place of the firab contest will be decided this afternoon. A meeting of the committee of the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club was held last evening, when further arrangements were made in connection with the New Zealand Championship Meeting, to be held on the Domain Cricket Ground on Wednesday, February 10, and Saturday, February 13. Messrs H. H. Greenway, Aitken Carrick, A. W. Bell, Shaw, J. Kuseell, Te Paa, and Rangi were elected members of the club. It was decided to send Mr E. Reynolds to represent Auckland at the Amateur Cycling Championship Meeting to be held at Wellington on February 24th and 27th. It was resolved to engage Hunter's and Impay's Bands to provide the music at the Championship Meeting:. It was also decided to call for tenders for the gates and the rights to boII refreshments at the Championship Meeting. Mr Jf. Brodie was elected on the committee to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Mr T. B. O'Connor from Auckland.

At a meeting of the Ponsonby School Committee lasb nighb ib was resolved to forward the following representation to the Board of Education : —" That in the opinion of tki3 Committee the papers selected by tho Chief Inspector in the recent junior scholarship examination were needlessly severe, as shown by the results, thera beine 150 candidates, and only nine succeeded in gaining 50 per cent, of the marks obtainable. - The Committee, therefore, trust thafc. seeing the Board has funda available for fifteen more scholarships, these will be swarded to the next highest scholars."

The half-yearly general meeting of the Taupiri Extended Coat Mining Company, Limited, was held aS the Company's office to-day, when the report and "balanceshoot were reaJ and adapted. The reports showed a profit of £1,746 15s 9d. The balanco brought forward from last half yoar ii £79 7«? 4d,making a total of £1,326 3s Id, from which the directors recommend payment of a dividend of lsper ahare. Messrs John Newland and W. J. Hill, the retiring directors, were re-elected. Mr 0. B. Waymonth was re-elected auditor.

The annual examination for mine tnanaeera and battery superintendents commenced this morning ab the Thames School of Mines.

Some wonderful results have been obtained by Mr C. E. Mackio's X Ray apparatus. One photograph obtained sbowa distinctly a needlo embedded in a lady's foot. Another shows a broken bono in tbe arm of a well-known jockey, the bone having knitted, bat nob evenly. A child five montba old was brought to Mr M&ckia to ascertain the cause of a crippled right Arm, and the application of the X Ray gave clear proof of dislocation in the locality of the tame. One excellent photograph exhibited by Mr Mackie shows the haad and forearm of Mr W. Holden, a young man residing at Mangers. Mr Holden, when at school in Brussels twelve years ago, gob a bullet embedded in one hand. Two celebrated doctors kepb the wound open for a week trying to locate the bullet, bub unsuccessfully, and ib is still in the hand. Mr Mackie's photograph shows the bulleb distinctly embedded in the palm of the hand, and no serious difficulty will now be met in extracting it.

It la reported that the ruins of Mcßae'a Hotel ab Wairoa, rendered remarkable through its partial destruction at the tirua ot the Kotorua eruption in 1886, was destroyed by fire last week. The fire ia supposed to havo been caused ihrough the carelessness of some tourists who had been camping at the place.

Constable Carroll, of Kibikibi, brought down a Maori prisoner named Matengaro by train yesterday. He was convicced on a charge of destroying a fence ab Te Puke bub nob paying a fine 6f £3 and £13 6a 6d costs he was brought down to Mount Eden Goal for a sojourn of two months.

At Court's sale. A lob of ladies' capes to

Yesterday some, peraon ?«*„—£thi cover whicfc is *.W for the .hares ontiw Avondale Plumpton Park. Mr J«jej Ferguson, the saretaker, ducovered we fire before ii> had got a good hold of the loag dry gra« and heather which forms Kov/r, and with tkfl askance o som* of the neighbours soon gob thetee ojt .arioua loss to the Club,as there are a large number of young hares in «"*£•"£ hoped that fcho perpetrator of this ac* win receive his just desert*. Th 9 annual meeting of Drorj FrWDyteriu Church wm .held on January 25th the Rev. T. Norrie in tho chair. From the treasurer's report it eppeared that tM » 9id had been raised for all purposes _i°r 3£ yea? 1896, and all had ««««{-*? exeepb a credib balance of £3 17s HW. Thanks were voted to the Committee and Miases Coesey for their able w»t»«» the service of song. . The Stowing: w«e appointed the Committee for the current yearr-Mems John Blake, Day.d MeBurnie and Joseph Flanagan, and Robert Flanagan secretary and treasurer.

