TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4375, 20 November 1875, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC.

[FROM OUR OWN CORESPONDENTS.] ' ' ," j' Friday. The Bullion. mine,: Tapu, lodged- at the National Bank 77 ozs. 18 dwts. melted gold, the result of 80 tons of. stone. The Nonpareil have cut a good looking reef in the low level, 18 inches .wide so far as cut. The men were driven from further working by gasThe Caledonian, in sinking the winze on! No. 5 met with the wall of a new reef running at an acute angle to the cross-lode on No. 6. The Crown Princess have crushed 90 tons for 88 ozs. 13 dwts. gold; the last 6 tons from No. 2 reef at the bottom level averaged three ounces to the ton. At the Rocky Point, Karaka, Graham and party realised .42 ozs. melted gold from 28 tons. The Golden Calf crushing will prove a fair payable one. P. Brown and party, tributers of the Morning Star, crushed 30 tons for 142 ozs. melted gold. The Dauntless and Siuk-to-Rise (Lang's tribute) realised, on 15 lbs. of stone, 2 ozs. 10 dwts. melted gold. The general crushing of the Moanatairi is good, and 6 cwt. of picked stuff is going through the single stamper. An engine and boiler is contracted to be delivered from Tararu, at Coromandel, in 12 days, by H. Kawdon, for the Union Beach Company. Mr. Sully has received orders to clear out the shaft of the Tairua mine. Sales: Caledonian, 72s 6d; Queen of the May, 10s 6d. Sellers :. Caledonian, 75s ; City of London, 27s ; Cure, 10s ; Queen of the May, 10s 6d; Red Queen, 2s ; Tairua, 12s. Buyers : City of London, 255; Moanatairi, 20s. Coromandel, Friday. In the Union Beach during the week the manager has driven across the Black reef in the 180-feet level, a distance of 7 feet. The ground being soft it has been necessary to timber as the drive proceeds, which has left no room to place men to start driving on the west end of the reef. This will be done at the beginning of next week. There is about two feet of crushing dirt on the east end, with about 14 inches on the west end. This morning gold wa3 visible on the face of the drive on the east end. Today the manager continued to wind the general stuff taken out of the .winze, and is sending the same to the battery paddock for crushing. In the Tokatea a little gold has been obtained in several of the stopes in the Siege of Paris level, but nothing worth bagging. The rise in the Van level is progressing favourably. There is a strong leader about one foot wide at present. The crushing of about 150 tons at Bennett's battery will be completed to-morrow. A parcel of specimens in the Royal Oak has been obtained in No. 1 winze, and there is a great promise of rich finds. The Wangarei coal tried at the Kapanga mine has proved to be very inferior to the coal of the Bay of Islands. Tapov Friday. A crushing of SIJ tons from the Bullion has yielded 790z. Sdwts. retorted gold. [PRESS agency.] Napier, Friday. At the cattle sale at the Shamrock Yards, Walker's cattle realised from £7 to £10 10s ; average, £S 10s. Old cows sold at from £3 to £4 15s. No buyers for weight-carrying hacks, and those offered withdrawn ; light hacks brought from £6 10s to £10 10s ; second-hand top drays, £7 10s to £11 15s. Saddles and harness brought fair prices. Wanoanui, Friday. At a public meeting of merchants it was resolved unanimously that a Harbour Board be formed. A committee was appointed to wait on the Superintendent, with a view to carrying out the object. Wellington, Friday. The time for the issue of new writs is not yet definitely fixed, but probably will be about the 10th proximo. Considerable delay has been caused by the difficulty in making the various registration and returning officers understand thoroughly what was required of them in reference to the recent re-division of districts. This has involved lengthy explanatory correspondence, which in some instances even yet is going on. It is not consideredjlikely that arrangements will be completed before the second week in December. The members of the City Council intend to entertain W. S. Moorhouse, Esq., Mayor, at dinner on the occasion of his retirement from office. The new Thorndon baths are now all but completed, and will be opened in a 'fortnight at farthest. In the Court of Appeal, the Queen of Beauty case, in which Thomas is appellant and Smith respondent, is now occupying the Court. The case is an appeal from the ruling of Mr. Justice Gillies on a claim for £16,000 for work and labour done. Macassey and Bell appear for appellants, McCormick and Chapman for respondents. Friday afternoon. The Court of Appeal heard the case of Thomas, appellant, v. Smith, respondent, to-day, and decided that action would be required against the five shareholders who signed the agreement. Whether or not the whole company was liable for the action of the five may be subject to further litigation. New Plymouth, Friday. A meeting of the shareholders in the Titanic Steel Company, in New Plymouth, was held last night. The meeting was convened by Mr. Matheson for the purpose of ascertaining the position of the company. Mr. Matheson condemned the practice of the directors in giving work to private persons, instead of putting it up to public competition by tender, and said he was of opinion that the directors did not want to make it a success. He urged that a practical manager should be appointed. Mr. E.' W. Smith also spoke, saying that he considered a local directory should be appointed, and the following resolution was carried : — "That a committee, to consist of Messrs. Jackson, Smith, and Matheson, be appointed to ascertain the correctness of the statements mentioned, and to report next ■Thursday, with a view to their bringing the matter before the directors."