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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1749, 13 September 1905, Page 54

It is sometimes astonishing how news regarding mines “leaks out,” as frequenters of the Auckland Stock Exchange, at least, know well enough. The Thames “ Star ” thus throws light upon one method used to acquaint outsiders with developments below : —“lt is stated (says the journal named) that a prominent mining man of Thames discovered a somewhat elaborate system of signalling from a Thames mine, and that he watched its operation with considerable interest the other- day. The signals were worked on the semaphore system, and the operation was evidently attended with success, for the day after the shares had advanced 6d.”

In view of the gloomy outlook for the potato crop, a resident of the Wade has (says the Auckland “ Star ”) been giving special attention to potato culture. After some years of application, he has, he believes, succeeded in producing a potato that will prove to be second to none in the market. He has named it the “Star of New Zealand,” and the tubers are now being propagated in Scotland with a view to their being exhibited.at one of the Royal Horticultural Society’s shows next season.