THE WAUKARINGA GOLDFIELD

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7243, 9 December 1886, Page 2

THE WAUKARINGA GOLDFIELD

THE TEETULPA DIGGINGS.

The Register's special correspondent at Teetulpa telegraphs on December 2 that Clifford and Robertß, of Albury, New South Wales, told him that they, on December 1, got 9oz. by dry fossicking, including a nugget of 6oz. lOdwt. from two loads. From the same dirt they washed 6oz. at a well. They also say they sold 290z., being the result of one week's work at Goslin's Gully. Spiera and Gloede, from Brady's Upper Gully, got on December 2 one augget weighing soz. lldwt. 12gr. The washinga in Brady's Gully gave the following reaulta — 2 oz., two loads; 7dwt., one load ; and 3oz. from two loads. No returns are reported outside the gullies. The E. S. and A. C. Bank bought 530z. of gold on Tuesday (Nov. 30.) Strawbridge'sJ Gull} is yielding small quantities of gold. Mr. Morris, of Largs bay, got lodwt. on Saturday. Keeleygot a little more in addition to 6oz already quoted. In Brady's South, Parsons 1 Co. got 6oz for Jast week's work. In Goslin's Gully two men worked lor four weeks. They got nothing for the first fortnight, but during the last two weeks obtained 16oz sdwt. The ES. and A.C. Bank has bought 5130z of gold during tho past week, all in' small lots, the heaviest being 35 oz. The manager informs me that the returns from the Melbourne Mint give the value of Teetulpa gold, as sent for assay, £3 18s. It is probably worth more, but it is handed in by the diggers in such a dirty state as to seriously affect its value. From one nugget alone 7dwt. of dirt were knocked out. Air. Cowie, manager of the E. S. A. C. Bank, brought to town on December 1 508oz. of gold, purchased by the bank at Teetulpa, It is fine nuggety gold, the largest piece weighing 6oz.

The Bazaar in connection with the Queen-Btreet Primitive Methodist Church will be held in the Alexandra Ilall on December 23rd and 24th. Donors are requested to send their contributions early to any of the committee. At the Education Board on Wednesday a petition was received from a number of eettlers oa the Tariki Boad, asking lhat v separate school district be constituted. The applicants sent in a list of particulars as to children. There was one column for number of children, and another for ageß. iMoi-t o£ tho entiifeß appeared somewhat in Huh form : Number of children, 4 ; ages. J 1, '6, 5, 7. One settler, however, had these li^ures : Number of children, 6 ; ages, 1, 2, 3, 4, b, 6. «lr. Sydney Taiwhanga took advantage of the prebence of a large number of natives at Waitara on Tuesday to deliver an harangue, pointing out his special lituees for representing the electors o£ the West Coast .Native District. Ilia address ' was very spirited. Alter lie had >;ot well into his sutjjttot an old Maori took exception to some of his remarks, and quoted Jtn^ihiJy from tilt) treaty ot Waitangi. Tuu proceeding s thuu res'jlvecl themselves iutu a. set argument between the candidate and tho a^ed elector, a/id alter au hour's disciifabion they were still threshing away at the treaty. Colonel Sir George Whitmore, K.0.M.G., Is prouioted to the ranic of Mujor-General. Ttiu I'obl, reitrriny to thid prjmotion in a sub-leader, makes the lolio^in^ observations :: — tl I'lie d(jfair<ibili yut uucli a p»otuotiou has long been ixou^nihui b$ ilk {iovbrmieut and h^ yu* volunuer tun-e, but there existed some uuuOlub lo wheinei it was not mtra viresior a. colonial (iuyurnint nt to issutj cuinu, lßoiond lur gbutrdl oiheers. This point liavhi^ now bun Baiieiactoril^ settled, uu<i <uj uoubt a« i" thb powers of the colony in the niaitur ijoioved, tho commander of the Jsew ZuJand lorcts ia very properly lo be put on an equnhty m respect of rank w ith tho , coiumandants of the comparatively small volunteer and military forces of the several Australian colonies. The promotion has bet;Q wdi earned, fciic George "\\ uituDore, bince ho asbumtd tho command of our torcet, hab worked most, energetically co remodel them and lucioUßO their 3iiieency. Th j £d.vo/itc hymn at English weddings now ia ''liic \ui«o thai bieuthed o'er

Amongst the signs of a corainff revival in trade says the Auckland Herald is tinsteady remittance of credits to the wooiin this colony, through tin rise in the price of this staple industry in the London market. Instead o£ having the ''drawbacks " o£ last ?c-:ir, sonio very substaniul fums hiive come t'orwurd by the lust two or threo mails from England, anil have greatly eased sheep farmers. One company received by tho last mail no lesn than £50,000 of creclUs, and another £20,000.