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Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5185, 4 June 1885, Page 2

•. It will, interest residents in the County to know that they can now take 'advantage of thecirculating department of; the Public Library on payment ;'oV the same annual subscription*.as that required from the inhabitants of the Boroughj namely,; five .shillings,!, Anirioreased charge has hitherto been made to County ratepayers,': but'at a meeting of the Management Committee held on Tuesday, it was resolved.'lthat ■alii subscribers should be plaoed oiran equal if ootThe well-known schooner''Maribn' ; (Capt. Laraen) arrived hr harbour from Timaruat au early hour yesterday morning, laden' with produoe. y The passage up thp coast'was an unusually protracted ono of nineteen days' duration, the vessel's progress having been retarded by contrary winds, ; : \ .' The business at present before the land Court is in the main of an unimportant character, consisting for the most part of comparatively small blocks, the claims to which are, however, contested by! the natives with vigour and pertinacity, i The case of the Piako block was called on yesterday morning, and Taipari and the Ngatimaru representatives at once demanded that they should bo deolarcd to be the ownors of the portions whioh they olaimed, as thoy Were the only, claimants who had had a survey made. ; o Thia theXourt' of; courso declined to do without, making, the usual investigation, and the Ngatimani theroforo withdrew their olaims, intimating, however, their intention to.make a fresh application ■ at somp-.future time._ The Government claims to the sauio; portions of tho block have also boon adjourned indefi-l nitoly. ■

Special attention is called to the altera, tionniadein the time-table of the Enterprise, which leaves here at 11 o'clock this morning, instead of evening, as previously ..'•' advertised. '-.•Tenders for the metalling of the road at ■ Otanui, between the mines and the battery, were reoeived by the County'Counoil yesterday, as follows :-Maxwell and Short, £292 ; ■ 10s; A. Butler, £308; W. fl. Craig, £318; and P. Trainor, £343. The tender of Messrs Maxwell and Short will be accepted as soon, ' as. the /New j Eureka. Gompahjj deposit the promised : contribution of £§o'at the Bank of New Zealand to the UounoiFs credit. ■ Theproprietorsof' theWoodstock claim, ;KarangaKake,.haye;los't no.tafnVjn, setting in motion the arrangements for the erection of ':■- the .LaMonte smeltmg.,furna<!e;;.s::Applicatibn was made at the Warden's office yesterday for 1 site on the flat near the Hauraki company's• battery,:and'also for theright to the ■ne"cessary|water-race, from which power will bet taken .for driving the blast'oonneoted with 'the 'furnace. It may be mentioned that' Mr Davis, who has undertaken'? the erection of the plant, receives one-half : the -ownership of the jin the, evenfe-6|;.<tKe venture proving 7 successful, his[- : ;explii'diture of ' ■ £4000, will be.recoupe'd from.the profits, he,;." ' however, accepting the frill risk of failure. ■.•'' I '"' i ; '.'1 The return : obtained.„hy .ithe Waiotabi .•••■ company from; the 1 last''month's operations - was277ozsgold, not"27ozß,asjrendered by.. our k' : '' •';■:■/ An .' shareholders of the, Queen of' Beauty G.M. Co. was'held, at the legal manager's office, Auckland, on Tuesday afternoon,'!! The following resolution; • previous the oomthe / provisions'of the Companies', A6t ( 1882, and ; that; Mr ,'D; ; Gv -MabDonnellv beii'appointed liquidator.'