MINING MATTERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2019, 14 April 1875, Page 4

MINING MATTERS.

Calkdonian.—Tho crushing for the Caledonian will not he finished before Friday, but the result is likely to exceed the most sanguine expectations. It will probably exceed 200ozs from the parcel ,of 40 tons sent for In the mine the lode presents a very satisfactory appearance. Specimens come to hand on each occasion that the rock is broken, and yesterday a small parcel of exceedingly rich stones came from a little leader of about half an oun«e in thickness which dropped into the foot-wall side of the lode. Pumping Association.—A portion of the new 18-inch pump, including the two joints of the working-barrel, the windbore, the clack seat, and drop clack seat, and the lander have been delivered on the company's mine, and the clacks and some joints of the column are expected down this week. There will thus be sufficient to make a fair start with the sinking when the cistern chamber is excavated to receive the end of the 25-inch column, and this will probably occupy three or four weeks. Sinking was progressing as usual yesterday, but there was no particular change to report. Golden Hill Tiiibotb.—Another crushing for the tributers of the Golden Hill portion of the Imperial Crown claim is now going on at tho Prince Alfred battery, where it is showing up for a good payable yield. Bbight Smile.—-In oonsequeuce of the scarcity of wnter in the creek, the crushing for the Bright Smilo Company at their own battery had to cease yesterday, anil the bauds in the mine, with a few exceptions, were discharged. _ Of courso, the stoppage will only continue' until tho next rainfall supplies water for 1 tho mill

POLIOS COUET.-Yestbudat. (Before W. Eraser, Esq., 1UI.) BnrjNKENNEss. — Henry Brown was fined 10s and costs for having been drunk and incapable.— William Cairns was punished in tho same way for tho like offence-Catherine Clarke, alias Kate Norton, was fined 20s, or to be imprisoned for forty-eight hours, for having been drunk and disorderly. An Old Offendeb.-Catherine Clarke was also charged with being a rogue and a vagabond, having been previously convicted as an idle and disorderly person.— Defendant pleaded not guilty, and said she came down here to look after her house being sold, to see Mr Macdonald about it. She had got a little drop last night. As to the previous convictions which were set against her, she had suffered for them, and she wished to get out of I he country altogether.—Mrßullen said that defondant had only been discharged from gaol on tho 22-nd of last month. For a period of six years, defendant had been continually before the Court. Tho complaint in I his case was for being in a place of public resort, and behaving in an indecent manner.—Defendant said she would not defraud any person of a sixpence. She came to the Thames to sail her things, and to get out of the country. She had been in gaol, and had suffered in gaol too. (Defendant here burst into'tears,)—His Worship said she had been a nuisance to him, to herself, and to society. Ho did not want to send her to gaol if possible, but when she got a chance she did not avail herself of it. If ho thought she was going to clear out, he would ask Mr Bullen to withdraw the charge.—Mr Bujften said that <when he was last in Auckland be was called to give evidence against the prisoner.—His Worship said he would hear the evidence.— Detective Brennan deposed: I have known defendant for five or six years, She has been living by prostitution. She has been convicted of being an idle and disorderly' person. —Inspector Bullen deposed: On going along the Beach Koad, Grahamstown, last night about a quarter to 9 o'clock, before 1 reached the Marine Family Hotel, I beard a female voice in that hotel, howling, shouting, and making a noise. I went in, and saw Mrs Clark, who was in a helpless stato of drunkenness. .Her clothing was dishevelled. There was a man sitting on the form, bhe was partly sitting and partly lying beside this man with her arm's around his neck, and making a great deal of noise. 1 directed the licensee to put her out.. He said he could not get her out, that she had come there in the state he saw, and asked me to send for a constable. The bar-room is a place of public resort. Her conduct was so violent and noisy that I had to procure a cab to take her to the Polico Office.—Defendant said she went to the hotel to sell some things. She went there sober.—His Worship said the Act was something repugnantly severe to look at, but it was intended to apply to people like prisoner, to give the authorities as little trouble as possible in disposing of them.—Defendant said she was was anxious that the boat should come from Melbourne. It was a hard thing to persecute a woman who was alone in the world.—His Worship said he did not see how be could discharge her.—Defendant: Your Worship, the Book refuses nothing.—His Worship said he was sorry for defendant, but ho must sentence her to twelve months' imprison-ment.-Defendant was led away, exclaiming against the injustice of her treatment. Goat Wandebing.