The Mabetn Band of Hops held a successful meeting on Friday. The Rev. i. Norrie presided, and gave a speech ana » reading. The other items were contributed by Mrs Callen, Mieses Lucy and Emily Hamilton, Maggie Barclay, Honeyford and Cairns, Messrs J. Dixon, Allen, Luke Ballard, and Bies (ciarionette accompanist). Mias Lottie Gaze was organ accompanist. The February issue of "The New Zealand Primitive Methodist," now being issued, is appropriately called the Conierence number, containing, as ib does, a luu and true report of the late Conference held at Fielding. The illustradons are a photo of the new President (Rer. T. H. Lyon), and tha Conference group. The leading article is devoted to the vexed question of '•Church Finance." "Nosts of the Churches," marriage items, etc., etc., make up a very important monthly ior adherents of the Church.

Complaints are made of persons nob taking in their refuse-boxes from the streets after being.emptied, to the annoyance of the neighbours. Ths Sanitary Inspector intends in future to remove all such packages not taken in from the etreet and to destroy them.

The Opanake No. 1 block, Northern Wairoa, is etill engaging the attention of the Native Land Court in Auckland, under Judge Mair, and a number of natives interested in the case are in town at present. Evidence was taken yesterdayand today in connection with the ownership of the block, to which several taaptss of Northern natives lay claim.

Messrs Samn«l Vaile aad Sons hold their usual sale of real estate ab their rootas, Queen-street, tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Bale is to be held on Thursday instead of Friday, as tbo latter is Anniversary Day. The properties to be offered comprise allotments and cottages at Coromandol, cottages at Ponsonby, residence eitea Birkenhead, 2,250 acres at Pakiri, and farms at Makurangi and Wade.

The Northern Steamship Company advertise a number of water excursions for Regatta Day, the 29th in&t. The chief attraction for many will undoubtedly be the p.s. Wakatere's trip to the Great Barrier. The steamer will leave Queenetreet Wharf at 9 a.m., and calling at Port Fifzroy, will steam round the ielaads in that picturesque harbour. Paeungeri will also be enabled to have a run ashore for two or three hours, and will bo landed la town again aboub 10 p.m. The e.s. Clansman will leave at 10 a.m. for Mahttfangl Heads, returning at 4.30 p.m. and the Welliagton at 10 a.m. for Waiwera, leaving on the return trip at 4 o'clock. The f.e, Argyle vrill matea brip down to^Kuth'a Island, Waiheke, where some excellent fishing may be had. She leaves at 9 a.m., returning at, 4.30 p.m. Bands will be in attendance on the Wakatere, Clansman and Wellington.

The female Foresters' picnic will be held ab Pine Island on February 15tb. The Newton Band will be in attendance, and a large programme of sports and amusements will be gone through.

Tha Paeroa Drnids' sports oh Friday promise to be highly successful, first-class entries being received for all events. A good number of the Auckland and Poneonby Druids are going to Paeroa by train on Friday morning, the excursion rates being attractive enough to allow a number of people an apporbunity of visiting the rising township of Paeroa.

In another column will be found the Ferry Company's Ust of excursions for Regatta Day, by which it will be seen that a regular service will be maintained to Pine Island, St. Halier's Bay and Lake Takapana. There will also be an excursion to Motatapu, and fishing excursion, the Nautilus being timed to leave the* Ferry Tee at half-past niue. A fast service will bo run to the suburbs of Davonporfc, Nortbcote, Birkenhead and Chelsea. For the convenience of residents of Sb. Belter's Bay desirous of visiting the races at North Shore, a steamer will leave St. Helier's Bay at 10.15 on Friday and 11.15 on Saturday, returning to the bay at half-past cix each

evening,

At Court's sale a big line of boys' coloured mole treuaers, Is lid. —(Adr.)

At Court's sale, mon'e diagonal suits, 16s lld.-{Adt.)

Ac Court's sale, men's coloured suits, 18a lid, all eizea.—(Advb.)

At Court's Sale, white skirts from la lid, —(Advb.)

At Court's sale, a special line of handkerchief belts, Is 6d, ]a lid and 2s 6d, less thau half cost.—(Advb.)

At Court's Sale, sequin belts, Is and Is lid, reduced from 3s lid.—(Advfe.)

Ab Court's Sale, laundry belts at Iswhite kid belts, Is sd, le b'd and Is 9d.—Ad'

Ab Court's Sale, lace collars in ereab variety, Is 6d.— (Advt.)

Ab Court's sale—A special line of furnish ing tapestry, Is ll^d yd.—(Advt.)

Ab Court's sale—Coloured velveteens, Is yd.—(Advb.)

At Court's—See thab line of dross eooda from 2 3 lid the dress (double width).— (Advb.)

Ab Court's sals—The whole stock of muslina and fancy prinba marked down to clearing prices.—(Advt.)

At Court's sale, a clearing line of macintoshes from 12g Us; better goods all reduced.—(Adb.)

Ab Court's sale, dressing gowns at 6s lid and 7a lid, worth double.—(Advil.) At Court'B eale, the whole itock of dresses, including special purchase of 300 piocee, to bo cleared ab from 2a lid the drees, double width.—(Advt.)