■ \ r ]\i;vSy,.;^%titim'i :: - A. The i'sohobher/ Ta-foa was successfully ;,, launohed from ship- ■■ : > building-yard yesterday'.morning, in the;: presenoeof a considerable' number of spectators.: The.usual'amount of difficulty wasexperienced, in .passing ~the vessel over the. railway line/ it being neoessafyio -raise herl; : bodily for about four height at whioh she,was.bu'Ut, ; was ; once" accomplished, all the arrangements were capitally and the schooner ::: was committed ; to : W ; natural element due eclat.j w hen; seen that:: ' the constructionjhadrbeen oarried out in the % \ careful and. ;oreditable manner, whioh invariably distinguishes Mr Stone's workmanship. TheTa-foa;hasbeenb.mltin"'the^tftfee.Bkui l : diagonalstyle; and will be of 18 tons register. Her dimensions areas follows lr- v Length,overall, 60. feet;;, lengthjof'keel, 42:;:: feet ;;hjeam,';l4,feet,.andtpbuldecVtfepth 50; v :5 feet^;After jaunohing, was: -t taken alongside ttie.Shortland wharfj where"', she'willbeiurm^ rigged as'aforfran'draftjohqoiie'r. iit, is ex- : peqted..that',, she 'will M \ saile d-ito>'Auckland . about 'th'e j , middlo ; of next, week. "! As was . statedjVi^ yesseKiß d&- ' signed as a tender!»the large 'vessels trad- :? ing toj.the (I Samoan ;group, and has A been:"' :: •built to the order of Messrs McArthur & Co, of Auckland, -- :..;-—..—--:. j ;,The .New.jZrahnd/Govemmentfhavere-v- • fuse'd<tp ; comply.witLairequest made by the '■ k Governmeht'of Victoria to' reduce, the tariff : ■-V to ;3d-, per. ten" words,, on. messages from .•'•'• Australia,. 1 -The ground pf,refusaVis,%at no ", ' reason ■ appears'' for' giving J a s preference to ; ; messages from'abroad over those within tie : ; colony, .';■ '■-■;•'.;--.■. :■.'..:. '-'•"•:■■:;::, : . The.London 1 cpVrespondent.off the BercM •;,: says .:—A very ap- • , peared' M the the ' heading of the " Ne'w%'alandG6lct : Amaiga- '..-'■ (Limited)i" 'Th'e-capital is; {- small, but the'proflts are great ; ohly :£76001are required,' and Svith this will d'b ; the patent-'rights''in-'Ne r w : ;Zealand of Mr,■'.-.-.'; Richard Barker for,an.' iriventioii'for saving : gold from the 6r'e'arid"taili'ngsi«rThe invention is to earn between £20,000 and £25,000. . aryear by .'granting licenses;nt6'; mining ;; companie's',and'royaltyof one-thirdTpf.'thef: gold saved;;; But this doesr.hot :takVinto account the profits"),;which are \ to be made from reworking tailing's in'whiph ,; there are: between twenty and twenty-five - millions.of gold,,to hsndreds of thousands of pounds worth of money, the; '.-■•: greater.portion of.whioh. will,be-.,reoovered \ by the amalgamator.. But : - sary^to.»;wait: eyen v so.;!longt.a3 iuntil.these;/;: millions are extraoted,:,for. each.fiverpound BhareholderwUlreoeive'aß'hia,portion ten'•-. ; poundß,-,worth,of; shares,atsonce/for eaoh •: ; . five-pound.share.: But this,issflbt.-all'the :: ; ': advantages, : fqreaohamalgamatingmaohine,: l whioh costs, only fromfqur ,tp ; fiyeihundred; pounds,;to, ;ereqt,7 will save, sbc.thotisand a':vV year to eyery;battery:on;.the goldfieldß. Mr. Henry ,Tapp,M.Ei,'who, knows ai) about the "\ thing, is now on his way to New Zealand, .'.I. I *' anditdoesseem- : tOrme;.a:cruel'thing;that r * Buch advantages as these Bhould be removed from the reaoh of New Zealand investors ; and thrown indiscriminately at the heads of an ungrateful British publio, who, merely because it is so good and because they are not capable of understanding thq vast capabilities of colonial enterprise,>,will probably ■<-. be inclined to look askanoe on these roUing millions. . Indeed, one printsyclept treasonable; enough.tol';: savagely denounoe the amalgamator enter-; prise as a gigantic swindle; ■'}!;•! tfra}- .-