TELEGRAPHING EXTRAORDINARY.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 129, 21 November 1885, Page 7

TELEGRAPHING EXTRAORDINARY.

' A marvellously rj-niok tolo^rnpliio fo«( wßs,jHfruinK'il itt'Wiiln** tiie Melbourne Cnp to Now Zoalujid. As soon as the fi.-st horse passed tlm winning post, his name was fiajtlu^l t<» lia K'mu.su, the Audfcrniian terminus of the eaUo, loiter by letter of" entu'so s ha each letter wft3 receive.l iti was c.ibletl to i Witknpukn, niul ( hoi'o tho o|)ohition was ropenteil io Wellington, tlio result being that bi'foro tha lust letter had loft the Li'lemington course tho first wad khown in Wellington. In, other words the result was known in Wellington thirtyfive seconds after the rnce was won, a-id almost beforo tho gallop, at which the leaders in tho struggle rush<H passed the post, had been luluuel to a cmiter.

tCeilly ami party, who have a section of the Wuitokauri Company's mine or tribute, liavo on hand about 70 tons of crashing dirt which will be treated at an early tUte, and from which thoy expect a remunerative return. lluntlcy party, tributers in the same mine, aro now working upon n small leader which they discovered west of and running parntlal with the main lode. Ti»e average thickness of the leader does nob exceed 6 inches, but gold is freely distributed throughout the whole body of the stone, which should yield a handsome battery return.