OUR THAMES LETTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2105, 24 October 1870, Page 2

OUR THAMES LETTER.

Saturday, 5 p.m. GtOt.dbk Chowx.—lt is very encouraoinoto have to record that this company are again enabled by the good yield of this week to declare a dividend of £10 per scrip, which has been done this day by the manager. During the week there has passed through at the Tararu machine 73 tons, which gave S9 ozs. 10 dwts., and at their own mill 100 tons, yielding 3GI ozs. 10 dirts., or a total of 451 ozs., which, on beiug melted by the Bank of New Zealand, guvc 428 ozs. 6 dwts. 6 grs.

Caiedo-viax CoirPA>'Y. —This company has had employed about twelve days 10 heads of the Manukau machine, and the number of tons passed through I haTe not been enabled to get yet. The result from the general stuff is very good, being 167 ozs. 10 dirts, which, on being melted by the Bar.k of New Zealand, gave 16-1 ozs. ll"dwts. 12 grs. The 10 heads at the Kurauui battery have not yetbeen knocked off; therefore the abovo is not the total yield.

CosirAKT. —The usual fortnightly clean up for this company took place this morning, and the yield was 49 ozs. 15 dwts. melted. This is not a fortnight's work, but from five to six day's, as the milljjhas been standing mure than half the usual run, in consequence of not being able to get out stuff ; but now that the low levels arc up it is anticipated that in a short time no more stoppages will occur.

Yale of Atoca.—During the week this company have put through, at Westou's machine, 23 tons of stuff, and the gros3 yield therefrom is 33 ozs. 6 grs. melted gold. Four tons of this was from the large new reef, and Save an average of 1 oz. to the ton, which is a fine payable return, as the body of stone it very large and easily taken down. The SUr of the South machine is now employed upon si large lot of stone from the old reof, and the next retorting is expected to be a handsome one.

OxEHiJxcA Gold Slistsg Coirp\>T.—Th? tributers of this company have bad a small lot of stone crushed at the six-stamper battery attached to the mine, and the yield of melted gold obtained is 10£ ozs., which I think is no great improvement upon the last lot pal through.

Golden - Ac's.—The crushing for this company at the Waiotahi machine is now finished, and I am sorry to say that the result is anything but satisfactory to the manager, it only giving 11 oz?. 4 dwts. retorted gold.

Dixos's No. 1 has occupied a portion of the Prince Alfred battery for a considerable time, but the whole of the stuff" milled will only be just payable, but yesterday some stone from a different portion of the inin« has been sent down, which is showing very well, and will swell the yield considerably. I'rom the first lot there is just 515 ozs. of hard amalg:im in hand ; thore remain the boxes untouched. A very wise step is being taken with regard to the future working of title mine, viz., the continuation of the Cariboo tunnel by this company and others, from Tinker's Gully side, which will give them very lnrge backs to stope out, nnd nlTbrd them easy aec-ss to the liallarat and Chines battery, which is situated close to the mouth of the tunnel, thereby saving thut great bug-bear to this company, carting, &c.

City of Duxedin. —The shareholders of this celebrated claim resumed crushing at Russsll's batterv yesrerdiiv, and it is intended to put throuC'h'lOO tons. Some of this lot is really first-class stone, and the remainder is i'rom the drive, which is not so good ; but, upon the whole, the lot will turn out a good average yield. By the time this lot is finished, the lower or UO-leet level will be opened up, and it is then thought they will keep ten heads constantly going.

Was:'F.iiin& Stab.—The F.M.Iv. machine has been going the greater portion of the week, and, up to this morning, it is estimated twenty-eight tony have been milled, from which there has been collected from the plates over 120 ounces of hard amalgam. By the shoiv on the plates, it is hardly up to last— two ounces ; but when the boxes are opened tnpy may have retained a greater of gold than as is frequently the case on the Held, the gold in some crushings being coarser than others, which then sinks to the stumper beds.

New Hat Moos , is still employing the eight heads of the Hape Creek machine, and the show on the plates this week is equal to the last, w!ii;h, when retorted, gave 2 ozs. per ton. Like most other crack companies they have fallen into the plan of baling a clean up once a fortn'i'ht, which saves a greit dea! of time, uot to noeak of the trouble and labour.

I'niNcn Alfred Battert. —The whole force of ihis battery is now employed night and 'lay, and there is every probability that it will be Uept so for a lengthened period. At the present moment ten heads are occupied by the Sunbeam, which will clean up on Monday, and whose place will then be t:iken bv 100 tons from the Queen of the Isles (Waterfall Creek). Six heads were started last night on the Eureka, and the remainder are going for Dixon'a No. 1.

