TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume XXXI, Issue 5279, 30 July 1888, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Per United Press Association.)

WELLINGTON,

s July 39 A deputation representing the beadmast. of the city schools waited on the Minister _ Education > yesterday, for the purpose < : bringing under his notioe certain arttehpunished in a looal paper alleging tb , immorality existed in the State schools. Tl Hon G. Fisher stated that he did not wond* ' at the deep and widespread feeling of mdi. nation which had,been excite 1 when a new* . paper stated without any qualification whoever that the public schools of the. Colon.* 'had become fßoral pitfalls. Naturally tha would oreate a great feeling of unsettlemet in the minds of parents as to what tbe mom condition of their children was to bs in th future. He thought the Education Boar , had taken up a proper position. He wool quote an expression of his views, as he hopeit would induce the Board to take furtht* action. If the Board would pass a resolutiw asking him to appoint a Commissioner or tc appoint persons occupying some judioia capacity to institute an enquiry, he was inclined to think they would be willing tc accede to the request.

The ship Pleione has been launched off tbe Waikane beach, and lies at anchor under Ifapiti Island.

, Detective Campbell, with a number of ■ police, made a raid on a Chinese den situated : in Taranaki street, la_t" night, and -arrested 19 Chinamen who were eugaged playing fan-tan. Very little money wa. taken. During the past three days an extranJSy cold southerly wind with showers of rain has been experienced. It shows signs of clearing this afternoon. CHRISTOHtJKCH, July 28. At the inquest on T. H. Potts, Dr Baoop deposed that death had resulted from convulsions caused by brain disease of long stand* ing. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. AUCKLAND, July. 29. At a public meeting held last night m the Lome street HaU to consider tbe Village Settlement scheme, the following resolution was passed:—That the members ia Parliament for the Auckland district be requested . to arrange that when the House ia being moved into Committee of Supply the following resolution shall be presented, to his Excellency the Governor, praying that he may be pleased to direct by message the placing upon the Supplementary Estimates of the sum of £10,000 for the purpose of continuing and extending village settlements in the Provincial District of Auckland.

THE MAHAKIPAWA DIGGINGS.

From the «Express.'

Our Havelock correspondent writes

—I have been credibly informed that one party of seven have recently obtained gold to the value of £112 from the right hand branch, and another person has got nearly an ounce and a half from one of what is known as Oullen's Terrace 3. It is pretty generally believed that parties-are "on gold " but they are keeping it quiet1.

From the ' Press.'

The terraces seem now to ba receiving great attention from several diggers, and Levett, and party have opened ground on'the fern ridge ,at the right hand eida of the creek, — with the result that over two ounces of geld were secured on Friday last. The discovery of gold in such a localty created quite a sensation amongst the diggers, being so far away from the creek. Good prospects have also been obtained on the ridges behind the one where this gold was obtained, A great deal of work has been dona on the right hand branch of the main creek. A man named Pullman, from Manaroa, who is working a shoit dis. tance up the branch, unearthed a two ounce nngget on Friday last; The diggers continue to speak, in very strong terms, of the laxity shown, by the member for the district and the Government in atttending to their legitimate requirements—in faofe> one digger was bold enough to cay that he would like to see the Government boiled with the tea they had levied such a heavy duty upon. It is calculated that over 400 miners' rights have been issued since the diggings broke out —a fact which clearly shows that the miners at Mahakipawa deserve some consideration from. " thja powers that be" From 'Marlborough Times.'

Pickering, Mathewa and fiennessy —are very busy bailing out one of tha deep boles into tbeir flame boxes. At the head of their claim, the creeK divides, James Gome and part? oocupying the ground from the entrance of the left hand branch, and pome others, whose names I could not ascertain, beyond him about three pr f . four hundred yards from the junction tbia creek opens out into better country not being so rockbound. aad the terraces not being so high nor steep, There is very little doubt but tha* j some very rich claims will be ogejied up there. At the entrance of the right hand branch I foun^ Ruffle and party busily engaged putting the wash through their "boxes, and, what was more to the purpose, picking, up nice little pieces of gold out of the claim, ranging from 1 dwt to 13dwts. Adjoining them, but extending upward, comes Aldridge and party's claim, and singular to relate, here I saw one of their party a deal and dumb man? wljo was busy sawing timber for the boxes, and he seemed to quite underetand all the practical work required from him.

Continuing our journey we soon reached Pullman and partes claim, wbo seemed quite pleased 'with the prospects obtained. The creel here forms quite a picturesque wkterfall of about 70ft-, but the ascent to get above it is not quite so charming, although it lauds yeu in flamy and party'g claim, where they have obtained over half a pound weight from a pot. hole, and fully anticipate a golden harvest later on. At the head of th_3 ground the natives, Blucher and' party, have a good claim, and have taken out some ounces, the largest piece being 23dwts; Charles Smart and party have been ' Wne of the luckiest men on the rush, and have quietly pocketed a good many ounces of the precious metal. The general prospects obtained quite war- ' rant, the sanguine expectations wo found from one end of the diggingatd the other. It cannot be classified as a poor man's diggings, and the immense ! boulder stones, piled one on top of tha ! other, with the limited space at disL posal in such a rock-bound creek, tax j all the ingenuity and experience of the ■ most practical miners, and greatly 1 retard operations. There is yet a J large block of country the auriferous, i deposits of which require prospecting t for. The heavy nuggets already fauna point to one fact, that some exceed- [ ingly rich reefs wil.be opened out ai the country beoo__.es better known-