TELEGRAPHIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4425, 19 January 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[FROM OUK OW>- CORRESPONDENTS.] . Thames, Tuesday. The John o'Groats Claim was sold at rti» Warden's Court for £3 10s to W. KneebonV The Moanatairi battery starts to-morrow on the completion of repairs to the engine A further haul of specimens has been obtained in the Cure. Cokojiakdel, Tuesday. A few specimens were obtained to-dav in the Union Beach. J In the Tokatea, gold is still being cot m the Van leveL Sb m Alexa>-dra, Tuesday. A meeting of Kingites is now being held I at Tβ Kuiti. Tawhiao has left Hikuranm to- ' attend. Kopuanatives commenced harvesting. They have engaged a reaping machine from a settler, which has gone up to day. Weather very unfavourable. [PKESS AGENCY.] Wellinctos, Tuesday. ? On board the Luna, Worser's Bay, Monday night. Although there was a very strong tide J with heavy swell and good stiff breeze, the '« grapnel ■nas thrown over about nine in the • F morning. The first cast was not successful, ' sufficient allowance not having been made for the force of the tide; the second cast was also unsuccessful. The grapnel when hauled in showed it had been dragging over rocks one prong was broken, aud the others more or less injured. A third cast was made, and after some dragging the cable was caught, and every one watched anxiously the taut end of the chain. The strain steadily increased, and the full power of winding seemed to have been reached. At last there was a jerk and a quiver, and all thought the cable was lost. However, after hauling in some slack, the strain was again apparent, thongh much less so than before. It turned ontthat the cable had broken when the strain was so tremendous, and that now the broken piece was being hauled in. A length of 1267; fathoms was brought on board. The ap. pearanco of the cable shewed that it had beeu resting on very rocky bottom, in fact only' on a pinacle of rock. Here and there a con siderable portion of the cable appeared to be as sound as when first laid, parts were more or less oxidised. The cable was covered with an endless variety of animal and Tego' : ' table life. The winding in took two hours, and as evening was near and the sea rising, the Luna came to Worser's Bay for the mght Work will, if the weather permits, be recommenced to-morrow. New Plymouth, Tuesday. In connection with the alleged finding of gold in Taranaki, the Budget says : —A man named Cornelius Casey (not Carey, as given in the telegram), who owns laud at Patea, purchased a horse in New Plymouth for the purpose of riding down the country, about ; two years ago, he having just arrived from Auckland. The same man, during the past ; month, came to town from, the back of the [ mountain riding on a horse and leading. £ another, on which were tightly strapped | what appeared to be two bags of flour. It p had been raining heavily, and the man jm 5 spattered with mud, but he was anxionj £ to get on board the steamer just leaT- J| ing for Auckland. His hurry te get S away led to Sergeant Duffin asking a fe» S questions, as he happened to know the man. :• Well, nothing could be got from Casey as to |; his business ; but he said, " You shall know k all about it when I come back." He was too J late for the steamer then leaving, but b | went by the Ladybird on the Ist January, [. He said he had come from towards Patea bj [' the Mountain Koad ; and when asked wly > he did not come by the Coast Eoad, instead , ?, of riding a journey after so much wet >* weather by the Mountain Koad, he simply said he specially wanted to go the Mountain V JRoad. If the Carey (as per telegram) and n Casey (who lately left here for Auckland) 5~ are one and the same, the wonderment as to y how the quartz could have got to Grahams-' j town will cease, and it may yet turn ont f , that the gold has actually been found inthia , province. , The Colonial Architect, Government Sur- *> veyor, and others are engaged in selecting » site for the Central Prison. ,' t,