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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1492, 16 May 1873, Page 2

We have received intimation that W. H. Harrison,- Esq. , representative for the Grey Valley district in the General Assembly will, by special invitation of Mr Hungerford, be present at the turning of the first sod of the Greymouth and Brunnerton Railway. The date of the ceremony is not yet fixed. Itwill be seen by advertisement in another column that the Court of Revision of the Electoral Rol 1 , for this district, will be held before E. J. Lee, Esq., Revising Officer, at the Court House, Greymouth, on Wednesday, Jane 4, 1873. Those whs intend upholding claims objected to by the Registration Officer have very little time to spare in making their preparations. An entertainment is to be given this evening at the Volunteer Hal], consisting of readiugs, recitations, songs, &c, in aid of the funds of the Literary Institute. The total eclipse of the moon which was was observed so distinctly here on Monday night, was watched with interest all over New Zealand, although the people of Greymouth were more fortunate in getting a clearer view of the transit than the residents of other localities. At Reefton a heavy mist prevailing at the time, to some extent interfered with a perfect view of the phenomenon. At Ahaura, the lower and right limb of the moon presented a beautiful crimson color, which continued to the period of iptality. At Hokitika and Ross the several phases of the eclipse were noted with close attention. The next total eclipse of the moon will take place on the sth November of th c present year, but a lifetime might pass away; and another opportunity of making accurate observations, such as presented itself on Monday might nob occur. On 26th May, and on 20th November next there will be partial eclipses of the sun — they are both invisible in New Zealand. Mr Ivess, the member for the Inangahua in the Nelson Provincial Council, has given notice of an important motion with reference to his district. It is to the effect that a sum of LSO be placed upon the estimates for the erection of guide-posts at certain dangerous fords and at the junction of certain tracks. The absence of these guide-posts at the shifting fords and bars of the Ahaura and Grey Rivers has been the cause of the loss of more than one life in the rivers of the Grey district. At the inquest at Ahaura, on the body of the young man Mackintosh, -who was drowned near the junction of the Blackwater Creek and the Little Grey River, the jury expressed •an opinion that had guide-posts been erected \o indicate the proper , ford the misadventure would not have happened. The jury also, in a rider to the verdict;, strongly recommended the placing, of these posts at the proper places, but up to this the recommendation has no v been attended to. ; :.;:■■ ' Mr Robert Dougherty, the manager of the Inglewobd Gold Mining Company, Inangahua, writes.as follows to the Herald : — "ln your issue of the 10th inst., you have made some remarks which I must ask you to con- , You state that the Bank had seized on the balance of the proceeds of the gold after the crushing expenses were paid, which is not the case. And again, you say that many of the working shareholders have been compelled to leave the district. In i reply to this last remark I beg to inform you that none of the working shareholders have left the district." The Nelson correspondent of the liMtigahiia Herald, in writing about, the propositions made by the Government to the Council to grant the concessions asked for on behalf of the Inland Communication scheme, or of a Company to carry it out, says :— "The terrible results that will follow if these requests are conceded and the Company formed, aie too great to contemplate. The lands of the Province will be completely locked. up, the revenue crippled, and the mining and agricultural community will be- , transmuted into employees of this Joint ! Stock Company. This scheme should excite the loudest condemnation on the gold fields, fpr.jyE the people : do not protest againSt it '" tney ' will only have themselves to blame. The divisions upon these motions are certain

to be very close, but it is confidently believed that the West Coast members will, at least, be unanimous in opposing this pernicious measure." The demand for mining shares during the last week in Westport has exhibited a decided improvement, brought about in a great measure by the satisfactory returns from Anderson's. The Westport Times notes the sale of a parcel of twenty-five original shares in that company at L 5, and that sellers were noAV holding for L 5 10s and LG. Calondonians and Energetics are being inquired after at an advance upon late sales. Twelve months ago a share in the Alpine Company, Lyell, was sold to Mr Acton Adams, of Nelson, for the sum of LLOOO, under the following conditions :— That LSOO be paid down, and that at the expiration of twelve months it should be optional with the, purchaser whether he paid the additional LSOO or the deposit were refunded with interest at 10 per cent, added: We understand that Mr Adams has elected to receive back the deposit of LSUO with LSO interest added. The Kekerangu run, in Marlborough Province, the property of Mr Lovegrove, has been purchased by Messrs N. Edwards and Co. The run consists of 11,000 freehold, and the same number of leasehold acres, with 12,500 sheep, and formerly belonged to