—James Smith was charged with allowing a goat to be at Jargo in Kirkwood-streef, Grahamstown. —Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 4s and costs. Shooting with Intekt. — Thomas Edwards was charged that he _ did feloniously shoot with a certain pistol, loaded with powder and divers leaden shot at and against John Toovey, with intent then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, to kill and murder tho said John Toovey.—Mr Bullen having opened the case, the prosecutor, who was accommodated with a seat, deposed: lama bushman on the Eauwaeranga Creek. I have known the prisoner for about five years. I have been bound over to keep the peace towards- him. Prisoner resided in the Eauwaeranga Creek, about nine miles from where I reside. I remember list Sunday week. I had seen the prisoner about a fortnight before that. On Sun-' day, the 4th, I was lying down in my whare. A man named Matthew Leather was also there. Two sides of the whare are open. As I lay in the whare I could: see for about fifty yards in the direclion any person would take coming from Edwards's house. I heard some one approaching the whare, and I looked up and saw Edwards. He would then~be 14 or 15 yards away. He could see me as I looked up.', His right hand was either in his coat pocket, or behind bim. I lay down again to reed the newspaper. I heard him call out " Hallo," and he used some other words which I do not recollect. He was then about seven yards off, and he said to me, "Stand up, Jack, I am going to shoot you." He was then outside the whare, at one of the sides which was open. I rose up into a sitting position, and saw that he had a pistol in. his hand, pointed at me. It was a singlebarrelled pistol. He pulled the trigger, and the hammer came down upon the cap. It did not explode. Leather went out of the whare. Prisoner cocked the pistol, and pulled the trigger two or three times, but the cap did not explode, After the prisoner snapped the first time I got up on my feet. I think the prisoner said, while he was snapping the pistol, " You have wronged me.' I walked out of the whare after Leather, who advised me to go up the creek out etf the way. I went towards the creek, and then turned round and faced the prisoner again. As I passed the prisoner, the distance might have been shortened. Tho reason I faced the accused was because I thought the pistol was not loaded, and that I would go up to him and take it away. I went two paces towards him, when he pointed the pistol at me again, and pulled the trigger. It exploded, and the contents struck me between the knee and the ankle on the right leg. I believe the pistol was loaded with shot, (Trousers which witness wore produced, having holes made by the shot.) Edwards then went away, taking the pistol with bim. Leather went after accused, leaving me in the whare. Some natives came and gave me assistance in binding up the wounds. JI reached the Thames Hospital on Monday afternoon, and am not yet discharged. Out of the twentythree or twouty-four wounds only one grain of shot has yet been extracted.— On his Worship asking prisoner if he wished to put any question to tho witness, he said he did not. He had not arranged to have a solicitor here, but had at Auckland. He would there tell all that he had seen, and what Toovey had done to him", and the disgrace he had done to him.— Matthew Leather deposed: When 'prisoner came to the whare he spoke to me first, and asked how I was getting on.

I said, " Very well." His' hands were behind his back. He then said to Toovey? " Stand up, Jaok, till I shoot you." Ho had the pistol produced pointed at Toovey. I saw it was cocked, and had a cap on it, I went out of the wbare and told him to lower the pistol. I went towards him, and he told me not to interfere, or he would fire at me. He then took the pistol off me, and presented it at Toovey. He pulled the trigger, when the hammer fell, but the pisjtol did not explode. Toovey was then on his feet. I (old Toovey to jump into the creek. Prisoner then spoke, saying to Toovey that he had wronged him, and then ho fired. He was about five or six yards from Toovey when ho fired. Prisoner said to Toovey, as soon as lie fired, that he did not wish to lake his life, but ho wished to cripplo him. He then went away, carrying the pistol with him. I followed Edwards,, and caught up to him about sixty yards from the whare. I asked him for tho pistol, and he gave it to me.—Dr Perston deposed that Toovey was brought to the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the right leg He had not seen any foreign body in the leg yet. Iho wounds were small circular wounds, and such as would be produced by shot. There wero no shot lodged in the greater part of tho wounds, as they could be felt, being on the shin bone. There might be some lodged in tho lower part. Toovey would be in hospital for perhaps a fortnight, yet before he could be discharged, or follow his uaualavocations.—ConstableDay deposed that on the sth instant he appreheuded the accused at his house on the Eauwaeranga, and charged him with shooting Toovey. He said, "I am the man; I shot Toovey. I expected this. I intended giving myself up to-morrow."