THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED. DAILY. MONDAY, JULY 5,1815.

Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2154, 5 July 1875, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED. DAILY. MONDAY, JULY 5,1815.

The steamer Albion is expected at the Bluff at 1 a.m. out Tuesday, the 6th instant. Telegrams for the Australian Colonies or Europe via Cable, will be received at the Grey mouth Office for transmission to the Bluff up till 10 a.m. of the 6th inst. The half-yearly meeting of the Greymouth. Volunteer Fire Brigade takes place this evening at eight o'cleck sharp, in order to receive the Auditors' report and balance-sheet, and to transact other important business. The result from the scraping of the tables of the Wealth of Nations Quartz Mining Company, Inangahua, Reefton, on Saturday, 3rd inst, was 2850z 9dwt of amalgam. The Manager reports that the machinery is kept well supplied with stone, and that the frost, although very severe, has in no way affected the race. The report from the Mining Manager is very : favorable. The western reef is still carrying a wide body of stone and clfiar of pug veins, and the eastern reef is also showing an excellent body of first-class stone. ■■•;.. We have been requested by Mr Percy Wakefield, of Abaura, to. correct an error which appeared in our report on the 28th June of the case Roche v. Wakefield, ia which it was stated that the defendant was fined L 5 and costs, whereas the fine was LI and costs. A very successful trial of the giant powder was made at the quarry of Messrs Butler and Co. on Saturday. A charge of about 21b weight was placed in an Bft hole, and it removed about 50 tons of stone in large detached masses. The contractors intend to continue its use. It was obtained from Masters and Co.'s establishment. The Provincial Secretary on Friday received a telegram from his Honor the Superintendent, to the effect that the Superintendent of Otago has promised to put on more men on the Haast track, in order to hasten the completion of communication with the Coast. The amount of gold shipped by the Otago on Friday from Westland ports was 48530z ldwt. Of this total, 31200z 15dwt was shipped from Greymouth, and 17320z 6dwt, from Hokitika. - A foot-ball match took place on Saturday on the Camp Reserve, between the Club and the Volunteers. After some excellent play, -the Club succeeded ia kicking a goal, and the game was. coptinued with much spirit until dusk, but was not finished. It will be continued next Saturday. We take the following items of mining news from the' Inangahua Herald of Saturday. :— A new winze has been started, to be sunk from a stope in the east reef to the middle tunnel in the Wealth of. Nations .— Sinking was resumed in the shaft of the Energetic on Wednesday. The week's crushing produced 640z melted gold.— The new berdan of the Crushing Co. will soon be set to work on the rich blanketings , that, have ; been stacked. The stampers /are employed on stbhtf ; f rom the < Keep it Dark and ' tlie Golden Ledge.— The men in the Hercules

shaft were driven out by foul air on Wednesday; There remains but 12 feet of sinking to be made to finish the shaft to the lower level. — Tenders for connecting the Independent mine with the Crushing Co. 's battery were to be decided on Saturday.— The Westland machine is engaged in a crushing of 300 tons.— The tributers of the New North Star exnect to be able to send 150 tons to the mr^-The reef of* the Golden Fleece has again been struck through a small drive from the shaft 60 feet below the lower level. The Ajax expect to recommence crushing on Monday. A great deal has been said publicly and privately about the proposed amalgamation of this company with the Golden Fleece. It was this company that first made overtures to the Fleece, and when it became publicly known that the Fleece after earnest and repeated solicitations had agreed to the union, the "thing was declared to be as g;ood as done," and the interests of all parties %o the agreement were believed to have been duly and faithfully served. But, lo !it was not so j the last act of the tragi-comedy is still to beplayed. Two months' respite have been granted, and in the meantime both mines are to be fnrther prospected. The following paragraph appears in the Buller News of Monday last :— " In reply fco a communication from Mr O'Conor, M.H.R , the Minister for Public Works has given information that a complete plan for harbor and protective works is now almost ready, under which tenders will be called immediately for a portion of the works." Mr Button, the legal adviser of the Corporation of Hokitika, has given {the opinion that the Borough Council has not power to levy a rate for fire purposes. The Mayor proposes to communicate with the Mayors of other places to request their co-op9ration in obtaining the necessary powers from Parliament. There are now 245 miles of railway working in the Colony, and 220 miles more of Colonial line and 69 miles of Provincial railway will be added by the end of September next to the working railways of the Colony. - An assault, although not of a serious nature (says the Auckland Star) was com-, mitted on the wharf lately, and which, we '■ understand, will shortly come before Mr Beckham, as the police are on the tracks of the offender. It appears from information received that a young woman of prepossess- ; ing appearance was looking steadily from the wharf -side into the water, when Thomas , a waterman, asked her if she would like a boat. She replied, "No ; I should like a smack." The rough boatman took the hint, and gave the young person a kiss. She immediately made a complaint at the