DUNEDIN NOTES.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2280, 29 September 1899, Page 7

DUNEDIN NOTES.

❖ Bv Ot*u Own* CouitKSi'ONHENT. The all absorbing topic here at present it still dredging, and one cannot pa-s down tin street or into a public building v.iiin-ui he .ring .sum." hing iiin-ut shares, etc., io tlie Ha; tley and Riley, M ugnctic, 1.1 ml i e', ( lint t< Creek ami others of lesser magnitude. Ihi name of Hartley and tfihy is a magic wind, and lie who i< fortunate enough to pos-mo siirm infiiitii.ition uncut the famous ilicogi. not known to othms, Is for the i no <v an im i jmrtaiit, Iming. 't'he ft v. l isb state ol tm-mua- ' iir.ii existing here at Jiresent. cmn.it hi-t miicli i mgem tin ic is In 111.d io he a. rce ul. Will 11 t the Whikai ijiit rep i-t heavy lains. the dredges mu.-.t of im, c-sitv c ise i | crate lis •Ilid the '• level-in tided piddle " Will immure ii,,,it: firetiinspc.'lly in'.o the pro-pecttives Ol ... ail n s . Tne pa: I r,.; ;1 osc Hilled daily by an e igi r Cl.iwd of speculnto: s, limn alio \teni' u, boys and gill.-, liom tlm liumhii ■ii tisau wit.ii his mo.list jmtind or two in .nine company or other to tlm " It in <d finance," with his thousands involved. _ Tim uewcpapei' Imys clnmkle and say, ''this '<; e 11 r 111 gi n' boom's a blt'e hit, cf fi'l right. The editors " wash their h ,m.hs with invisible Snap '• i,tl 1 sn.il:- siglliricillii ly. 'I lie sphmdnl , ei urn of the li utlev and lii ley last week of (jSi) >7. I'd Iwt being ihe second b-st wet k S record, maintains that company's reputation as far and mo ay tim jireiiiior company. A syndicate is In ing formed in Dunediu to v.oik the Wet' he ni by dredging as the former attempt to work it by sluicing von unstiect ssfui. The Wet, Lai is a bank claim five miles north of Wert port. The brokers of the Golden Elbow Diedging company report that their company was largely o\er--uhscribed. The prospectus of the River ilolviieau Gold Dredging Company is published, capital .UII.OOJ in i'l sh.'ircs. Tlm claim is one of about 40 acres, comprising about a mile of river five and a half miles below Alexandra. ilie Situly Point Company who m claim is on the il lyimm* will shortly be registered us a public company. The Gentle Annie Company, wl.o e claim adjoins the Upper Magnetic on the Kama ran, has just b "-11 floated, cipiial .I'S.oOO of which. £ii,ooo was oll'ercd to flic public. Alp.ine No. '2, on the ilolynei.iy, next to Hartley and liiley's, will commence, woik in April. The dredge for the Fraser Mat Coinpa ty will he a very largo one, probably the largest at work in New Zediml. The buckets have a cubic measuri ment of 7ft and provision is made tor delivering the fine tailings into the c'mvatnr buchcts. Many new companies will be floated shortly. Of tlm Central Otago eompc.nics which have not yet appointed directon the j.uiocipal ir-e Slit.tov l', Dart River, Ctudcn ivcwc.nl, tm i' 11 ei i lhi lis, ("olden Chain, Cibhston, Oi lib's iheme, Kxce'.sior, Ivawarau Consolidnted, and 11-matkahles. Iht-itm-s on the St ml; Iv\ch itige here is so brisk that the entrance ft- h.s li en raised from I'l!") to H'miO. am! aimtionc-t rs are also "in the swim " iiohiing almost daily sales of slims. A second Stuck exchange is a mm h ft!" v.am, for private e,i-npanics wdio have ii-e.t, ,i Tlm ir "little him," j ass tiieui over, lest I in? brehers boy. cuft tiie scrip. It is a case of "Tabby has the bone, but Rover w ants a share." Matters politic tl ate auncthig hut little aftmi'imi here at present ; an i vet, in a lit of industry, ic.r.i uncn; has sell led .iou n to h;,rd, steady wmk. Mr A. K. Kurcluy, s-lieii.ir, will stand in disjunction with hb ssis iiiihir and Arnold for tlm L-i'o mr Party and iiessrs Seobiu il'lvenztc and Sii ;» for the Cmo-ei \ ativ.i hear that ilr C. li ivnes v, iii he tim ftnrd emu iidafe. ilr th Ih Ciiiiiitnc.ii iiumitiiiei -: that he will he a candidate fur the city ut the gamr-d (lection. Tuc sem-atmuuil charge in oh; by the i'r. mier against ilr i! illesiiiii—tliat Im was n sponsion: [ci tin- f'ovcriy Day mas-acre, in hating v. ill id rawn the g-n risen from the f hai li.iiii Islands thus allowing the natives to escape was leit here like a gaic .id-: hoc:;, and tit" tension was only relaxed when it was proved that ilr jhdlcsr.in was imt a Mobster cf the Crown ui,id ten ycirs after the tr. icn ; and then cuiim t!ie new s that tile Lh cmim had withdrawn the stai iiient. Tim ii.mb-Yd wa.tcis bm uim st iemc oneo nmi'e am! the pu'olic turned t-) its lii'edgiiig with a sigh of idb'f. l'i oh,id: i.mi-1s, v. irh. oil, booh mid camlle, arc here, tin re, ami m.u r;, w li"ie. ami tlnamh priiliibiti-.il nmy ii"t b- carri- <1 in i*' ; mu iiety, I iie'oetc the nuin'oer of licclisci'i hotis.es uiil b" comsiih iablv ic iuc- d. iir Willi un .Swan, in re a ;,-.> to a reoui~ition with over two hundred s.ignatui' 1n.3 consented to be again nominated tor the office ol Mayr. Armit, the injured footballer, remains) in much til" same condition, lie cats and sleeps well and beats his hardship with che.rfulm.ss. The Kmkm'ai Hand bkmrmr was a huge sue ess, being a crowded a*t. mbi.me at iy .1 din's llah e.mli evm ing. 'Phe Xorth Last \hillcy 13111.1 a' ; s . attended. The Afro-American Minstrel Company linisliC'i a s,tt:'C"ess f ul season at tim ITiimess list !S tlui day, and the In a.' ty licniom-tra-'iors of anproval that wme aeorihd tlnuu sliotv timt the company has found favour with Dunediu all dieuci s. Filler's Waxwoiks iiinstrc-Is gave ano'her of their eutiu t iiiiing perhirmaimcg at the Alhatn'r.ia on Situidiay night to a large and appie iative aiuliencc, many new songs ami l dances li.'ing 1 c-deillaiidc I. .Miss .Maggie j So en, ili-.s Amy VauJiiin and ilc.ssrs Uiveis ami Sicvces found special favor with the ,audience. li.-icules, "tlm strong man,'' as- , toundui a'! by Im; feats if strength. ill' J. il. 11.1 is, of the Ihiurhc Smart Wiix-.torhs, anived ly the MOll .wai to fit up ti,.. t tb'eaux of the Dreyfu-- cm-e, «iiich is a*, p, , sent liriiw.iig crou dm in il. I:>oui iie. I'm 111 rat ions arc in iiig itctivi iy coed■■- te-t at the ih'iimess for the openiiig : f a rt .-on by I'.ltml Holt's Company. iim iir.-t pcrf. r.iiar.ee of "Spmtiog L'-te 'is txpt etc.l oil Ihiuioday night, ami as tills cmiipaiiy is deserve.ily imp;.laf the building Will be tai-m't . to its uttci'iimst. A sad ca m' of silicic immirr.'d at I huh sfi'cct, iloi'iiingi mi, hi-i Tmc.i'd w !e. n 1 L iiry Hubert Norm in, sam oi ilr 11. I'h ' X.mm 111 (Government Inspect: !' tu" \'t o:k-t, sliot him-. It tt ith a i'f t olvcr. Dec: acd hit home in tim morning to go to town am! retit*i.cd at lla.m. Soon after lie had entered his b-di'moin, his hi llier an I mho.T I hi ard a shot, ami running io found him jest d . ;:,g. Til'- bullet pit----t \i Io .-ii h Sii ; I'm \ and liili-i have' U'oclm.l the In ii.e em- i c- as, il, who v.. uld isiivc l>» eu twenty-.-: on iiulldiiy, litol he- 11 soiml'tug severe p.iiu iii his arm, the re.-ult oi 11 ld-iiug 0 ei tent e tliic • vc irs ag ~ ami im ih.ui.t lie coiniiii-.tcd tm- ileed. in a lit ..1 mo,o il cpres.-i m. ile-srs llmhh.rt, I'.irher ami Co.'s spl ; ,ii 1 ton 1 1. amor '/.■■ .1 null 1 arnv-'o , v t |mm dm on Sum! iy. in tlm liti 1 ti-oii l;V: t* •J'h i 0 people vi-itc.i lie)', p'Uitlg ;t Stll lll; i .nh, i-' ion am! th" po e.-, d-: ,!_'.**) Is ii-.l i-l ,1, v 'e-l to io •.1 .om: I: <•<. T m \, -—1 j - ~d- only .m-l mctee.mally lit if !. "a ; tiling or beamy." th-ugll p- >hm s m I "a jov for '."-.ei'." ,'-:, ci- the i.: -cm additiuu to iii« i d IVI o ' 'I ;. mc: p g . ' V. , - in ; Ol 1 o "C; L oitl il-md, W elc til aid l f ! h ! hear V 'it Mr il il .' t. - f .M rdm m. ' :o -I Dm hi his 1. 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