Lace mantles reduced from 63s to loa 6d during the Bale.—D.S.C.—(Advt.)

At Court's Sale, bowels f rom la 9d doz.; Turkish towels, in whits or brewn, 3a 6d dozen.—(Advb.)

At Court's Sale, plain colour flannelette, from Is 6d dozen ; stripe flannelette Is lid dozen.—(Advt.)

At Court's Sale, wide width white Bheetings, from 6|d the Yard.—(Advb.) At Court's Sole, plain colour .art mußlin, with drawing thread;la ?d the awek^Adf

N.iKS'"?? S aleJ 20° Pieceß of «nble;ached cahco, Is 9d tho dozsn.—(Advt^ . : .. Sr Jw ? °J!!. red> 2a lld the dozon. from s|d to S|d per yard.—(Adt.j B|d yard, to be cleared at 4|d.«-(Adt.)

We learn that tha dlrecttqrs of thajndnsi \ brial Building aodTnveatmenb Society have received the £1,000 from Mr P. A. Edmuton, General Manager of the New Zealand Accident and Fidelity Inaoranea Company, which accepted the guarantee for Mr J. Bancroft, the late manager of the Society, The Society have also found mining eorip estimated to bo worth £150, and £160 wortV of good debts dne to Bancroft, and a lifat intercut in. a property in a village in York-., shire. It is reckoned thai) the Indnsh-ial Society will not lose one penny over Bancroft ; in fact, it is thought that the late manager will be the largeit loser. The ordinary meeting of the Mangers Road Board was held on Monday last,' There were present, Mr M. M. Kirkbride, '\ in the chair, and a fall attendaacs of " members. Ib was resolved that the Board continue to issue grazing licenses on the same terms as before for a farther period of six months. Ib was also decided to . hold a special meeting «f the Board on Monday, Ist February, to inspect the roada throughout tha district. On the motion of Mr Taylor it was decided that an iron drinking trough be fixed near the approach • to the Mangere Bridge on the west side, and that application be Bade to the Msn« gere Domain Board for permission to co»« nect with their mains to obtaia a supply of water for it. Tha new steamer Kia Ora rang fcec maiden trip in Auckland Harbour ou Friday next. Regatta Day. Ib conjunction with the Rose Casey ehe runt aa excursion to Putiki Bay on that day. Judging from the very great interest tbab the Kia Ora has excited since her arrival, she should be well patronised oa this excuraion. At Court's sale, double-width reversibla cretonne, 7-fd the yard ; single-width. cretonne, 3fd.—(Advfc.) - Three thousand yards of silk, in all the leading shades, reduced to Is 9d.—D.S.C. —(Advt.) At Court's sale, the special job of 3GO pieces fancy dress to be cleared at from 2i lid the dress (double width).—(Adrfc.) At Court's sale, Pongee silk at lOfd yard; shot ei!ks, 3a 3d, reduced from 4s 6d.~ (Advt.) Men'a linen collars, odd shea. Id each. Annual sale of the D.S.C.—(Advt.) At Court's sale — Double-width foala" beigß (all wool), 9fd yard.—(Advt.) Fifty dozen men's white handkerchief*, large sizes, cix for Is, D.S.C. Sale now on. —(Advt.) At Court's sale—A small lob of fancy dress material, Is lid dozen yards.— (Adt J Our annual sale now on. Doors oponed at 10 o'clock. Great bargains in all department*.—D.S.C.—{Advt.) At Court's sale, men'a working ahirts, Is 6d, Is9d, la lid.—Advt. Ab Court's sale, men's Regatta eoirte $ regular price 4a 6d, reduced to 2a lid.— Advt At Court's aale, boys' tweed trousers, If - lid.—Advb. C Ab Court's sale, 20 pieces of galatea at 35d, 4|d,s|d.—Advt. >. At Court's sale, well-known line of strips ' drill, 6fd and 9|4, worth ll£d.— Advt. Ab Court's aale, all wool, double-width ; crepon, in fancy colours, Is yard.—'Advt. I Ab Court's sale, men's tweed feromers, 2a lid, 3s lid, 4a 6d.—(Advb.) > Ladies dreaßing-gowns, big, warm and stylish, reduced to Sa lid.—D.S.C.—Advfc At Court's gale. Kid gloves to be cleared la the pair.—(Advt.) \ ,Ab Court's sale. Shirt blonsea to be cleared at Is. An immense stock to pick from.—(Advj.) - At Coart's sale. (Jarsots, la lid; apecial ■- - C.B. corseta 2s lid.—{AdW.) ■ "V . At Court's sale. Costumes from 4s lid V to be cleared.— (Advt) ■ .>- '_.■.;:■■';'■ ''~~>->±* ,i