NEW ZEALAND

South Canterbury Times, Issue 6260, 5 July 1890, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND

(By Telegbaph.) AUCKLAND, July 4. Mr Harrison, of Whangarei, has brought from the Thames, a bar of bullion, mostly silver, weighing 75 ounces, the produce of 35 hundredweight of Puhipuhi ore. The crushing is fully bearing out the assays previously 'made, and the directors of Prospectors No ilmine from which .the ore was taken are sa'sficd that it will go 45 ounces silver to the ton. GISBORNE, July 4. Mr Kelly, of Tauranga, intends to stand for the East Coast electorate ; in opposition Mr Arthur and probably Mr W, L. Rees. A meeting of the South Pacific Petroleum Company will be held at Sydney to consider whether the work shall be continued or the company go into liquidation. WELLINGTON, July 4. The prospectus of a company for publishing a weekly newspaper in the interests of trades unions in Wellington has been issued. The capital is £3OOO in 6000 shares of 10s each. Captain Oliver, of the steamer Pukaki, is suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy. In the Supreme Court the libel case Jamieson v. Falconer was adjourned until tomorrow.

Shaw, Savillo and Albion Company's steamer Matawa arrived at Plymouth on the Ist inst. with her cargo of meat in good condition.

DUNEDIN, July 4

The Taieri river and its tributaries are being rapidly taken up as dredging or sluicing claims, and at the Warden’s Court to day six more claims were granted. It is intended to hold a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to protest against the retention of the primage duty. Mr George B, Nesbit, a journalist, well known in Invercargill and Wellington died to-day in the Seacliff asylum. The Dunedin Poultry and Dog Society have received a total of 1180 entries, making the largest all round ever received in the colony. Dogs number 179, pigeons 100, canaries 171, poultry 720.

Mr Arthur Towsey, late Exhibition conductor has accepted the offer of organist at All Saints Church, St. Hilda, Melbourne.