LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Saturday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4062, 29 August 1870, Page 3

L ATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Saturday.

BcsintxT Magistiuth's Coukt. — This I morning at the Resident Magistrate's Court sundry civil cases were heard, amongst them one Clark and Son v. Neil Girdler, to recover upon :i dishonoured promissory note for £.">(). There weie four notes of the same kind standing against him. Defendant admitted his indebtedness, but stated that he \\a» in the course of making arrangements with his crcditois, and requested that time might be given him to complete those arrangements. His Woi ship said he was at a lo^s to ascertain what the defence .setup really aa.xs ,• for his pint he could see none, and the application seemed to him to bo a meic fiwolons pretence to gam time. Mr. Rovcridge r-iiA the cieditois weie quite -willing to »nc time pi o\idmg they were assured that the stock would not be made away "wrth meantime. His Woi^hip said he must <uvc judgment for the ])1 uniill in each ut the four cases, the otiiur tin cc dishonoured notes having boon also sued ui)on in the same name, it was however agieod to stay execution tor ten d.i\<s, to alb j\v the defendant time to complete arrangements,m ents, w ith the undo standing th'it .some j'eisou should be placed in chaigc ot thee cafe on behalf of the cieditois. Tin, Wvini UoHurnv — John Johnston. Thomas Nash, and liichaidLoc i\ciebi ought up on loh Kind, charged with stealing a quantity of ■Hatches, of the value of £80, tiom the premises of William JUoundel, Pollotistrcet, Nhortland. William ljloundel w.h evammed, and deposed to the fact:, connected ■with the robboiy, -which have been already lopoited m your column^. We hm\ ever give some facts, which arc additional. He deposed that he went out to buy a newspaper, locking the door attcr him. At Lipscy's corner he met the prisoner Nash, and had a short conversation A\ith him, . Nash being the inst to speak. The com pi> sation i elated to minim 1 , topics. vetuincd to his shop, ha\ ing boon absent r>ot more than ten minutes. The door of the shop was lo< ked as he h\\\ loft it, but A\hon he -\\cnt inside he saw tint a box of -Hatches was gone. lie valued the propu ty at between l'BO and €90. — Samuel Brennan, a member of the u-mod Constabulary, deposed that on Saturday List he sow the prisoner Johnston and Lee, going up the Waiotahi Creek. Lee was cairying something under his arm. wrapped m black, and about the sue and shape of alargo cigai-bo\. When he heard of the robbery of watches Ins : suspicion -was excited, and he took pr^ps to asccit.im wheie the two men lc-ided. The -witness then described the Author stcp^> leading to the arrest of tho prisoners. He and Detective Murphy Wilt to Lee's house, and, while Mutphy searched, witness watched at the v.mdow. Nash and Johnston come down the tr-unwpy, and when opposite Lec\ house Naih v>\-\\t on towards (-hahanistown, whilst Johnston made for the house. John^top entcicd the house bunging a mustai'd tin with him, and sat down, placing ] the tin by his side. On opening the tin witness found that it contained a number of ■*Vatcht'S packed under a lot <jf iag<» Lee, m ' a buist of indignation, lemarked thM he was astonished Johnston should have dared to disgiace his (Lee's) house by bunging the watches theie. John -.ton a\ as then taken into custody by detective Mm phy upon the charge of stealing the watches, and Lee was ordeicd to accom any the paity to the station-honM) On the 2 tth instant -witness and Duectwo Murphy again visited Lee's house, and Murphy jnckcd up apiece of llannel w hich coi i esponded in appearance and te\t\ire to one ot the iagt> in the mustard tin Witness was pieaentwhen Detective Murphy ■apprehended Nash, and the latter ilemed any knowledge of Johnston or Lee. — Detective Murphy was e\amined. Once ■witness observed the three together. —For the defence, Mr. Shapter contended that not even a, pi ima facie case had been made out against the prisoneis Nash and Lee. — Ilcmy Jiitchens, the first witness for the defence, deposed that he kept a stoic in the Waiotalu Creek, and on the Satin day evening on which the robbery was committed he sow the defendant Lee pass his uate on ins way up the tramway. The time was between six and seven o'clock. — Cross-examined by Mr. Inspector Bullen, "witness could not say whether Lee returned to town that night. — Daniel Elkm deposed that he knew the prisoner Lee and his place of abode. He saw the pusoner Lee ou the night of the robbery in his own house, at about seven o'clock. Witness was in the hou«e -with him fiom that time to half-past nine. — Mis Floyd deposed that she visited Lee's house on the night in question, at abort half-past seven o'clock, and saw Lee inudc Avith Daniel Hlkm. — Edwaul Leo, the brother of the prisoner Lee, said that he saw the pnsonei Johnston that night. He walked some distance up the Waiotahi tiamway with Johnston, the hour being about nine o'clock. Witness proceeded to the house of his brother, Mho was inside — This concluded the evidence —His Worship said that the evidence against Nash was not suiheient to send him to trial, but with regard to the other U\ o heshould conimiithcm both to take then tiial at the next cummal sittings of the Supicme Comt, He wis picpaied to entortam an application to bad for Lee, but not for Johnston.

