THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5999, 8 February 1881, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

Old Caledonian-. — The mine manager reports :—No. 2 level drive on the specimen leader has been driven 15 feet during the week through hard ground. It is split up into small branches in every direction through the face of the drive. The crosscut. ofNo. 1 level is going through splendid country, small mineral veins running parallel with the cross-cut.

New Golden Pah (Coromandel). —The | mine manager reports on the sth inst.: —I have cleaned out and repaired the various levels in the mine, and put everything in 'good order. I consider that the mine is well worth thorough prospecting. Bottom level: In this part of the mine have put m timbers where required. SOft level: lam engaged sinking a winze 30ft west of crosscut to connect with the rise from bottom lovel ; this will be the be3t way to effect communication. When this is done, I purpose putting in an intermediate drive in west of rise underneath where gold was obtained in SOft level. SOft level st'ope : I have commenced a stope in the back of the SOft level about 60ft from cross-cut; in this stope the leader is about 12 inches, and good looking stone with a little gold seen. These two places I shall push on as fast as possible.— W. G. Martin. [Bi TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Coromandel, Monday. The Just-in-Time lodged 22ozs. from 5 tons. llcenan's party lodged in the Bank of New Zealand 771bs. of very rich specimens, which will average an ounce to the pound. The leader stilUooks splendid. „ Tiernan and party are getting large quantities of picked stone aud specimens. lhe leader is almost horizontal. Vizard and party packed in two tons from Matawai Creek, and expect a good return. PAIINELL BOROUGH COUNCIL. ■ . « A speclvl meeting of the Council was held last night in their office, Pamell Rise, for the purpose of considering by-law (No. 5) for the regulation of stage carriages, and other business. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. F. Clarke), Messrs. Wir.ks, Wood, Barber, Petfigrew, Mullins, Walker, and Herbert. The following is the by-law :— 5 Such license shall only be granted on the written application for the same of the owner or owners of the vehicle hackney carriage or borough stage carriage to be licensed, and every such application shall be made in the following form .- n j Of being the owner of a hereby make application for a license for such to ply fcr hire within the limits of the borough for the vear ending the day of IS " in every such license shall be specified the name and surname and place of abode of every owner of the "vehicle, hackney carriage, or borough stage carriage in respect of which the license is granted, and the name of the borough and every such license shall be signed by the Town Clerk. , After considerable discussion, it was agreed that the license fee should be £2 per annum, instead of £5, and that every stage carriage should have a " riser" of not more than S inches. The by-law, thus amended, was agreed to. STREETS AND ROADS. A letter was received from Mr. H. Blackett offering to convey the land requisite to make a road°so feet wide opposite his father's property if the Council would undertake the work. . Mr. Wood said that the communication was capable of various interpretations, and he would suggest that the Town Clerk should 'wait on Mr. Blackett with a view to obtain some definite idea of the nature of the offer. Mr. Herbert said it was not cle >r whether it was intended that the land would be given from the slope to the excavation, or whether the cutting was to be close up to the boundary. " Mr. Winks : It strikes me there is something in the Municipal Corporations Act which provides for the width of roads in boroughs. The Mayor (referring to the Act) said it provided that "streets" made by, or with the sanction of the Council, should be 66 feet wide. "Private streets," not less than 40 feet wide. But no street should bo made without the sanction of the Council. There was also a provision in the Act which made private persons making roads in boroughs, without permission of the Council, liable to all the claims for damage to which the Corporation would be liable in such cases. Mr. Walker : I think Mr. Blackett should be informed of these provisions in the Act. . , ~, , Mr. Winks : The land is to be sold, and .the plans, I understand, are being lithographed. We ought, I think, to see the plans. A Member : Mr. Comiskey is making a road in the same neighbourhood. Would it not be desirable that the Town Clerk should wait upon him also, and any others concerned ? Mr. Winks : I think that owners of property'laying off roads should not expect the Council to make the roads. The Corporation iru>ht supplement the fund necessary for the purpose. . Mr. Herbert : No doubt it is the duty of this Council to consult for the benefit of the whole district. After some further discussion it was agreed that the Town Clerk should wait on Mr. .Blackett. Mr. Comiskey, and other propertyowners concerned, and receive from them all requisite information. This concluded the business. , __ . ' . •