— The evidence .was read over to the prisoner, and he was warned in the usual manner. He made the following statement as to what was said when he came up to Toovey in the whare:—l said to Toovey, " You are a villain." " Why P" he said. I said, " You have ruined me, my wifo, and family. You have disgraced those ehrldren for life." Prisoner then made the following statement respecting the circumstances which had led to his shooting Toovey:—He,took my wife away once, and I tracked her and got her back. A few days afterwards he made an appointment to meet her at Tararu. He was walking all night long expecting to see her. I went to Grahamstown to seek for her, and I came back and met her going to Grahamstown from Shortland. She said, " I will go back with you now I have met you.". Three days after I went to, Ohinemuri, taking her with me. I stopped af; the first lauding for three days in a house that .was being put up. I got some timber to put up a 20 by 10 marquee to take up to Mackaytown. : I got leave from Mr HcCloughen to put the things at his place. I left my wife there about half an hour, while I went to seek for a place for shelter. MrEabe was kind enough to give his permission to stop at bis place for that night. I and-the wife stopped there till about halfpast 9 o'clock. She said she would not undress that night. I said, " All right." I brought down the blankets from MeOloughen's, and when I came back she was gone. Mr .Babe said he did not know where she was gone. I said, " I she gone again ?" I looked behind the counter, and he said, "It's of no use looking there." I heard Toovey say before she went,."l will be one in for him." I found out that she went up the hill from Mackaytown with a party named John Toovey. They stopped in a wbare that night just up tho hill. He and she went to the Waitekauri next day. They stopped at the Waitekauri ten days and ten away from the other men's tents. I stopped about Mackaytown for three days, thinking to find her. I came dowrto Shortland on the Friday. I went back on tho •* unday, not being able to see anything of her here. Somebody had told Mr llabe ihey thought she was gone to Tauranga. I started to go to Tauranga on the Monday. The j first place I came to was a settlement named Waihi. I stopped there a few minutes in great excitement. I went on to Eatikati. .Next day I heard there was a boat going to Tauranga. I went there, and, told the police, and showed them her likeness. Tho next night I started to come back. The Maoris did not go to Eatikati that night, but into a Maori settlement. In the middle of the next day T went I o Eatikati. I was living with a gum buyer. .1 told bim my grief-ful story. He. said, "If you are upright, and don't drink I will take you in with me." I said, " You can try me, and then see what I am." He said, "Fetch your horses over, and make a start," I travelled next morning to Waihi. I met my children's murderer, John Toovey, on the road, anil my wife with him. J-lehad a She was carrying a baby. £ said, "Thisis the third time ; what is this coming to ?" He stood, but did. not speak. "Yes," she said, ".'»nd the fourth and fifth lime yet." I said, " What sort of man are you, Jack, to destroy my children's hearts for life P You disgrace the country. You are worse than a murderer." I said to my wife, "You had better come this way." He considered a minute which way be would go. He said, " I had better go and give myself up." I advised her to go home to her children, and I would do anything for her. i said, "If you don't love me, love the children." I and my wife started on the Saturday overland for the Thames. I said, "If there is no work here we 1 may find work on the creek again." _ We went to between Puriri and Kirikiri, and I pitched the tent that night. On Sunday morning we started for Shortland. _ We got as far as the booms about the middle of the day. I .went to my place at Parawai, leaving her to mind the horse. She said she would not go herself, but I could fetch her some meat and drink. She had something fetched to her by her own little girl. Mrs Hopkins, the woman" in tho house, said Bhe would come down and see her. • Mrs' Hopkins was talking to my wife, and said, "Give him a chance, once more." My wife said " He should not be jealous. I told him some time ago that 1 would give him something to be jealous for." She said she would go back to the children, and to live honestly. She said, • " I will be no more than a stone, to him. I will be your housekeeper." I said, " Mother, how can you talk like that P If you have no love for me, have love for your children." She said," I'll go back on condition; if I like to encourage John Toovey there I will." I said," How do ■ you think I can go to work for my daily bread? This is awful. I do not know what-to do with myself." r I said," What can I do to pay Toovey baok for this ? He has ruined me and my family! He. is worse than a murderer; he has stained my children's hearts for ever.' I will try and keep, my self as quiet as I can." I said I would go on my knees to her if she would be true to her home, and not think of any one. I beggod of her to be true to us. She saidy. "You know what I