The Lyell Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1885.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 227, 20 June 1885, Page 2

The Lyell Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1885.

The return of amalgam from the Alpine battery for this week, is 456 ounces, for j 190 tons of stone crushed. It will thus j be seen that 'the highly payable yields from this mine are being maintained, and we are glad to say the Alpine is again prominent among the payable mining stocks in the colony. According to announcement, and despite the bad weather lately prevailing, and, of course, the floods and heavy roads bound to follow, the Faust Family troupe opened here last night, to a good house. Our limited space will not permit us to do anything approaching justice to this talented company, whose performances are really of a kind, at once most attractive and entertaining, and we venture to say they will have a good reception on the Coast. There is to be a change of programme to-night, which will be the last, and we feel sure that the patronage, howhearty, will be well-deserved. In a very favorable review of the mining industry in this pail of the field, the Buller Miner, of the 11th inst., touches upon the United Alpine mine, and in speaking of the company's excellent prospects, compares the number o men re-' quired to keep the 15 hiead batcerv going in former years from No. 5 level, with what it will now take to keep the 20 head one in full crushing from No. G. We are requested to say, that 50 men, instead of 70, lor previous years, would be nearer the mark ; and as fur the average wages, per man, per week, about the same time, that 90s is also considerably beyond thetrue amount,

The Ileefton battery returns for last week, are:—Welcome, 3'd'lozs amalgam; Keep-it-Dark, 1650zs amalgam; Inkerman, 257ezs amalgam.

The Wellington Licensing Committee have decided to close all hotels within the city at 11 p,m, ! The attention of our up-country readers is drawn to the business announcement of the Hampden Co-operative Store Co., Limited. Wo understand the affairs of the company are progressing very satis- : factorily, and that under the able and •energetic direction ot the manager, Mr R. M'Nee, the beuefits of the new system are beinj widely appreciated. As will be seen by advertisement in another column, the Central and Upper Buller people are not going to let the, " glorious fourth " pass by without show- ! ing, at least, some little outward appreciation of the important and significant histoncal event, which that day is the anniversary of. It is, essentially, a day upon which, American bom should, very, naturally, give some expression to the! admirable feeling which conveys such a good and laudable sentiment, as—love of country. A grand Ball will be held in ! die Public Hall, at Murchison, on the night 01 the 3rd prox., and as the people up in those pants know how to pull together, and make gatherings of the kind successful, we may sale I y .predict an enjoyable all'nr..

We observe in a recent issue of one of our Coast conteniporar.es, that the Keeton and Lyel 1 battery returns for last week, are telegraphed from the former place, as being those of gold actually produced, instead, of amalgam.

'* Lyell, Canterbury."—such, is the ad- j dress which a letter from a big departmentj m the Empire City bore, when it reached us th'i other day. On the face of it, someone's knowledge of the lay of the country : is glaringly imperfect, and if the erring ! official s faculties in the matter of locality are on a par with the instance quoted, he ! may stand a good show of finding hio-.self in a queer street before lie goes very far. In the H.M". Court here on Saturday last, Mr Bird, gave decision in the case of the Croesus Company v. J.] 1 ,. Thomson, of Dunedin, judgment upon which had been held over from previous sitting. Ihe claim was tor a balance due upon a number of calls struck between July, 1883, and June, 1881; and it appeared from the evidence, that defendant had ! sold the shares to one Watson, of the same place, that Watson had admitted the liability attaching thereto, inasmuch as he had authorised the manager of the company, Mr Inglis, to draw upon him by draft for portion of the amount due. Six distinct payments, aggregating £22 : 18s4d, had been made by Watson between July, 188J, and March, 1881; but nothing had been paid within or since those dates by defendant, although he still remained oil the share register, through the transfer never having been sent in. The Court said that the share register was the proof ot ownership. The company having neglected proceedings necessary under the former Act, recovery of calls could not be made. Plaintiff could elect to accept a nonsuit on that point for the whole amount, or accept a verdict for amount of last call, £6 ss. Judgment for i' 6 ss, with costs, £1 12s. A North Island paper has the following : In affectionate remembrance of John Bull (the British lion), who was killed by a bear at Penjdeh, April 14, 1&85. The deceased for many years held the position of dictator to Europe. Deeply regretted. Messrs KomaroffandCo., undertakers. Notice—The business of the deceased will in future be carried on by Prince Bismarck, under the style of Bismarck and Co., assisted by Emperor Alexander. \\ e are in receipt of some interesting printed matter, pertaining to the affairs of the Government Insurance Association; and which comprises,—lieport of annual meeting of policy-holders, held on 27th ult., Director's, Auditor's, and the financial reports; together with separate statements of reasons, for and against, what appears to be a leading question, viz. die establishment ot Local Boards. There was a large attendance of policy-holders present, and although they declared it by , a large majority, as undesirable that Local j Boards should be formed in the chief! centres, still, it was agreed to adjourn the! meeting to the 27th inst., so that distant! members could send in their proxies,' rating either one way or the other. We I recommend local policy-holders to peruse ' the arguments carefully, and have n,o doubt but that their views will entirely I accord with the majority at the first! meeting,' thus rejecting the Local Boards j proposal, and all re-arrangement, departmental eonfusiom, and additional cost, to say nothing of the groundwork for more j yearly expenditure which its' adoption |j would mean. The members are now asked' to declare themselves for concentrated ! j control, and the avoidance of injudicious | expenditure such as the Local Boards! system certainly indicates. With every!! town of any note having its 1 say, there would be scarcely any head or front to "j the whole concern. ! Skill in the Workshop.—To do goodii ■I work the mechanic must have good i health. If long hours ot confinement in close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let him at once, and before some organic trouble appears take I | pleii.ty -of Dr Soule's llwp Bitters. lIJ j system will he rejuvenated, his nerves I | strengthened, his sight become clear, and j ! the whole constitution he built up to a j higher working condition. Bead. .StimnitE Insubordination. —Who has iiol experienced a sort of malady when all the faculties seem in rebellion, and labor is absolutely impossible ? It is a condition of nerves and stomach and brain that can only be curjd by the use of that irresistible remedy American Co's Hop Bitters., Bead/