TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5726, 29 January 1876, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[from our own correspondents.] GRAHAMSTOWN, Fiiday. Monarch. — Crushed| 18] tons for 24oz. 17dwt. of gold ; ■which, with the 20 oz. from the specimens, makes 44oz. 17dwt., and yet the return is not payable, in consequ ence of the delays and expense of getting the stuff down. Other parties in same locality (the head of the Waiotahi) who have quartz out are deterred by the expense from forwarding it. A road is much wanted. The shareholders of the Smile of Fortune claim, Ohinemuri, met to- day, and formed a company, with a capital of £10,000, in £1 shares : 2,160 shares were reserved. The directors are Messrs James, Steward, Adam Porter, Gellion, Noble, and Arnold. Mr. Turnbull, the mine manager, is instructed to proceed with operations at once. A boy, named William Brown, was severely" injured to-day, by a kick in the groin from a pony which he was mounting. Central Italy. — Got a nice-looking quartz leader last night, but no gold is showing yet.

COROMANDEL, Friday. Royal Oak. — The manager reports stoping and driving on No. 1, with a fair show for the future, the leader having improved considerably during the week, and more gold seen in it than for some time past. In the right-hand branch of No. 3, the stoping has been continued without anything important to note, except that the leader is stronger, and carries a large quantify of mineral, which is evidence of gold being near at hand. The contractora started in the low level, but the progress is slow, owing to the preparatory workings. Tokate\. — The manager reports making preparations for letting the low level by contract, and expects to be ready in three weeks time. The country in No. 1 rise of the Van level is becoming harder, and have to use lithofracteur instead of powder. The leader here seems very large at present, and is looking well, showing large blotches of gold when broken down Nothing impoitant lias occurred in the Siege level during the week. Sent a quantity of quartz to the company's battery, and expect to forward more during next week. There is a great improvement in the leader in the Excelsior level. Union Beach. — A small parcel of specimens were taken to-day from the stopes towards the west end. Black Rues 1 Company. — Rapidly going down with shaft, and expect to cut the Black [reef on the west side of the Union Beach shaft very shortly. A man named Waldmg broke his leg today. Dr. Hovell attended, and the patient is going on favourably.

MAHUBANGI, Friday. Great preparations are being made for the Cattle Show. The friends of Mr. W. P. Moat, I am informed, are going to give him a banquet. We had dieadful nun and a flood here on Monday last. I never «rvw heavier rain, to last so "long, for the past thuty years. All the crcekb were svdlui, and low landb flooded. A meeting is to beheld in the Public Hill, Warkworth, on Satuiday evening, at 7 .'0 for the jmipooe of fornnng a. JJ.icc I'mn mittce, to take place at an eaily iu\t>\ TV1 particulars v, ill I.e <»ivt.\>.

[PER PRESS AGENCY.] WELLINGTON, Friil.iv. Between two and three o'clock tins morning grcu; Wrs were entertained of a strong sonthcisici o ra!ii t ' u;i, an.l .is the tide rip w.i3 bee miing evjeui.'i^l> tioublesoir.e it v.-s thought the ca'>]j could have Lo l>e let go ag'iu befou tlu> oulumg w.is com pleted. The precaution, how over, M*aa taken of laahmg both endb together with a stout chaw, so that both could bo got at the same hmo. It was 5 o'clock this morning, before the splicing wa3 done with, and the cable let go. At a quarter-past five, it was slipped ovoi hoard, and the interrupted communication between the two islands was once more restored after a lapse of 44 days. It is estimated that the total co&t in connection with the recovery of the cable, is about £2,000. There is still a mile and a hall spare cable available.

GREYMOUTH, Friday. The competition for district representatives at the colonial rifle meeting at Wanganui was competed for here yesterday. Hen;eaut Munyanl made the head score with a total of 1S1 points ; Volunteer Stonebridge, 180; Sergeant Chamberlain, 178 ; Volunteer Simmons, 175 ; Volunteer Gorrie, 173. At 400 yards Gorrie scored six bulls-eyes and one centre, or 27 out of a possible 28 points.

HOKITIKA, Friday. Sergeant } lanyard, of the Westland Rules, is the repubciitatiye of Westland at the colonial pii7c-finng, by a scoi'e of 181 points.

D¥NEDIN, Friday, The prospectus of the Clutha Tunes Company is published. 'Hie capital will be £2,000, the paper to bo bi-\veeUv. The names of the be3t men in the Clutha dibti ict are on the provisional directory. Mr. "-tout is one of the directors. It will advocate a Provinciahat policy.