Mr Tetley, who laid out large sums of money in improving the property, erecting substantial buildings of various kinds, and establishing excellent paddocks, sown with English grasses. The plant connected with the run is extensive and useful beyond that of most stations. The price given was L 16,000. Messrs Birch, of Napier, lost twenty bales of wool last week, in consequence of the draymen failing to extinguish their camp fire. The men went in search of their bullocks, when, duriDg their absence, a spark must have set light to the tarpauling covering the wool ; before the, smoke was observed, and assistance could reach the spot, the dray-load of wool, with the exception of nine bales, was destroyed. The mmmg 'manager's and directors' reports of the Anderson's Creek Gold-mining Company, at Murray, were issued on 10th May. The manager reports the existence of a well defined reef, 2^f fc wide, showing very good gold. Taere are thirty men employed besides contractors, and the mine is turning out 100 tons of quartz per week, and if certain recommendations of the manager be carried out, the quantity can be increased to 130 tons weekly. The directors report the yield of gold obtained since November last as amounting to L 6430 3s 4d in value, besides a sum of LISO realised for crushing quartz for the Invincible Company. The total quantity of quartz crushed from the claim amounts to 1265 tons, with a yield of 16520z5. The di> rectors also report the purchase of a new berdan machine for treating tailings, also the purchase of two wire ropes, two extra sets of false bottoms and shoe 9 for the stampers, and a quantity of the finest gratings, which, the directors carefully remark, " are all paid for." The total assets of the company are set down at L 35,755 0s sd, of which sum the claim and machinery is .valued at L 35,000. The total liability comprises a sum of LI7OO due to Cornfoot and Co. , the firm who erected the machinery on the claim. When this amount is paid the company will be entirely free from debt. The balance sheet is subscribed to by Mr P. Rough as auditor, and Mr R. Oxley as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The publication of a few such financial statements as the oue before us would go far to retrieve the fallen fortunes the Inangahua, and to demonstrate the wealth of the district in its true light. ; On Thursday night last the boiling-down house of Messrs Parkinson and Co., at the Slaughter House Point, near Christchurch, was burned. The fire originated from some defect in the boiler, which caused the fat to run over and become ignited. The damage is estimated at L7O. ; We (Lyell Argvs) have, on more than one occasion, drawn attention to the bad policy of locking up all the best land in the district for the purpose of giving the cream to some mythical emigrants who never arrive. Wje are glad to notice that Mr Shepherd has procured the appointment of a committee, consisting of Messrs Tarrant, Gibbs, Guinness, Ivess, Provincial Secretary, Speaker, and the mover, to inquire into, and report upon, the obstacles, if any, to persons already in the Province taking up land under the Nelson Special Settlement's Act on terms not less favorable than those that will be conceded to immigrants, and if any obstacles are found to exist, then to inquire into the best means to be adopted for their removal.. A half -share in the Monte Christo claim, at the Lyell, changed hinds lost week for Ll5O. The local paper says the sum is supposed to be considerably below its value. ; On Wednesday last, says the Lyell Argus, as Mr Bromage Williams was at dinner, a tree was permitted to fall right on to the top of his dwelling, whereby the chimney was knocked on one side, the roof knocked in, and the front knocked oub. Fortunately Mr Williams escaped without personal injury beyond an inevitable fright, but his goods and chattels have, we regret to say, suffered severely. Tn justice to those who caused the accident, it must be said that they hastened to render every assistance in rebuilding the. house. The Government Gazette of May 8, contains the official notification that Lieutenant George Powley, Auckland Artillery Volunteers, has his commission cancelled, and he is dismissed the service, for using improper language to his superior officer. Complaints are frequently made of insufficient lock-up accommodation at Ahaura, but they appear to be worse off at the Lyell. The Argus says :— " We recently had occasion to refer to the want of a lock-up. Since then we have had additional and ocular demonstration of its great need. We have seen, almost opposite our own doors, a man — probably a drunken one, certainly a most abusive one, perhaps even at that time a dangerous one, but nevertheless a man — chained, up by dog chains to the pile of a house, and. thus for some hours exposed to gaze of every passer-by and made a spectacle of. So soon as the constable considered him sober, as he was unable to get bail he let hiai go ; and the man when called up before the Magistrate was nowhere to be found. Thus the disgraceful parsimony of the Government has caused a man when first arrested to be treated with undue severity, and subsequently for the time at any rate, has caused a miscarriage of justice. We have already pointed out how very difficult it is for the only constable to preserve law and order in the face of the peculiar circumr stances of the place." 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