PROVINCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4203, 4 May 1875, Page 3

PROVINCIAL.

[iT.OM OCR OWN COniIEsroNDKXTS.] THAMES, Monday. Twelve pounds of stone were crushed for IS grains of goM by Newdiek and GoldsWorthy, from the cap of thoir reef, situated midway bttween l'uriri and Tairua. Tlit Wair t.ihi Association, from 32 tons of stone, takr.:i "rom tUct footwall leader and the di-.jip- on the 130-fett level, have obtaiueti i!u: handsone return of 114 ozs. 10 ilvtU. retorted goUV The bliortland Saw-iuiix nta; ,e<l work this morning. On Sunday morning, 3t two o'clock, cries of distress were heard from off the Grcitmstown Wharf. Captain Jackson, of th« Lalla iiookh, and one of his men (J. McCarthy) proceeded a: once to ascertain the cause, and found an individual clinging for life to one of the piles. They succeeded in delivering tho

man from his peril, and pulled the boat to the steps, when the rescued man niaui) tracks, without even leaving his name. TAIRUA, Mo- Jay. The prospectors have arranged to send to Orahamstovn two tons from the Xo. 1 lode in tho shaft. Mr Jackson, of Tainia, contracted to 'eliver it for £8 "e , toa. Bets are being o3er«.u that .i will o Ozs. to the ton. Scanlan and party, on the R.K. of the prosjwetors, have got a very nice show in a leader. Some half-castes have taken a few pounds of stone into town, from a locality south of the prospectors'. It pans off well, and has more solid sfonc almut it than most of the claims. CO ROMAN DEL, Monday. The Tokatoa crushing at Bennett's battery is shaping fairly.

Tho Throe Brothers have a butter show on the vl.iUs during the last few days. The \Vhaii£apou.i cleaning up is uotlikely to take pl.icc for some time. At present it looks payable. The Golden Point obtained some good stone from the leader to-day. Heavy rains interfered with mining.