TELEGRAPHIC. [FROM OUR OWN CORRb.hlJO>Di!.N Js ] OFiAHAMSTOWX, Saturday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXX, Issue 5113, 12 January 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC. [FROM OUR OWN CORRb.hl J O>Di!.N Js ] OFiAHAMSTOWX, Saturday.

Crown Prince — Obtained 301b. of tho best class of f-pecnnens ever tak n out of the mine to-day, fiom the iSo. 1. vmi ze on 2 reef. Old Whau. — Started to day to open up a new level from the main wilzo 40 ftet deeper than former workings. The noith east drive towaids the All.uruio. drive is in a few feet, and has opened the lode which is thieo feet wide, and contains a fine show of gold. The Thames Scottish competed to-day for the gold medal pieseuttd b) Captain Mum ay, at ranges 300, 400, aud 500 yaids, 13 shots, and was won by Lieutenant Dey, with a score of 32. This score w is tied by QuarterMaster Carpenter, but the foimer having made the highest score at the long range, Wiiis tho medal. Sharem vkkkt. — Sales: Caledonian, £12; Golden Calf, second is=ue, 4*. • C.ilodonian, £12 7s 6d ; City of London, 23d Gd ; Old Whau, 80a ; Golden Calf, second issue, 4s. Buyers : City of London, 22s ; Otmto, 7s ; Old Whau, 75s ; Crown Prince, 15-t (5d. COROMVNDFL, Saturday. GoVERVMKNT DlTYRl'ULVlS — Ml. Wllkini, who is a lirst-Ju-s Mirv yoc and a good draftsmen, I understand is likely to accept a lucrative appointment in the Piovinco of Canteihury. Mr. WilLms, during his connection with the Distrui ihis.incer's ofli'jo hero, his proved himself a good ifh;ul, aud one whose dap.irtmo will take the wpII wibhes ot tho w bole of tli« reitdmts for his success in his future sphere of usefulness. Emiia Baiihiy. — Mr. Moore, who is connected with tho Emily claim at tho Tiki, has, it is understood, purchased the Emily battery. Tho purchaser has no intention of removing tho plant. Waiso\poua Track. — Considerable progress is being made with the pushing ahead ot this work. >kw Trick .AcccnmoiMTrov — Mr. Wilkin«, of the District kngnotr's Office, is at prrsnnt engaged in sui\ ej ing the extension of tho tiack from the old ground of the Masonic Company to the Waveiiey ground, 'i ho accommodation thui likely t> be * Horded very qmckly will prove of much benefit to those woikmg in the netghb . a !•■ hood of tho latter company's ground, wiicre some r. cent finds have been met with. 1 he New Find —Messrs. Lawson, ltnfzon, HfewT the other parties intorcsted in the new discovery adjoining the On ma ground, aie getting an area of 16 acres pegged out. Not m.ich will bo known of tho value of the hud for some dajs, but Mr. Katzcn, with whom I havo b en conversing, seems confident that the prospects obtained sj fai fully wan. 'lit 'he necessary v\\<t nditiue for becuii'-jf juj 1 working the giound pegged off. PRLiin i'kkivn' Church —The Piev. Mr. Tnic, at a me. ting of the Church C'-m-mitioe, intimated his intuition of resigning hid chaigu c<f tho Coroir.mdel congieu ition at the forthcoming meeting of the Auckland Vieihyteiy. IIosrirvL, Mn n\o. -Tlio monthly meeting of the Committee < f Mamgen o'it of the above institution will be 1 *-ll n Monday evening at the H'-td^a llo'ol. V.imuii nuttora of wcifud tr> tins eluiity will be discii'&eci. [ R ANGLO. AVSTlt \LTAN TEI<rC RAM A«K' CY.] CHlUSTCilUIlCir, Sntuidny. Thp cotnpi-tition too 1 ; place to day for" the m-u i|' a -ti d ns Cft\':iliy rcpre ent,i'i\,.3 r.t 1l'o C Ioih.tI Pr zu Fninr. I]uutkj euored 71, Ji d^e f)5, aud Seeder 63. NKLSOy, 8iturd'.y. Tho races are postponed till tho end of April. The programme has been enhrged The principal event is a handicap of loO o\s, with a sv, etpstuke of lOsovs. DUNEDIN", Saturday. At the citizens' ball to Captain Jaquirt, of the French warnhip, on Monday, the Provincial Government wiil present him with a testimonial, consisting of a magnificent silverplated service, for his conduct in assisting the immigrants per tho 'Surat' A te»timonial will be presented at the same time by the City Council The inquiry into the ' Surat' case was re. ■umed to-day. Ihe mate was examined, and his evidence was generally corroborative of that given by the captaiu. The amount of revenue collected by the Customs jestorday was £3,313 6a 3d , being £200 more than ever collected, on an_y day previous. The city is full of Chinese by the h.s. 1 Mikado. 