AUICKLAND TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1084, 17 September 1869, Page 3

AUICKLAND TELEGRAMS.

y .(Prepared fortnu-smission to South.rn?Ports.) ' Monday, August 30. Mr. D. A. Tole, Commissioner ot Crown Lands, has posted a notice on the beach, forbidding mining operations below highwater mark. Work is still being carried on. A' block of stone, weighing 6291b5., and esthha'ted to contain 117ozs. lOdwts. of gold, has been taken out of the Long' Drive claim. 1 August 31. It is reported here that Charles O'Neill, Esq., has resigned the Chief Engineership of the Thames gold-field. The Gourlay family has arrived. ■.','." September 1. Gold-bearing quartz has been found at Maraetai, near Auckland. •-,-■ •/;;■- September 2. The Criminal Sessions of the Supreme ; Court were opened yesterday. The Chief Justice congratulated the Grand Jury on the diminution of crime, and on the fact that almost all the criminals for trial are old ones, with few additions. A committee has been appointed at the Thames to prepare a petition to preserve the rights of beach claimholders. The yield of the Golden Crown claim during the month is 23450z5. lOdwts. The Maraetai quartz yielded l^ozs. to the ton. September 3. Plummer, the escaped convict, was yesterday sentenced to six years' penal servitude in addition to his former period, and Martin to five years, also additional to former sentence. ... . .Two full shares in the prospectors' claim at Cotomandel are reported to have been sold at £12,000 each. The Alexandra correspondent of the Cro** says that the reported attack by Te Kooti on the friendlies is a mere native canard. '- Rich specimens have been taken out of the Napier claim, Waiotahi Creek. September 4. ■ The Victorian speculators who visited the Thames have expressed their astonishment at its richness. A petition to his Excellency the Governor has been adopted, praying him to so alter the' boundaries of the Thames goldfields as to give a good title to shareholders in the beach claims. Dr. Pollen received a deputation to-day from several members of country " Political Reform * Associations." The interview lasted two hours, and the conversation embraced a variety of subjects. Dr. Pollen's replies were not of a very definite character, but they satisfied the deputation. The latter are not remarkable for intelligence of a very high order. A requisition, containing 170 names of Auckland people, has been presented to Dr. Pollen, asking him to stand tor the Superihtehdency, and a second requisition by 300 persons has come up from tbe Thames. There are few names of leading men^' and it ia doubtful if the majority have votes. The Long Drive specimens have yielded 4ozs. of retorted gold to the pound of stone. A very rich leader has been discovered in the Imperial Crown claim. ' A man- named Jasper Crago has been killed at Onehunga by a fall from a horse. September 7. The Cross of to-day condemns as impracticable Dr. Pollen's idea of the Superintendent sitting as a member of the Provincial Council, and conducting his own business. ;■ beach claims petition has been extensively signed. Mr. George Clarkson, the discoverer of Hunt's claim, is going home, and a movement is on foot to present him with a testimonial; Septemberß. Dorrington, the man charged with breaches of the Arms Act, has been completely acquitted. It is the subject of much comment. 45000z5. of gold were brought from the Thames last night. - September 9. The, Cro** of to-day publishes a return, showing that the yield of the Golden Crown claim for the year ending August 7th is 26,3430z5. of gold, valued at £68,368. A man named James Freeman has been killed in the Duke of Magenta claim, by the felling of a bucket on his head. .The Cross says the telegraph line to Shortland is opposed by the Hauhaus, who have pulled up the surveyor's pegs. September 10. Mr. Ellis, a candidate for the Superintendency, addressed a crowded meeting last night. His address was full of bitter attacks upon Dr. Pollen and Mr. Williamson, whom he charged with causing all the disasters resulting from the alienation of the two races by their pro-Maori sympathies. He also charged Mr. Williamson with fostering national animosities, and Dr. Pollen with tenacious clinging to office. He said some one had profited by the system of paying high prices for rations for the troops, instead of calling for contracts. Mr. Ellis concluded as follows : — "I am well assured that there are negotiations r.ow g< ing forward between Mr. Fox's Government and certain parties which.; if I were to step out of the way and not contest the election, would virtually and absolutely settle the question without your intervention at all a 8 to wbo shall be your Superintendent. The post of Resident Minister is now in suspense, like Mohomet's coffin — (cheers) — between the two candidates, and so soon as Mr. Fox arrives here from Wellington, whence I am advised, he: is expected in a week or two, according as the whole party can arrange it among themselves, one or other will be Resident Minister, and the leavings, whichever it may be, if I were to retire, will be your Superintendent. It is a mere toss up between them~-a little family arrangement in fact. -. Your., wish in the matter will have nothing to do with it." The Cross io-day has the following special telegram, dated

, , . . Alexandra, Sept. 9, 11.20 a.m. '.-: The digger. O'Connor, who came all the way from Ohinemuri as a deputation from the chief Te H-usei , relative to opening up the ; I}pper*v Thames for gold.mining purpflse^;arriyed M^ly at Hettit's yesterday, and was met there by Tamati Ngapora. He has now proceeded onwards towards .Ts&^^ have an interview with y Tawhiao. ... [f.^" . : *r^he : ;lateßt^rumour is that O'Connor proXi J^Jn||^yj|^tlie ; JOpg's daughter. ' '/ 'X.f ' iyyX^_U^Xp^^;-i^eii. frith, him and fa :^ ',',■: \ XX...