MINING REPORT.

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

MINING REPORT.

Messrs Beeves & Co. received the following telegram from"*theirJ Beef ton correspon ednt :-—

Eee_ton, July 28." . Xbv tt il U9 material ataU .n ia th. f hip c

market to report, business continuing dull. At the fame time very payable stone is being daily developed, notably ia the Inkermann, Scotia, Dark, Nil Desperandum, Big Biver, and lastly in the South Hopeful Company's ground. The latter Company has been prospeoting for a number of years, driving in •very dirtction but the right one, and have now maie the discovery that they crossed the line of reef in driving their main tunnel years ago. Some stone just brought from the mine is highly impregnated with gold, and appearances generally warrant the belief that they have at last got the south end of tbe Boatman's line of reef. Ee.urns: Keep-it-Dark, 488ozs amalgam from 200 tons stone; Fiery Cross, lS.oza amalgam from 78' tons stone; Progress, 1560zs from 90 tons stone ; Globe. 5210zs from 190 tons; Welcome, 507 ozs from 105 tons.

FOOTBALL.

OTAGO V. NATIVES.

[Per United Press Association.]

Dunedin, July 28. The weather cleared up this morning, and between six and seven thousand persons attended the football match Otago v Warbrick's team. The ground was rather stiff, and cat up considerably, bnt there was no water on it. Otago were the favorites," and justified the confidence by winning by eight points to nothing, the Natives scarcely even being dangerous. They were forced down seven or eight times, and play was only once or twice in anything like dangerous proximity to Otago's goal. The Natives showed excellent form in collaring and stopping rushed, but the passing of the local team, and their excellent play on the line out, and with scientific play in the scrum, was far superior. In the second try secured, the ball was j taken by a series of passes from the 25 flag over the goal line, the leather pausing through the hands of Croxford, Morrison, M'f. aflane, Gibson, Diomon and Stephen. At the end of the first spell the score stood—Otago six points to notbiog. In the eeoond spell the passing was not so prominent, but 'the Natives were repeatedly forced down by Thompson and Ljnoh, "who only just missed scoring, and Huntec and Thompson got tries, but no goals were kicked. The game was a most pleasant one, although there was a slight tendency on the part of the Natives to play rougher than the game it usually played here.