The Goldmining "Boom."

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 183, 18 December 1886, Page 5

The Goldmining "Boom."

The extraordinary craze which has for two months or more raged in London for goldmining shares has," as might have been expected, other causes than the mere extravagant "puffing" of interested agents or enthusiastic Government Wardens. The "Financial News," l-eterring to the gold fever, gives the following as the cause of it : — " All the small speculators, who a few months ago were playing pitch-and-toss in American rails or Grand Trunks, have left the&e tricky markets to themselves and have started a game of their own. Mines are the retail speculator's speciality. He feels at home in them, and knows that he has at least as good a chance to win as anybody else. They may be dice he plays w ith, but they are not cogged dice. " As showing the extreme development of the mania, it is stated that recently a number of wealthy city rncn went into the office of a well-known Agent-Geneial, and asked if he had any gold mines about. No matter where they were; if he knew of any locality in his colony whore there was an undeveloped gold mine, they were prepared to float a company to work it ! The demand for gold-mining bhaves has kept in advance ot tho supply, and despite the number of new companies iloatcd, ihe shares have rapidly gone up in value. Writing on 22nd October a correspondent in London says:— " The shares of the Bonnie Dundee wero floated at ss, and are now at from 8s to 9s premium. The Ethcridgc Goldfield Company's shares were placed on tho market at 5s a share, and the pie&ent_ price is £2 ss. Tho Canadian Gold-mine Company, also on the Ethovidge field, was floated with shares at 5s each, and are now at a premium of 7s (sd. The Cumberland sharf s Ware floated at ,3s each, and are now at a, pramium of from 16s to ]Ss. The shaies vt the Livingstone Company are at a premium of 2s b'd to ss. In Victorian mines'there has been floated the Fryer's Creek, the shares of which are at a premium of 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; and in New Zealand mines, the Coromandol, the shares of which are from 5s to 10s premium.'"' Although this lively interest in colonial mining stocks will result in great present advantage to certain colonies, the "boom" is on several grounds to bo deplored, and chiefly because of the oppor tunity it will give foy the working off of "clutter" claims on the English public, with the inevitable reaction when the crash comes and when all colonial mining "investments will suffer seriously in roputation. — Auckland Star.

A poor young man out of tho olbowe doea not feel like laughing in bis pleevet?.

Four Sailors Dcaoit from Exposure.

London, December 10. The barque Earlscourt, 1,068 tons, Captain Frempton, bound for Albany, Western Auutralia, with a cargo of railway material, has been wrecked on the coast of Glamorganshire. Four of her crew died from exposure. She hull of the veesel remains infcacts. The Earl's > ourt ia tt new veesel, having b&en built in Glasgow in J 885, and i 3 owned by Mr W. J. Kidd, of Liverpool.

WHAT IS THIS DISEASE THAT IS COMING UPON US.

Liko a thief at night it steals in upon ue nnawares. Many persona have pains about the chest and sides, and sometimes in th» back. They feel dull and sleepy ; the mouth Has a bad taste especially in the morning. A. sort of sticky slime collects about tho teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a. feeling like a heavy load on the stomach ; sometimes a faint all-gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does notl satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the handa and feet become cold and feel clammy. After a while a cough sets in at first dry,, but after a few months it is attended with a greenish coloured expectoration. The afflicted one feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest, After a time he becomes nervous, irritable, and glooms, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly^ The bowela become costive ; the skin is dry and hot at times ; the blood becomes thick and stagnant ; the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow, the urin* is scanty and high coloured, depositing a sediment after standing There is fre*quently a spitting up of the food, sometimes with a sour taste, and sometimes with a s\\ eetitah taste ; this is irequently attended with palpitation of the heart ; tha vieion becomes impaired with spots before the eyes ; there ia a feeding of great pros* tration and weakness. &11 of these symp*toma £ii e in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our population has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that ny dical men ha\^ mistaken the nature of this disease. Som* have ti eated it for a liver complaint, others for kidney disease, etc., but none of.tha various kinds of treatment have been attei* ded with success, because the remedy ohould be such as to act harmoniously upon each one of these organs, and upon the stomach as well ; for in Dyspepsia (for this is really what the disease is) all of these organs partake of this disease and require a remedy that will act upon all at the samfr time. Siegel's Curative Syrup acts like a charm in this class of complaints, giving almost immediate relief. The following, letters from chemists of standing in the community where they live show in whit ; mation the article is held. 3 olxn. Arohor, JELa.rlihi.il, near Sheffield tt — ■- 1 can confidently recommend it to all who. may be suffeiing ironi li\er or stomach cpmplaints, having the testimony of my customers, who have derived great benefit from the Syrup and Pills. The sale is increasing wonderfully. Geo A. 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Armstead, Maiket Street, Dalton-ia-Furness :— lt i& m-edless for me to say that your valuable medicines have great sale in this district — greater than any other I know of, giving gre.\t satisfaction. , • Robt. Lame, Melksham :— I can well recommend the Curative Syrup from having proved its efficacy for indigestion myself. Fi'Lockhcim, Arbroath, Forfarshire, Sept. 23, ISS2 "Dear Sir,— Last year I sent you a letter lecommending Mother Seigel's Syrup I have very much pleasure in still bearing testimony to the very satisfactory results of the tamed Syrup and Pills. Most patent medicines die out with mo ; but Mother Seigel has had a steady sale ever since I commenced, and is still in as great demanCß as when I first began to sell the medicine. The evires which have come under my notice are chiefly those of liver complaint and general debility. A certain minister in my neighbourhood says it is the only thing which has benefited him and restored him to his normal condition of health after being unable to preach for a considerable length of time. I could mention also a great many other cases, but space would not allow. A near friend of mine, who is very much addicted to costive ness or constipation, finds that Mother Seigel's Pills are the only Pills which suit) his complaint. All other pills cause a reaction, which is very annoying. Mother Seigel's Pills do not leave a bad after-effect, I have- much pleasure in commending cgain to suffering humanity Mother Seigel's medicines, which are no sham. If this letter is of any service you can publish it, Yours very truly, (Signed) Wai. S. Glass, Chemist. A. J. White, Esq. 15th August, 1883. 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