police-station. The boatman has decamped. .According to the New; Zealand Tablet, Garabaldi is not entitled to any credit for his project to reclaim the Campagna marshes around Borne, as the Cistercian monks had reared the eucalyptus globuloUs and proved its suitability for the purposes to which it is now applied, The Revolution alone stayed their good work. The New South Wales Government has given instructions for proceedings to be taken in England against the Park Gate Iron Company for supplying inferior rails, and the . agent of the Public Vtforks Department in London has been dismissed for alleged complicity. The Dunedin Harbor Board has agreed to the following scale of jetty dues upon all jetties and wharves in the Dunedin harbor : — Imports — Sawn timber, 4dper 100 f t; coal, firewood, and produce in sacks, Is per ton ; all other goods. 2s per ton. Exports — Wool, Is per bale ; all other goods, Is per ton ; half rates for all transhipments. Stock— Horses, Is 6d each ; cattle, Is each ; sheep, l£d each ; pigs, 2d each. Storeage— ss per ton per week or any part of a week. A miner named Thomas M'Gaire whilst sluicing in Noonan and party's claim, Addison's Flat, on Monday last, was severely injured, by a fall of clay which partially buried him. He was conveyed to the Westport hospital. The man James Liddy, who was charged before the Reefton Bench for larceny as a bailee on the information of Louis Davies has been discharged. The Magistrate said the accused was on three grounds legally innocent, but there could be no doubt; whatever as to his moral guilt. The grounds on which he should feel called upon to dismiss the information were as follows :— l. No special sum of money mentioned to be detained out of the L5-note. 2. The payment was not to be made on account of the person by whom the money was given, but on account of the person to whom the money was given, which does away with agency. 3; Nothing was stated or understood as to any time for payment of any balance, if any accruing. He must add, however, that if the accused was sued civilly, and a judgment summons applied for, he should feel it is duty in default of payment to order as long a term of imprisonment as lay in his power. An old man, 70 years of age, named James Walker, a farm laborer, was found dead near the Rangitata bridge last week. He had been drinking heavily. It is proposed to establish a medical school in connexion with the Christchurch hospital. The Provincial Council of Canterbury have voted L3OO towards the funds for the purpose. It is stated (says an English papers) that an order may shortly be expected to be issaed, by telegraph, from the War Department, simultaneously to all the Volunteer corps in Great Britain, directing them to assemble immediately, the object of the Government being to enable the War Department to ascertain the number: of Volunteers who could be immediately assembled throughout the kingdom at any time they may be called upon to do so. The day and hour for the issuing of the order will be kept a close secret, but immediately on its being received by the commanding officers, the Volunteer " assembly " will be sounded in every town, when all the Volunteers will at once leave their work, whatever it may be, and after putting on their uniforms, appeared at the rendezvous to be decided upon. The Blenheim correspondent of the New Zealand Tablet states that the result of the Waiau election was received with much enthusiasm, as very dishonorable tactics were resorted to by the supporters of Mr Moorhouse, in order to prejudice Ward, who is brother-in-law to Bishop Redwood. On the poll being declared, the Moorhouse party accused the Catholics of voting in a body for the successful candidate. Clay, suitable for making Parian ware, has been found in a cutting on the Tokomairiro railway, Otago. Reef ton is rising from its ashes. The Herald of Saturday informs us that a settlement was arrived at on Thursday between Mr Schulhof and the Standard and Imperial Insurance .Companies in respect to his premises destroyed by the recent fire ; and it is now his intention to proceed with rebuilding forthwith. Others are also making progress in the way of erecting new premises. Mr Oxley, Mr M'Lean, and Mr Hay have carpenters at work, and Messrs Patterson Brothers' premises are well advanced, Mr M'Gaffin will wait until he can procure seasoned timber. Mr Cameron has replaced the building that -was partly destroyed by removal, and we believe it is the intention of Mr Craig also to build anew almost immediately. A case which promised to be iaterminable —Maeassey Vi Bell-»-fof an alleged libel oon»

tamed in an article in the Dunedin Evening Star in reference to a certain petition by the Chinese, praying for the removal of Mr Warden Beetham, and which petition it was alleged had been promoted by Mr Macassey in retaliation for something Mr Beetham, as Returning Officer, had done during an election in which Mr Macaaaey was an unsuccessful candidate, has been settled by an apology in the Star as follows: — "The defendant admits the article to be untrue and unfounded, and therefore withdraws every imputation contained in the article complained of by Mr Macassey." Costs on either side are waived. The Star says editorially, "In withdrawing the allegations respecting the Chinese petition^ this journal only reiterates the conclusion arrived at, and the opinions expressed in an article on the sth January, which fully exonerated Mr Macassey from any participation in getting up the petition, or knowledge of its contents, beyond 'an imperfect translation, and cannot help expressing regret that litigation was allowed to be continued after