OUR DUNEDIN SPECIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9160, 31 May 1901, Page 2

OUR DUNEDIN SPECIAL.

I (From Our Own Correspondent.) * I DUNEDIN. last night. | The inquest will be resumed to-morrow on James Campbell, who alleged that the ! injuries which caused his death were the > result of blows inflicted by the arresting constables. Mr Murray Russell, whose appointment to an inspectorship of mines m Queensland is reported m to-day's cables, is a native of Dunedin. He is a Bon of the late Captain James Hore Russell, Lloyds' surveyor, was born at Dunedin, and educated at Albany street school. - He entered the School of Mines m 1892 and took the diploma of. Associate m Mining, obtaining as well a certificate of metallurgical chemist and assnyer. Mr Russell aIBO holds a first-class mine manager's certificate from the New Zealand Government. (1898). After (leaving (the School of Mines, Mr Russell studied practical mining and ore dressing at Mount Bischoff, Tasmania, and m Australia. After his return to Otago he was appointed mine manager at the Achilles gold mine, Bullendale, and latterly lecturer at the School of Mines on mining and mining geology. Mr Russell has had a first-class experience as ia practical miner. Under the heading of "Aftermath of the Mining Boom" I find the following m. to-night's Star: If report- from outside are to be credited, the proceedings at yesterday's meeting of the Robertson Cai_rona Goldmining Company were of the 'liveliest character, and nearly "ended m a free fight. It is said that chairs were overturned and seats knocked m, during the progress of a very wordy warfare. The annual report was declared to be carried amidst disorder, and a resolution to take up a new claim called the River View (on the Ahaura river, West Coast was held over until it was seen how adjacent claims were progressing. The dredge belonging to the company has been sold, so report goes, at) a loss of '£6s on contract price. The amount for. directors' fees has been reduced from £60 to £10. The meeting is said to have broken up m confusion, and law proceedings are talked about. Hartley and Riley's return this week is 230z 12dwt for 70 hours' dredging. At to-day's meeting of the Harbor Board Mr E. G. Allen, M.H.R, chairman of the Otago Dock Trust, moved that m the opinion of this Board the time has arrived when .increased dry dock facilities should be provided m Otago harbor, and that a copy of thiß resolution be forwarded to 1 the Otago Dock Trust, with a view to that body taking steps to exercise their powers by constructing a dry dock not less than 600 ft long. In support of the motion, Mr Allen remarked that there was no dock m New Zealand available, for vessels) of. .large tonnage. The Calliope dock at Auckland would admit of . a vessel up to 600 ft long, but that was at the other end of the North Island, and therefore out of the track pf such large ships as visited these waters, while the Lyttel(pn dock was only 450 ft long, and would) not take m the ships of the future. Mr Robin, m seconding the motion, agreed that a new dock here was certainly a necessity. He had thought for a while that it would be possible to lengthen the present dock, ' but on enquiry he found that that would not do, since there was not.enough water on the sill, and it had not enough breadth. There was nothing for it ...but a new dock, and it was a proper thing for the Board to strengthen the Otago Dock Trust's hands m regard to this matter. The motion was carried without dissent. A motion that the Board procure an up-to-date tug was referred to the Works Committee. _ An unoccupied three-roomed dwelling, with a shop m front, was burnt down at an early hour this rnorning. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The place was vacant on Monday, and was to have been sold on behalf of the mortgagee to-day. Mr Ward stays with the Hon. Mr McKenzie at Heathfield to-night, picking up the steamer for Wellington to-morrow evening.