The Ma.jjuka.o , Machine.—The whole 40 heads of this magnificent plant is fully employed, night and day, the stampers being distributed as follows":—10 he ids for the L ing Drive, 10 for the Caledonia Coc-pany, 10 for the M.nukau claim, and 5 for the old Mocking Bird claim.

All Nations have cleaned up at the old battery of the Kuranui machine after a fortnight's run, but as the amalgam was not weighed, I inn unable to send you the weight, but the rep.irt is about the average yield per ton. The lot will be fired on Monday.

SiAK of tub South —I am very glad to report that a few good specimens have been taken from two different lodes in this compa iy's ground to-day. Some very good stono from the main low level on the Star of the South leader, nnd the remainder from the opposite side of the creek, on the Carpenter's lode.

WiXTBMATA CoMPiNV has had 15 heads employed at the Criterion machine during the past week, and the amalgam obtained from the phit.es and ripples up to this mo ning has been fired with a result of 52 ozs. It dwts. retorted gold.

Adburnia. Company made a start on Tuesday last at Wes oil's machine with five heads, and on Monday fire morn will be giv.-n up to them, and what they will also have at the tar of the S.mth machine should soon begin to tell a tale with tha financial condition of the company.

COROMANDEL.

TrHOM OUS OWN COBBKSPON'DENT.] October '>2. I hate no cnuhing operations to rvport this week, beyond the fact tliat the Prido of the Hills at the Wilson and Floreneo machine, is showing up very well, and that the men in sending down the quartz, came upon a very pretty patch of specimens which hud been thrown on the heap when the stone was taken from the drive. The Nil Disperandutu began crushing for the Al claim yestord, iy, and the Whnkaroa. battery will begin on Monday for the Tokatea Company on a lot of 50 tons. The lfarbour View have been turning out some good stone during the week, and it is expected that the neit crushing will be above thi- average. The Golden liolt at the Tiki came on some good specimens last week, in making a cut.ti.rs: for a road. The claim will ha»e n tiial eru<hin-,' at the Perseverance machine in a few dnys. The Little Wonder lias been again taking out some extraordinary s-tune. On Friday last, about 12 lbs. of .-itreinely rich stuff was taken out, far richer t..un thai, exhibited at. jour atUce last ur.ok. The i\ewZL'ulauaCo!niJany'ei"ac.hine having tiglileued the belts and made a few alteration*,