MINING. Golden- Crowx Company. — I have to report an astounding yield this wee —one that has astonished the company finite as much as it will the general public, inasmuch as it was quite unexpected, the outride estimate being l,ooooz. The amalgam, however, must have squeezed uncommonly well, and retorted well ; for, when it was weighed this morning, after being fired, it kicked the beam at 1,77 k>z. ; and, after melting, weighed IjGGGoz. lOdwt. By analysing this return I find that "225 tons of stuff were crushed for it, 'of which 135 tons were treated at the Tararu machine, and yielded 1860z., whilst 90 tons of the best stuff were crushed at the company s own mill, and gave 1,3850z., or, at the rate of 17^oz. the ton. Such a return has been seldom eclipsed during even the good old days of the Golden Ciown mime, and auo+her dividend of £25 per share has been declared, making £45 per share paid in dividends during three weeks. Yankee Doodle, Tararu.— A parcel of gold from this claim was lodged at the Bank of Australasia to-day and melted, the result being a nice little cake weighing 12oz. 4dwt. Waoitahi Company. — This company cleaned up to-day after crushing between 70 and 80 tons of stone. The yield in melted gold was 350z. 3dwt., or very nearly Aoz. the ton, at which rate the mine will pay handsomely. UyiTED States Ciaim, Puriri.— News of any kind from Punri during the last few months has been of very rare occurrence, and it is therefore quite refreshing to find that the place is not altogether "heieft of vitality, and many are inclined to as&ert its right to the name of a payable field. To-day a parcel of very nice gold, the produce of 3cwt. of stone, was lodged and melted at the Bank of New South Wales, and after the process weighed lloz. 13dwt. 18gr M its value being £2 18s. per oz. This was a trial crushing of picked stone, and I hear that there are 150 tons of general stuff to grass, which is expected to turn out well. Long Drive.— A first instalment of gold fromtho cleaning up now in progress at the Manukau machine was melted at the Bank of New Zealand to-day, and weighed 2GBoz. Una Company.— The fortnightly return of this company is to hand, and may be quoted at 98oz. 9dwt. of melted gold. Alburnia Company.— The weekly return of gold obtained at the Pioneerand Weston's machines was banked to-day, and weighed 1560z. lOdwt. retorted. Whau Company. — A parcel of gold, weighing 350z. sdwt. after melting, was lodged at the Bank of New Zealand to-day, on account of the above company John o'Groats.— The tribntors disposed of 14|oz. melted gold to-day, at the Bank of New Zealand. „ 7 p.m. GoLD-MELTiNa.— Messrs. Smith and Quint, of the assay and melting department of the Bank of New Zealand, put 2,4980z. of retorted amalgam through the crucibles to-day in thirteen parcels.

In > i ,; >l Companies. — The ekvumy-up returns from these companies •\vcro not fco Jiaml when I closed my depp itch.