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jyj -J, "//.!' v. "THiiro,;Eriday. Warden's- Court; before; W. Fraser, Esq:,*''the' appeals;of-mining companie3lagatost..the,Bqrongh'assessmentswere heard. Mr. Macdonald appeared for the companies. - The foUowmg.xeducti^ns + liad been 'arranged; :-Golden ■ Crown-battwy, erikine house, .etc.,.. frmjW; Herald battery, from £300 to £100, Im- : perial Crown, from £400 to £250—ditto, winding-gear, from < £200 to £150,;^ loana- ; tairi battery, from £550 to £400 ; • Waiotahi ; battery, from £250 to £2001; Knranui, from £550 to £350.—Star of the South v. Stewart. Calls due, '£13. Judgment for. plaintiff, with costs. 1 ' Star of the South v. Adams,IGs 8d:"for calls due. , Judgment fpr plaintiff, with j,costs. Young Gold Mining Company v. Snowling., Calls due, £6 ss. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs. , .. In the Albnrnia, the contractor cut. to-day the footwall lode 25 feet inside • Dixon s boundary. The reef is about three feet thick. ■ : The Golden Calf crushed 50 tons for -54 ounces gold.. t — ,' Cobojiandel,'Friday. * In the Union • Beach, thirteen pounds of rich specimens were obtained to-day in the west end of the intermediate level. Gold, is still shewing freely.. . The battery started crushing to-day on about seventy tons of general stuff. The result will - speak'for itself in a few days. The new engine is still working splendidly. - In the Royal Oak, twenty-nine ;pounds of rich specimens were ebtained, and the mine is looking first-rate. :• • • - Pride of Tokatea.— A considerable amount of golden stone was obtained yesterday and to-day. Tokatea,. —The manager s report speaks favourably of the stone - obtained--.''in the Van level. ' Forty tons .of quartz have been sent to the battery for crushing.',. ; ; , Black ,Reef.—The,'shaft is being sunk more rapidly than was expected. The r.eef, it is thought, will be struck under, three weeks, or less. ' '• J " ■ - : In the Bismarck, about twenty pounds of good specimens have been obtained. ; [PEESS AGENCY.] '". • ■ ■ Wellington, Friday. : A meeting of artizans (the Mayor in the chair) was held last night, with the object of giving a suitable reception ;to Sir Julius' Vogel Jon his arrival at Wellington. The form will probably be the presentation of an illuminated address, followed by a public dinner. , The colonial prize-firing at Wanganui com-; mences on the 24th;—Representatives have' to leave Port Chalmers.and the Manukau by| the New Zealand . CompanyJs . steamers..onl "the 19th l . v.'; 7 I i The General: Assembly Library Committee decided, -'to-day, >toJcall for tenders for .the erection of a fire-proof building at therear of the Legislative Council Chamber library. . - n..m i | Chbistohtooh, Friday.;' > i ; The Minister of. justice,' Lint replyi t'o the LawSodiety, declines to re-consider the appointment of 'Mr: Malet as Registrar of'" th'e, Sumpreme Court here. , '~ . Dunedin, Friday, i \ A regatta is to be held at Queenstown',,on' I St. Patrick's Day. Six-oared race open to all comers, prize £60. The prizes amount to £200. No progress is being made with the Deborah tunnel on the Dunedin and Mperaki railway. The contractors having' lost heavily, the work will probably be re-let. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4440, 5 February 1876, Page 3
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