wiil start to-day, on a lot fro* the Dublin and the Speedwell claims. y o{

I send you a report of the enm,; • • conduct of the enquiry wto fl le THE RECENT ELECriOy An inquiry into the '-•ircumstances'e.™ » , i with the recent Provincial Counll S' 1 i at Coromandel, was held at the Cantil ! on Thursday, the 20th insian ft-fore ThT'' ; Beckham Esq. The following ZttZV were made, and with the exception who gave evidence were not sworn the codings were the same as those at a trial f 0 " Court of justiw. The first who came forw ar d ■ to give his region of what occurred was Wil ! ham Cow mg- Mitchell, chemist and dnUj 1" Coromandel, who officiated as a sen t! ' for i£r. Tookey, one of lh. Candida X" recent election. He stated that Mr Jo'nh Cochrane (Deputy Returning Officer), op ned the poll atmne o'clock, at wnich time the He turning Officer was not present ; that a num ber-or Maori, presented themselves as vote" but Mr Cochrane would not allow tZT t ' n vote until the arrival of the Beturnin- Officer who came shortly afterwards, and directed their rote, not to be recorded. That he (M Michell) in the course of the day requeued air Cochrane to allow hiin to at the poll ,hoots, but M, Cochrane would not allow him to do so, but Mr Robert Glover, who was a canvasser for Mr Cadman, wus allowed to see the sheet on several occasions when objections were that certain voters should be sworn 'Mr Cochrane said the objections were frivolous anc; theso persons voted without being sworn" Mr. Cochrane said if it were not for thi> presence of the Returning Officer he would have the room cleared of Mr Pullev and Mlliehell (Mr. T.jokcy's scrutineers)", and tint he was su.prised at Mr. Tookey appointing two such new chums to be scrutineers. On one occasion ajroter was allowed to vote'twic and as I'etate Ilangi, a native chief, was abnut to record his vote, a man marched into the room and removed him. Sometimes half-i----dozen men would be just inside the noli room and by their noise and menace overlived voters. This occurred in the presence of the Returning Officer and the puhee. The 3n proacb.es to the room were held by a number of men, and voters were prevented from recording their votes. Witness saw from the window, a man named Kerr assaulted outside In eross-exaniiniitioii by Capt, Symonds, Returning Ofiie.er, Mr. Mu-hell said that the Kcturniug Officer, Dcpuly Returning OihVr police, the Scrutineers, Mr. R. Glover, nnd Mr Wiseman, per Mr. Cadman, nnd Mr. Pulley a-d hi , self (per Mr. Tookey) were in the room and could hear Mr. MichcH's request to hare voters sworn.—&e..r ? e Pulley ? ave corroborative testimony, and in oross-ei;imination bv Capt. Symonds, said he was not an elector. Could not say whether the Returning Ofiice-s heard the objections raised to a mTin named Smith voting without being sworn, and t|. c same with another named Mahoney. There was great disturbance outside the room, and men were pulled off tlie verandah. Cannot say if they were prevented from votiiif;. Th e police werrt not present when the poll commenced.—By Mr. Beekham : I do not know of my own knowledge whether persons were prevented from voting. One man who came in ( o vote by the back door said he was prevented coming in at the front door on account of the fighting outside. Saw people thrown off the verandah, anl rolling on each other. Some were down, and others jumping on the:.-. Mr. Chas. King came in at the backdoor, and was prevented from speaking to the Returning Officer by Mr. Cadmnn's scrutineer. Witness addre-sed the Returning i.llleer. saying that Mr. King requested and desired that the approaches to the poll-room should be kept clear. The Returning Officer said his business was inside anr , . not outside. Saw the police nt the door all cky, except when thi j v were engaged in quelling the diaturbiinees outside, and then thi* poll-room became crowded witli people. In reply lotheßrtMirninu'Offi-er, wii ness said Mr. King did not say he iras a Magistrate, and witness supposed the Returning Officer die! n'.t known wiio Mr. Ring was, as be (Capt. Symonds) asked tho question. There were so'iie 30 or 40 people in the room when the unlive chief pulled out. Charles IVms, J.P., Coro'.uandel, stated that at about half-past 9 o'clock on the morning of the election day, two natives came to his l'.ouse and told him tint they had come _ over from Kennedy's Bay to vote, and iliafc their Totfs were refused. They asked him to ' go with them to the polling booth, i\nd he did so. On going into the room tho defendant j (Returning Officer), asked witness for his miner's riu'ht. Witness requested Mr. Cochrane to proceed with the natives. Mr. Cochrane eaid to the Returning Officer that the j natives' miners' rights nerer came through his ha'idt, and that it was impossible to toll their asxes. The Returning Officer said if they held miners' rights they should be allowed to vote, and they did vote. .Mr. Ring then went • away ; but about, two o'clock heard that Mr. I Maekay and others h.ul been beaten, and came i again to the poil-rootn. Saw that Mr. Mackay . j had been much abused an.l beaten. Stood | I opposite the polling-room tloor, and saw that it was t ken possession of by a body of m:*u. Saw several men knocked off the I verandah. Saw plainly that the persons , I were divided into two "knots : that Mr. Cad- ] man's knot was allowed to vote, but Mr. . ! Tookey's was not allowed lo enter the poll- , ' room. The police interfered on two occasions ; and cleared the passage for some. The people ] on the verandah only admitted Mr. Cadm:m's i party. Being requested to interfere, witm'SJ w;nt into the poll-room tj (peak to the ! Returning Officer and Mr. F.obt. Glover ob- : jfded to his (.Vlr. Ring) entering the room, ' and went on in a noi.-y way so that witness ; could not set to speak t,j the Returning Officer. Thero was so much noise that, wit- ; ness is not surprised if the Returning Olikvr i did not heir him at the timr. Witness then ito d the Returning Officer that he (Mr. i Ring) c:ime a* a Ju-ti e of the Peace to see if j something could be done to keep the • peace outside and have the passage kept clear. ! Capt. -ymonds asked the police if the passage I was elrai- : they replied, " Yes." He then i said witness had no right there and must Kite ! the room. Witness then left. Pitate Uangi [ and Messrs. Adams, Robinson, Showing,Tierny, 1 McLnod, and Carnell gave eoiroberative evidence. Robert Glover stated that when the poll opened Mr. MeLeod was pre.-ent with some 20 or 30 Maoris ; objected to their voting considering some of them under age. I The Deputy- Returning Offi er would not allow them to vote until the arrival of the Returning Officer. Mr. Tookey's scrutineers objected to the people who came to vote for 3fr. Cadmiir.; wanted !hem Hwoni, and about 20 of them were sworn during the day. The voters polled one by one during the day, until about half-past 3 o'clock. Took--y was then uhi-ad bv about seven or eight. Mr. Michell "said " I will swear any of Cabman's party that rome» in, right or wrong.—By Capt. Symonds: Did not hear the Returning Officer refuse to voter. Did uot. see any cb-truction to Tookey s partv vntmg.—By Mr. Mel.ejd : There were 20 or 30 Maoaes prrsent.—By Mr. McConnell: Mr Caduians son was 8«oru after balipast 3 o'clock.—Cou3t able Maroney deposed that he came to the pull-room at half-past 0 o'clock. Everything was conducted very quietly inside the p.>li-room, but there was ..reatnniseoutside. Nererheardiintilto-dayllMt a Maori liad been sn itched outof thepoll-r loin. Joseph Cochrane, Deputy Pweturning Othcer, stated that he opened the poll at 9 o cloc.-c. Several Maori.-, principally young people, accompanied by Mr. MrL-od, wanted to vote. Objected to record thrir Tores until thearrira of the Returning Offic-r. Witness his regret that persons so inexperienced an.i unacquainted with the nistnet were appoi.' f :,s .crutinecn by Mr. Tookey. Air. M.cua, on the entrance of persons intending to *<--< for Mr. Toukey, wanted tli.-m sworn. « t ness said, "The partirs on t lie other n.-twant to S'vrai- these voters, why =•'-•-• on ? " One of the v.-.ters <d jeeted to b> • ■■■ Michell, and who rehurd to be .worn, ~pu,,g . ,d from the .W. N. -t -U to ;„:,« ti,:,, five minute, M.e ia attfi.iiriu.:e from the bf S iumns. ±W

