TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5606, 14 August 1875, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

C I! A [1 AMSTOWN, Friday. Cam:i> >m vv. — Thi ret)rting is not yet tinisliul ; a partial retorting was made t<»U day, v Inch ■« ill he completed to-inorrow. Chow \ 1'kinoess. — Retorting to-night, and have about 8.">0o/. of amalgam. Bi:m vsr Tuiuutk. — 13 tons yielded 7o/- 5dwt. Tho Ohinemuil trial crushing is not completed yet. i'vnv — Have a fine show of gohMo-day ag.iinbt the Caledonian boundary. (Jiiy ok London*. — Broke through to the winze, and have now ventilation on the large reef, a little gold showing. Si i.v rkmaii kkt. — Caledonian, 85s. , 87s. fid. , 90s., 92s. (id. ; Cure, 13s. (id. ; Golden Calf, 14s. 3d. -, Coliban, Is. ; Tairua, . r >5s. ; Ajax, 2s. fid. Sellers : Caledonian, 93s. ; Cure, 14s., Golden Calf (new), 7s ; Queen of the May, lls. 6d.; Albion (new), 35s.; Tairua, 56s. 6d.; Gem, 7s.; Ajax, 2s. Gd. Britannia, 2s. Buyers : Caledonian, 90s. ; Cure, 13s. 6d. ; Golden Calf (double), 14s. 3d.; new, Gs. ; Moanataiari, 30s.; Whau, lfis.j Coliban, 1b.; Gem, Cs.; Ajax, 2s. The Warden held an inquiry to day in re block 5a grievance. He took tho evidence of a large number of persons interested, with a view to report to the Government on the claims for compensation.

COROMANDEL, Friday. Tokate.v. — The unfinished retorting of yesterday gave 390oz. altogether. The specimens gave 97oz. retorted gold. A quantity of specimens expected to-morrow. The Van level is showing gold freely in a large hody of stone. Some picked stone in hand. It is reported here that a large quantity of specimens are likely to be got in the nevt seven stopes, from the Siege to the Bismarck levels. Uviox Brvcii. — A few pounds specimen stone taken out to-day. Hoy vi. Oak.— Nothing to report from this mine of any consequence. TuitKK Buothkin. —Owing to a disagreement among the shareholders, work has Tjcen suspended for the present. Harbour View. — Thespacimcn crushingis not yet finished. The Government Inspector of Machinery visited the Beach Lattery to day, and lias left to inspect the Cabbage Bay mills.

RUSSELL, Friday. The manganese is now ready for shipping. Captain Christoy kiudly showed a manlier of the Russell inhabitants the wire tramway at work yesterday. It is a complete success.

TAUItANGA, Friday. Business is dull. Everybody is complaining. Farmers are diligeutly planting their crops. The weather is delightful. The natives have dr.iwn up and forwarded by yesterday'^ overland mail, a touching petition to Parliament, to negative the pakcha petition:?, prohibiting them to exercise the franchise.

WELLINGTON, Friday. A (he occurroil last uigut at Poririia, near Wellington, in |tlie hotel, which was burned down. It was insured in the South British Insurance Company for £500.

[per truss agency.] WELLINGTON, Friday. The report circulated that Comptroller Fitz gerald prepared Abolition and otbei (*overnmcnt Bills is entirely unfounded. The Ferry Hotel, near Porirua, was totally destroyed by lire at two o'clock this morning. Its owner, Mf. Nelson, Mrs. Nelson and family were on thepremiies. The house had not been licensed for some time, and was in the market for lease or sale. isothingwas saved. The telegraph wires passing in front of the house were so much injured that communication with the West Coast is interrupted. The building was insured in the South British for £300, and the furniture for £200. Mr. O. Shea reports :— Flour, £11 to £11 5s. per ton, best brands ; wheat milling, no sale ; for chicks, acarce ; oats, 3s. 4£d. to Us. 6d. per bushel ; maize scarce, at (is. to (5s. Gd.; bran, Is. to Is. Id.; potatoes, £5 to £(i Is. per ton ; pollard, £6 to £G Gs. ; cheese, lid. per lb. ; butter (salt) scarce at Is. 2d. to Is. 3d.; hams, Is. Id.; bacon, lid.

CHMSTCHURCH, Friday. Market quotations arc as follows: — Wheat, 4s. Gd. ; oats, 3s. ; barley, 5a.; flour, £10 to £11 ; brau, £3; sharps, €5 10s. ; potatoes, £5.

DUNEDIN, Friday. The candidates for the vacaiit seat at C'avershaui are Messrs. Larnaoh, Stout, and Barton. There will be a keen contest. Produce quotations are : — Flour, CIO ; bran, 3s.; oatmeal, £17 ; pearl barley, £1G ; potatoes, £.") ; pollard, £16 ; hay, 6s,; wheat, 3s. tid. to 4s. 3d.; buttor, 2s. 3d. to 2s. Gd.; and cheese, lid.