TRANSVAAL WAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2000, 21 December 1900, Page 5

TRANSVAAL WAR.

From OtiHf Special Correspondent. S Dunedin, Dec, 20th. General Knox routed section of "De Wet's force, taking many prisoners, preventing a junction, and that another section of 2000 Boers were surroanded at Orange Rive'- and badly defeated. This news is unofficial. The Boer* fighting against General Clements were dressed in khakii and came close upon he British before they were recognised. Sixty men belonging to 12th Brigade and Mounted Fnfrntry splendidly kept the Boers at bay, till a retiea; was effected' Letters? say that the Boers sbc.t General Luces Meyer for treachery-. The Boer losses totalled 250 de~l and wounded, filling nine waggon:. The sentences on Africanders for treason satisfied loyalists. British newspapers are urging the Government to continual supply of mountjM to que'l guerilla war. \ ord Roberts will be \M Prince of Wales and ofl bers of royalty, and th» to Buckingham PalaceS Captain Craddock m General Reeves both ~M ing reports of our boj| fighting equalities M

VINCENT EXTENDI. • A most successful trial run of the Viricent Extended was held last Friday. Mr d( Payne's representative (Mr Pecs) who inspected the dredge, was grsatly pleased rf with the w irking of the machinery. As the dred;e is one of the most up-t,o-d-ite : on the river, we g-ve a -hort Ae^iP^9 n The dredge was designed by Mr b. W. . Payne, consulting engineer, Dunedm, and I the work of ereefciug the machinery was gl entrusted to Mr W. H. Scott, engineer, late , of Dunedin. The pontoons were dux it oy : g . Messrs Baskett and Boa, and the opw and boiler were supplied by Messrs s \f Marshall and Son, England The rest of i the machinery was supplied by Johnston / and Sons, Melbourne. The principal di- / mensions are as follow :-Poddoo « 105 ft; depth, 7ft; port pontoon, lOrt wide, B starboard, lift wide. The main engine is a compound, surface-condensing one, ot lb nominal horse power, the high..prepare g cylinder being 8 inches, and the lower , 0 , Assure 12 inches diameter. The condenser, air pump, and centrifugal pump are below the deck ; the boiler is an internal fired one, fitted with injector, etc., and twin | safety valves, direct spring weighted, and | is 20 hj. p. The buckets are driven by tour endless gropes, and the centrifugal pump ; and elevator by Bin Dick's belong. Ihe elevator cSi Jck tailings to 20 feet above , the water, and is driven from bottom tumbler Ihe ladder is 72 feet, and can dredge to a depth of 55 feet below water; IT is fitted with buckets of 5 feet capacity the links being 2 feet centres, and pins S* diameter. The-winch has six barrells and is self-contained, having the engines fitted to the framework. The barrells are set in motion by sliding clutches, no friction - clutches being used. The winch is the only part of the machinery on the port Sntool The housing s of spacious character, almost coverine the entire pen- . - loons : the engine room is match-lined and Sfiects greatcredit on Mr Arthur Gye (who had charge of the work) forj foe.able ; manner in which it has been fitted up. OLD DUNSTAN G, D CO. The first annual raeetinsr of ■ shareholders in the above company •• was held on Tuesday, the 13th inst about 12 shareholders (representing 3000 and odd shares) were present. Mr L- p. chairman of director* presided, and said that as the report and »*•- \ ance sheet had been in the hands of shareholders for some weeks, it was unnecessary for him to read them, there wer*, however, one or two points he wished to refer to ; In the report reference was made to the delav in getting on with th< construction of the dr-4pe «de could assure them that the delay was in no wav traceable ro the. their p»rt they used j everveff#i4n fact tney had simply ■ been mtardtd through the pressure of work amongst all c asses that has existei during the present vear in connection with '.he dredging industry. However, the < pressure is now pretty well over, and barring accidents _*here w| every hope of getting the dredge | completed and at work bv o*ns> next, at the outside. Auotne* matter is the large amount oi arrears, as appearing in 'he baj-1 ance-sheet Since the balancesheet was made Up some £3OO ot | the arrears have come in. XJW| directors, however, consider the balance is still too large, and it is feared that it will be necessary to take legal proceedings, unless pay- I msnts are m >re promptly made. The question of amalgamation with the Dunstan Pioneer has been pubJidy rumored, indeed the question has been discussed in he newspapers, but from whe.ei the rumor sprang your director, have no knowledge, neither have the Seen approached by the other company, or have they approached them is to whether an amotion is desirable has never been discussed by. the directors There being no discussion the •election of directors was Proceeded with, Messrs. Macgeorge and Jas_ MoArthur being re-elected. Meters Buchanan and Gye were re eected auditors.

DREDGING RETURNS.