so complete a withdrawal." A man named Alexander Gumming, whilst i under the influence of drink, threw himself from a bridge into the Mataura river, Southland, and was drowned. We have much pleasure in calling attention to Smith and Barkley's splendid stock of blue Venetians, blue Victoria twills, blue diagonals, and waterproof tweeds in all the newest shades, suitable for ladies' dresses and costumes ; also a large stock of heavy blue and black cloths for jackets, and a lot of mantlings in new colors. In addition to ' the above Messrs Smith and Barkley have a magnificent stock of winceys, serges, Erench merinos, wool plaids, and homespuns. The same firm have also opened a case of Scotch wool shawls,— A.DVT. A notorious burglar, named Dunne, who had only been liberated from gaol six weeks, was committed for trial at Auckland on no less than five charges of house-breaking. It appears that since his release i from prison he has carried, on- his depredations in various parts of the city and suburbs in a most daring manner. He had a room in a small house in a lonely part of the suburbs. Here the detectives discovered most valuable spoil concealed' behind the lining boards of the chimney, and also found a loaded pistol, leading to the conclusion that the offender wejit about his nefarious work armed. : Mr Adam, Provincial immigration agent for Otago, writes :—" Sir 3". VogeF is suffering most acutely from gout, more than ever he did here, and I had never seen him look so unwell. He was much reduced in strength, and so ill that it was quite impossible for him to undertake the return voyage;'' Mr Adam assures a Dunedin journal that Sir J. Yogel intends to : leave for New Zealand at the earliest possible moment his health and medical advisers, will permit, and states there is no foundation for the rumors circulated regarding the reasons for the Premier's stay in the old country. Mr Vause, the late postmaster at , Alexandra, Otago, was charged, before the Resident Magistrate, with embezzling Government moneys. It appears he is deficient in the postal, telegraph, and stamp accounts to the extent of some L 49. After a lengthyhearing, he was committed for trial. Bail was allowed — two sureties LlOO each, and himself LlOO. The Otago Guardian regards the advent of Mr Justice J ohnston to the Dunedin Bench, temporary though it be, as a most fortunate and timely circumstance, and says :"— " Owing to a variety of causes, upon the consideration of which it is neither desirable nor necessary that we should at present enter, the tone of the local Bar has of late years suffered very considerable declension ; so much so, indeed, that it would scarcely be exceeding the limits of justifiable censure were we to say that ii has become extremely demoralised. In season and out of season, the public has been scandalised by the unseemly conduct of the legal fraternity ; and although there are gentlemen of unimpeachable honor and ; unquestionable integrity among the host of lawyers who throng the Courts of T>unedin, they are, unhappily, too few in number to save the general reputation of the profession." The New Zealand Times understands that those two distinguished provincial statesmen, Mr Dunup and Mr llardup, have, at a meeting of their political friends, arranged a programme for next session, and that resolutions | to the following effect will be proposed : — 1. That the power of the creditor has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished. 2. That any restriction upon, or interference with, provincial indebtedness is subversive of constitutional freedom. 3. That provincial liabilities to the Colony are destructive to proper finance, and that their payment' upsets all the calculations of a provincial treasurer. 4. That a Bill to compel credit and to abolish recovery of debt be forthwith introduced. The announcement of these resolutions was received with applause, and promises of support were freely given Mr Spendthrift, from Otago, who made a long and oily speech, emphatically stated that a policy of that kind was essential to the prosperity of that province. All the Dunedin tollgates are to be removed to a reasonable distance from the city boundaries [at the expiration of the present lease. : Lovers of real fine old Pure Malt Whisky can obtain a very superior quality in bottle or bulk from Duncan M'Lean, Boundary street. — Advt. Settlement is progressing rapidly in the Province of Taranaki. The land in the Moa block is being quickly -taken up, and great inquiries are being .made respecting that which will be sold shortly. , The land is good, and is thereforb eagerly sought after. The township of Inglewood is extending in size, There is how a public house, besides several good sized buildings there. A schoolhouse is being erected, and a schoolmaster has been appointed, who will commence his duties as soon as the building is- completed. The township has sprang into existence with all the quickness that is noticeable on a goldfield, and town sections are bought up as soon as they are offered ; for sale. Several who have purchased land are busy clearing, so as to be ready for; burning and laying down in grass, and in less than three, years some very comfortable homesteads will be seen dotted over the block. ; , . ■ A man named Edward Limond has been convicted in the District Court at Westport upon two charges of obtaining money from persons under the false pretence that he was collecting subscriptions in aid of a poor woman who was suffering from '"severe opthalmic disease, and desired to proceed to Melbourne for treatment." He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment on each indictment. ■