LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3997, 14 June 1870, Page 4

LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. )

Monday. THE WEATHER. After a decidedly wet night tke rain •yesterday morning came down, in torrents, with the usual winter accompaniments of thunder and lightning. The rest of the day was marked by sunshine, but, when night set in, cain came with, it ; it proved incessant. To-day lias beon disagreeably showery, and water and mud prevail everywhere. Most of the mining roads, or rather tracks, ars impassable.

THE COURT At the Police Court, David Young, charged with having used abusive and threatening language to one E. S. Styles ; but as he failed to appear in compliance with the terms of summons, a warrant was ordered to be issued for his apprehension. — A. breach of the Municipal By-laws was laid to the charge of John Connel, but the case was dismissed.—Elizabeth Brothers was charged by C Curtis with acting in an abusive and offensive manner towards him. His Worship dismissed the case.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT. An accident occurred in Pollen-street this nioruing, which resulted in grievous bodily harm to a fine little boy, the son of Mr. Barber, and in the narrow escape of his sister. The facts are simply as follow : — A butcher's horse had been tied to one of the posts of a verandah fronting a house next to Dr. Fox's establishment. Suddenly the brute took fright, and backed /wtern (aa the sailors say) with such determined energy that he pulled the verandah down. The two children were standing beneath it, and the woodwork fell upon them, breaking the boy's left leg below tke knee, and bruising the girl, but not seriously. Constable Ryan, of the Armed Constabulary Force, happened to be on the spot, and assisted to extricate the little sufferers, who were attended to by Dr. Fox. I

RETURN" HIFLE MATCH: ATJCK- ! LAND Y. THAMES. There is a probability nf this inatcli being shot to-morrow. An oxoelleut supper, with ■whioh to regale the Auckland men to-morrow evening, is being prepared by mine host of the Warwick Arms Hotel.

MINING. Moanatviari Company. — The usual fortnightly cleauing-up at the company's machine, took place to-day, the result being 1340z. of retorted gold. The quantity ot quartz crushed was much less than that of the preceding fortnight. Operations in the rich 4eader on the Homeward-Bound side of the claim have been suspended, pending the completion of an adit from the Moanataiari side.

Maxukau Claim.— The crushing *of 330 tons from this mine was finished at GoodalTs machine, to a total retain of 1620z. 2dwt. Henceforth Manukau stuff will be treated at the Thames Crushing machine.

Flying Cloud. — One hundred pounds weight of nice specimens from this mine were crushed at Souters machine to-day, and yielded 50oz. lldwt. retorted gold.

Hauraki Machine.— This machine is still crushing for Dixon's No. 1, and to-morrow will cammence in the Circular Battery upon 80 tons of stuff from the Hazelbank mine.

Goodall's Machine. — Cleaning up for the Junction and Cure companies n ill probably take place to-morrow. A good return is looked for in eaoli case.

John o'Groats. — A crushing of 30 tons of stone from the John o' Groats (now in the hands of tributers) has resulted in a yield of 430z. 12dwt. of sold.

Eureka. — Eight tons of stone taken from the rich branch leader, and crushed at the Moanataiari niaahine, turned out 650z. 18d\vt. of retorted gold on Saturday afternoon. This is the second parcel from the same vein. The first was the richer of the two by more than loz. the ton.

MOANATAIARI FLOWER. lloz. 14tlwt. of gold from this mine were lodged at one of the banks to day.

The Long Drive lias commenced crushing at the Kuranui machine. An excellent return is anticipated, 4001b. of specimens having been secured during the past week.

rHE ohotover Uompany cleaned up at Tookey's battery y ester 'ay, the return, of amalgam being 7310z. for the week. The retorts are on the fire as I close lny despatch.

Berkeley Castle.— The return of gold from the Berkeley Castle's late crushing was 72|oz. from 40 tons of stone. (FROM YESTERDAY'S " THAMES ADVERTISER. ") The Gibraltar crushing of 24 tons gave a result of 16oz. 7dwt. of retorted gold. Melted, it was reduced to 15oz. S r ,-, The Mariner's Reef had $isall crusmig of 12 tons of stone from an in T&e Mariner's Reef, which yielded lOoz. 2dwt. of retorted gold. (from last evening's "mail.") The Halcyon Machine. — The proprietors of the Halcyon battery, Karaka — Messrs. Greenville and Nixon— -have made very extensive repairs and alterations to the machine, and have started the mill to work under very favourable circumstances. At present the mill is employed 'on a parcel of atone from the Colleen Bawn Claim. The Mclsaacs' Claim is sending down a parcel^ of flne-loeking stone, which will he put through shortly. A. small parcel from the Lucky Star ia.also at the milLi-and the Earl of Erin & sending down a 20-ton lot, whioh is expected to pay well,

The .Lord- Njslson— The Hokianga battery is, employed oa a' crushing for the Lord Kelson. ,

The Queen 1 q* Sheba.— -The parcel of ■tone yielded.'l2o2. ISdwt. of gold from 29 tons of atone. The gold only lo»t 9dwt. vhon melted, '

' Meetings^ shareholders are convened as follows 8— i E&eka > Goldmining Company, Gireyhound- Hotel, Auckland, Fhursday next; the JFlylngJ Cloud- Qoldminlng Company, on' yriday, Ist July j the Viatory and .Albion Gslduiitting Company, ons?hnraday,,she 30tJi Juhe-^Avcalliof 4s. Cd. per share haa been 'maa^inrfthe-'Hazelbank Groldmining Compsuiy^ I '-^Che of the Berkeley r C*s'tle7Goildmiiiing Gdinpany, are reminded 'thaVtne^econd instatlment. of .twopence per scrip fell. dve r on the 12th in»tant,