TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4254, 2 July 1875, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

[rneM orn own coKnE.«roNPEsrs.J Thames, Thursday. TIIF. Alburnia's return from their own mill is ir»o 079. of gold. The Hharemarket—Sales : Tairua, 76s 6d ; Oucon of the May, 11s; Pritannia, 3e ; Pu-ket-ii Os Gd ; National, Is ; Band of Hope, "s •' Albion, full sharo, £S 103 to £10 ; Gem," quarter share £44, half eharo, £00.' Sellers : Tairua, 77s 0d ; City of London! Si's: Queen of the May, Hβ Si; Cure, 12s b>l : lied Queen, Is 7d ; Britannia, 3s ; ruketni. »'3 C»l; National, Is ; Band of Hope, 2j :'. 1 : Sandhurst, 2s Cd; Gem, quarter share. i.M.">: Albion, hilf share, £5 10s. Buyers : Cure, 11s 6d ; ?3ritannia, 2s 9d. T.URUA, Thursda}-. Tlie Prospectors' claim javo not done much work, but the small quantity of stone raised J. hijjl'.ly satisfactory. Until the return the crashing, and th<3 results rvt the general meeting are known, not much will bo iii.Lrt:iken, except in timbering the shaft, Jcc. The tunnel is procjessing through hard £ro'jn<J- A second shaft lias been comnieu./ I alKiut 00 feet north of the present one mill is iU>wn 15 feet in goo<l country. 7h.- liulependcnt are about to sink a shaft as near as jxissible to the Frospectors'. They are prospecting. The l'ukttui are busy prospecting their ground, and have discovered a new reef, nearly four feet wide* chewing gold. Capt. Goldsmith has been over to seo that tho ground is manned. Several men pertaining to the Ajax have arrived, with tools, &e.; and lam tolJ. will strike into the " Ilisk" part of the ground first. .Several tests in a mertar took place, and those from the solid stone wero beet. They are pegging out to the north-east and south-vest of the Prospectors'. Messrs. Macky and Brigbam off to the ninth of the National. Mcs.-rs. Siuis and Sully have also pegged Off to t'e ;.uth-west of the Britannia claim. Coro-kandel, Thursday. li. cr.nseqnence of the closing of the Tokatca tra.nw.iy, tho manager of the late Nil Desperandum battery has determined to do". the Lattery. In the Kapanga mine a portion of tho driving gear broke on Wednesday, compelling a short stoppage. Repairs were soon made, and the pump is again at work. The shaft is down 2SS feet. They hope to start driving for the leader next week. Nothing new from the Beach mine. Heenan's claim is reported on good gold.

[press agbsct.] Weiuxctos, Thursday. The rumour circulated by the Melbourno Age that Vogel has resigned, his position and become one of Rothschild's financial agents, has received semi-official contradiction in the Times and TrVwnt. The accounts of the colony are in a forward stat: of preparation for presentation to Parliament upon opening. The t\il lowing is an extract from a telegram received from tfc e Agent-General, dated London, .June 16, giving the names of vessels and juraber of immigrants which left for this colony in May :—Aluinbagh and Dover, with 772 immigrants, for Auckland ; Hakione, with 29S for Taranaki ; Frederickbourgh, with 259 for Napier ; Rodney, with 457 for Wellington ; Blair Gowrie, with 441 for Lvttelton ; Meausland, with 339 for the Bluff.' Stewart's ''specialfi' , sail for Auckland on the 7th July. DrssDiy, Thursday. Fiftou persons were summonsed to-day for having neglected to clean the footpaths fronting their shops, but as these wero the first c.-w-:-s <if the kind the magistrates dismissed the defendants with a caution. All the papers for the last three days have contained letters on the filthy state of the streets, and saying that they are the dirtiest SI 1 cell •■: Ml; t-.'n-rxin +J.O <V)lonV. A neu - weekly paper will soon l>c started here by Thomas Kracker, entitled the Saturdn<i A•••■■rti-?r ami Neie Zealand Literary MlccVu'j. A deputation waited upon the Superintendent regarding the delay in the comp'-etior. of the Clutha ari Waikouaiti railway to Palinerston, the Mataura railway to Papatauoa, n:ul other line 3of railway. He Dromisc-.l to bring the matter before the Gener-1 < Jovemment as urged by the depu-r.-.Uv,n. » Iktep.cargill, Thursday. The Mataura Paper Company aro advertising fur tenders for cutting a race and mason -.vurk at the Mataura Falls. The plant for the paper is being manufactured in Svdnc-v.

Patents are to be secured for a new description i-.f rowlock, invented by the harbourmaster at the Bluff. The chairman of the Southland Immigration Committee his received a letter from Mr. Vo_'tl, in which Sir Juliu3 states that he has made arrangements for the despatch of eight ships direct to the Bluff, each with 300 immigrants, during next month. TJie Slar'e correspondents supply the following :— Wellington, Thursday. Some «f the leading people here have such firm faith that Sir Julius Vogel will come back, that they laush at the report circulated by the A'/' , , that he has consented to become one ol iN.tuschild's financial apents. The dimensions aud plan of tho new Presbyterian Church, Willis-street, are 90 feel Ion:; by 47 wide ; height to the top of spire, 11 x> feet Tke auditorium will cover a space 70 feet by 45 feet ; the vestibule is 9 feet by 2i> feet, giving sitting-room for about 450 persuM. The seats will be arranged concentrically. A gallery is to be placed above the vestibule, capable of holding 150 persons. The total sitting- room will acoomodate COO. The anticipated expenditure is £3,900, to meet v \> ch there are only £2,44)0 in hand. The-;:.- every indication of heavy weather. Storm signals have lxsen Kent out tdl round to day. The Pot! crow 3 over the refund of the capitation money, and the Tribune says not a word.