The following are the returns from the dredges for the week ended December 15,1900:- oz dwtgrs Earnscleugh No 2, Alexandra W3 1J j> Molyneux Hydraulic, Alex. W » Alexandra Eureka, Ale ara .61 » Golden Gate, Island Block 51 £ «, Junction Electric, Cromwell 51 £ u, Hartley & Riley, Cromwell... " Gold Queen ... ••• *« l t a Golden Treasure, Miller's Flat U 3 0 Empire, Waipori »* » x ' jtfatan. Clyde ••• I g ° " Ceoiral Electric, Cromwell .30 17 i*f Golden Beach, Alexandra ... 29 4 jSf Bichard's Beach, Kawa.-au 28 i < yClyde (Moa), Alexanara 25 u u Charlton Creek, Gore - 24 u u Tuapeka, Tuapeka Flat ... 23 10 o Nevis, Nevis River „, ... f* « * Success, Waipori ... >,, ** ' * Central Mataura ..- #£ u 1R Waimnmu Queen, Gore ... J9 » ie Waimumu entralGore ... i« » " Morning Star, Manuhenkia 18 0 » -Ng?para No. 3, Nevis ... 17 « "| Central Charlton, 8 days ... 11 0 0 Evans ¥&, Tuapeka ... lb J J Upper Waipori, Waipori ... 14 J « - * " •Gtago, Miller's Flat .... 13 0 0 .Jutland Flat, Waipori .... \A 1» « -Waimumu Extended, Gore 12 1? j» : Meg and Annie - " *° g •Paul's Beach, Beaumont ... i- ii JJ teT%cent, Clyde „ ... \j & J ,Ch\cago, Alexandra ... 1? « " J Eritprprize No. 2, Alexandra 11 10 » Olrig, Manuherikii ... H•« " Waikaka Forks, Waikaka *p 1/ .0 ftJaity, Clyde ... - \ ° J Jnch Yalley, Palmerston ... ° f 0 Waimuinu, Gore ... ••• 7 5 u ' The building .of a)first-class hotel necessarily calls for something -high-class 5tK way of a name. Mr Pitches has applied to the Licensing Committee and obtained leave to change the name , .of the Port Phillip, and henceforth that Jjouse m ** «m *** ftWP*^

DIVjtDMl^

The following dividend* have been t declared: - j Golden Treasure Dred;i g Co., 4s per j 3 Success Gud bred ring 3c ,2a per share. I i Golden Gate Dre I'ging Co . 2s per share, t Golden Beach Dr? 'Ting C >., Is per share. < Empire Dredging Oo , Is per share. , I Meg and Annie Dredging Co., Is per • share. . ■ ._, , i Iharlton Greet' -Dredgvn? Co., 6d per i ' share. .■ . ~ - 1 ' Alexandra Eureka Dredgi .g 00.. Is per share. Eirtlev anll&ky. M frl v>er share, j BaterprlM Drafai i Ow ,'3 61 par snare. SU.ITARYOF DBIDGfNG RETURNS The following table sh >ws the total ; 1 gold yield for each we -k of tho present year ; i of dredges whose returns are made public:— | ' Dredges ' Oz dwt gr I January 8 ... ? 232 13 8 • I rlr.lT 25 old 18 9 do 22 ::: U s 1?. , i do 29 ... 37 H97 1 0 February 5 ... 35 902 3 12 ! do 12 ... 29 693 0 11 do 19 -. 31 774 0 IS ! : do 26 ... 28 ',893 17 0 March 5 ... 37 1026 3 7 do 12 ... 32 944 8 14 do 19" ... 34 1251 13 7 do 26 ... 32 2074 15 5 April 2 ... 34 1572 10 7 iEr 9 .» 34 849 8I? ApSn« "• 32 790 1 8 April 23 ... 38 853 11 6 aS 30 .- 35 1235 719 'May 7 - 36 1302 ,0 5 ; , ilav 14 ... 38 0 9 I mill - 36 1103 13 4 Mav2B - 29 657 0 7 June 4 ... 32 1115 5 2 ' J nell ... 34 1408 17 13 J June 18 ... 3n 1350 12 2 June 25 .. 36 1136 1 17 Julv 2 ... 32- 954 18 5 Jul*v9 - 33 '2284 18 11 Julv 16 ... 31 v 1765 15 12 f Julv 23 ... 39 15 3 18 18 , .Julv 30 ... 36 . IK4I 15 J1 ' August 6 ... 38 1369 16 ? 1 August 13 ... 44 1K69 3 1 - August 20 ... 38 1373 8 0 3 August 27 ... 38 1411 13, 6 Septembers 36 ,' September 10 36 1970 5 9 1 September 17 42 2507 0 3 -! September 24 40 195H 17 0 3 October 1 43 1619 14 4 r Octobers 39 1458 1 18 , October '5 36 1008 17 T 4 1 October 22 33 1145 1 1 r October 29 38 '634 14 6 ; November 5 28 . 833 14 0 3 Novembers A 37 995 6 10 a November 1»X 29 876 0 0 November 26 36 1099 li o e December 3 39 MS? 0 6 Y 8. December 17 42 i 072, 14 14 3 | ot: fi1,374 19 H' \ LA.TSST 3CS.B 'iSJ'JaT. it •—' ■ Q Dahedin ecember 18. q ( Messrs Dalgety and C< nr. Limited „. I report prices as under: — 1 ' i Oats.—At present 1 ere is i good demand 3 ' for bright feed sorts s nits bio for shipment, iS I but prices remain the SBm*. as last, quotaie ' tions. Pri:nc inillin.-, to Is 0-|d per i- ' lush. 1;" goof-to V?' ee 1, Is 5d to Is ltd , 'f per bushel; iue»lium, s 3-; Cto 'ls per ? ' bushel. • ! f gWheai—The mwxet quiet ?** • iPrime samples only beinp r-nquired ;>f medium quality is vprv difficult to sell i r I unless as fowl feed. Prhae velvet and I tuscan has fair enquirv, and i' worth 2s 6d f to 2s 7d per bushel; medium velvet and I s tuscan 2s 2d to % .?s sd; fowl feed 2s to to 2s"ld per bushel ; broken and damaged, j„ ls"*10d to Is lid per bushel. (Bags in.) e Potatoes.—Owing to stocks being worked ' bare, there is a much better demand, and ,n prime derwents realised to-day £4: 38 other sorts to £3 to £3 10s. (Bags in.) ie Chaff.—Prime quality is in good demand 18 at quotations, but medium quality is over--P plentiful and very hard to sell. Prime Z onten sheaf £2 10s to d2 12s 6d; extra . heavy £2 15s; medium quality £2 to ~y £2 ss. (Bags extra.) er .