;,,,, or intermeddling with am- perB ° 01<, . r -" ~ ;'..";, 11> tlii' poll booth. Only one si ->r. T . '?,",'( ; ii|,nve'i to vote. Several voters H aorl J^"'',"l t ' o (.nmo in at tlio egress door Tt , rc ji.U" ,| fwi ;, v a if,, im:l that they ir ' J °. a"t.> vol."- f»r Mr. To -key. Did so to tke rfaii'f" '... (1 .. .|.fvc It. was then pointed out '" j 'if 'urei"" Oißw that I .liouMnot b - T '~-,,' re lli«» another.—By Mr. BeekfaTor.°j l 'permitted the voters to come in S!l1 1 bifk door to the number of st IC .; X bee.uise they said they were 9 ' >Oll . (f l' iusrcss at the front door. r r '" T 'i', l \ ll1 isi- outside. Heard one man who "" .'rrat source of annoyance '"'en" 11 ? °" most purl," of the day.—By tbe m ,n. Mr. Ui.-hrU den.an.-ied that u. r Pilm- 1,1 should be iworn, but he was not, ,'w'«yiv sa'ijfis'd .11 to his name being . OC ' .Sswl'etaJe ll.ingi standing by the W - rr 'i \-ked him what he wanted. Did *!f « ei -'w!i:!: be-sme of him. —By Captain Hi-" ~ m [ s : 1 did not !iea.' you refuse at 4 TIIIt . - to ad-idnister the oatli. 3U _r!imv | -~,.;„„ ],-iter was ))ut ; n t,y ( ) le ilie ,l ''' > ','; L .er, and the cnqiiirv tlieD terBftiirtiiiij u->-aiuati - -. : — *' Superintendent's OlTiCi '•-Aiic'iLiiid. _::)ili July, IS7O- - Ji r .—l have the honor to acknowledge i;. t . irri-'t of the writ dirtved to 7011, for the jy;tij:i of a -'-ember to represent Cor -.>manj',; in tiie Provincial C->u:icil, together w.' 1 ' 1 t.i::." endowment thereon, reporting tlm' "Mr. -If ""■<■ <■'adman had been duly elected, sn l in r.-piy I li' v,- tl > thank you for your ~r at such div-tiun. -1 am. ie., ■' Joiix R. Xintouox, '• Pio.iucial Secretary. - To J. Symonds. Esq., •• Ket-.n-ning Officer for Coromandel."