NEW ZEALAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3437, 17 April 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND.

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Apeil 16.

Shares in tho Moanataieri mine sold to-day at 75a. The prospects aro still good, and it is expected tlio scrip will riso higher. Tho working men's baths, opened some timo ago by Mr W. L. Hothan, have been vory successful so far, and the proprietor is making an arrangement to havo a largo swimming bath added to his establishment. It is to bo 60 by 40 feet.

A mineral spring has recently been discovered in Hadfield Bay, Waiwcra, tlio waters of wliieh arc likely to be of valuo aa ti medicino.

Tho inquest hold on the body of Geo Cox, a man employed on tho Kaipara railway, who was killed by a tank falliDg upon him through tlio support being rotten, has been concluded. Tho jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," and added a rider to the effect that there was gross neglect Bhown on tlio part of thoso entrusted with the duties of auporvision.

Tho Herald contradicts tho roport mentioned in ita Wellington correspondence that Messrs Ballance and Stout woro interested in the Now Zealand Agricultural Company. Afc fcho land salo to-day a large number of allotments in various townships and othor suburban lots woro offorod to-day. Tho bidding for somo was spirited, and a considerable number changed hands. A brisk controversy is going on in fcho press over tho genuinonesa of Dr Blade's spiritualistic seance whilo hero.