NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4669, 31 October 1876, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[from our ows correspondents.] THAMES, Monday. The public crushing at the Moanatairi. Company's battery for the last fortnight produced 1113 ounces gold from 319 tons quartz. The company's melted gold amounted to 2260z5. lldwts. The City of Manchester, Karaka Creek, Scott and party, crushed 13 tons of stone, for llozs. sdwts. of gold. The Presbyterian soiree is a great success; over 250 persons present. OHINEMURI, Monday. John Murphy was committed for trial to the Supreme Court for an alleged criminal assault upon Mary Nolan. COROMANDEL, Monday. _ The Union Beach manager reports a large parcel of specimens having been obtained during the past week from leading stopes in both eighty-foot and intermediate levels, ■and gold still in sight. The show on the plates in the battery is very good, and a large quantity of quartz is still in paddock. Two hundred and twenty-five pounds of specimens are on hand this morning. This afternoon a good parcel ct riot, stone, about forty tnw grassed. Snoft-den's are .';Le«d wirh their low level and are now in nearly a hundred feet. [press agency.] RUSSELL, Monday. The natives secured on Saturday a cow and calf whale of the humpback species. WELLINGTON, Monday. The New Zealand Shipping Company gave a lunch to some 200 people to-day, on board their ship Waikato. The Hon. Mr. Pharazyn presided, assisted by Mr. Smith, general ] manager. It was a great success. The Wellington tramway Company issued a prospectus to-day ; capital, £40,000, in £5 shares. THE COLONIAL PRIZE-FIRING TO BEAT HOKITIKA. The Defence Minister has decided that the next colonial prize-firing shall take place at Hokitika. DUNEDIN, Monday. Owing to the long spell of dry weather, there is much sickness and great inconvenience. Three thousand persons visited the Ocean Beach by rail yesterday. Mr. Musgrave and Mrs. Hall and her daughter left to-day to join Mr. Hoskins' Company. Mrs. Byers comes here. There are twenty-five entries for the Silver Cup Chess Match. The siith half-yearly meeting of the National Insurance Company will be held on the 13th November. From the report to be submitted it appears the total receipts for the half-year (including £6563 Cs Id carried forward from previous balance) have been £51,890 10s 9d; the expenditure for same period has been £\3S,4GI 17s Id, leaving for_ distribution a sum of £13,428 13s Bd. This sum the directors recommend should "be appropriated as follows:—To the payment of dividend at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum, £5000 ; to be carried forward to next half-year, £8428 18s Bd. Provision has been made in the accounts for £7856 14s 6d, unadjusted losses ; also, reinsurances in the marine department and all known liabilities at the date of closing the books, which have been duly carried to profit-and-loßs account. Owing to the heavy losses, the directors are unable to recommend any sum to be carried to the reserve fund at this balance.