1 The * Surot' Committee have coHco'ed about f 3."iO The lists will closo on 1 uesda-y. The ball given to his Excellency and Lady Ferguson at the University Hall, by the Buncdin Club, was a great success. Ihere Wcr3 over 300 persons present. The Caledonian Society will celebrate Burns' aunivers*ry on tho 20th instaut. A gathering of nativts takes place at the Otagi- Heads on the 22nd instant to present a petition to the General Government for compensation for unfulfilled pledge? relative to the purchase of the Middle Island, for which they claim €2,000,000. It is expected that 200 natives will be present, and ako manj Europeans. A council-house has been built for tho purpose, 60 x 30. The Government have sent a number of presents for tho occasion. r Jh3 w'lolo affair ia intended to be feMouad up with a ball. In cross examination tho captain of the ' Surat ' admitted taking six glasses of Whiskey between tho timo tho ship struck and the timo sho was beached. Ho stated that the carpenter was drunk as well as the mate. The subscription for the ' Surat ' sufFerors is going on successfully. A sutficient sum will be raised without going out of tho province. Tho Governor will visit tho ' Surat ' wreck in his yacht to-morrow. A diver and a large number of laboarerh are at work upon tho wieck- Tho stores aud sails are already saved. A |team collier, 1,500 tona, has been purchased in London for Mr. Fiank Fulton, of his city. Tho eleven to play agvinst tho Canterbury cricketers are : — Allan, Clark, Croogli, Downes, Holmes, Johnston, Lambert, Lynch, Paramour, Read, and Tait. Emergency man, Austin.

A blushing maiden of forty summeis cnttred the Town Clerk's Oihcc, m Wheeling, West Y r nginia, recently, and asked, m a voice trembling with agitation, for a license. The clerk took down the name and addict of the visitor. "2saino and ,uldie->s of the other party?" asked tho cleik. " l\utliful, and he hvea -with me, " icphed the f.ui one The cleik looked at her for a moment, and ljluslnngly completed the filling of the document, winch lie handed to the lady. 1 Fe w.is astonished at her conduct. She gavo one glance at the license, hoarsely whispered " Monster !" and swept majestically out of the offico Tha clerk had presented lier >\ ltli a marriage licenso, when it was a dog license »ho wanted. At an inquest lately hold in England on two children, the coroner mentioned the terrible fact tliat about 3,000 eases annually occur of children under two yeaii of ago dying of suffocation in bed. In (Jeimany there 13 a law forbidding paientsfiom taking children under two ycais of ago to sleep with them. Latest from the Manufacturing Distncts • Lady Teacher -Tell me. now, wheic those animals are to be found — the lion, tho tiger, the monkey, and the cat?— Small boy (getting on rapidly) — Please ]Uiks, lions and tigeis is found in forests, and inoiiLi \m 1 ■> found in Zoological Gardens, and eats 11 found on back yaid walls. A San Francisco milliner has invented a hat which will probably sell well, 111 cases where blushing is not so spontaneouH as it might be, or used to be Whe-i the weai cr fcbows or Iowei3 the head abiupfcly, .1 tiny of steel clamps compress the aitcues 011 side of the temples, sending the blood to the cheeka. is a water- lilly like a whale? — both como to tho suifaco to blow.