(From the Star )

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 126, 25 February 1873, Page 2

(From the Star )

Napier. The Provincial Gazette last night contained thirty-two more coiftplamlU b> Maoris a^aindt Europeans iot inquiry bv tUo Cotuinihaion. " Mr Hosltina nud Miss Colville opened the »hort sosou kit niehfc with a eooi hovisc.

Wfbtport. Mr Bsbdon, Provincial Engineer, has again .lupectod the Ng.iWu.nhau mine, also uewly discovered «eswn m-tho umno* dmte neighbourhood, and e\pre34ed uitoniohuiout at tho extent of tho di.over\. Ifo calculates Ihnt ono plateau alone, at an altitiulo of' 1500 fct, .* ill yiold twout^ miUion tons. In the Ngakawiua mriu t.i seam is 19 feet JO indie* ot splendid coal. The lessee > . a .xioih to iloat a company Mr ilarlniunn, fivin Welimgtor.'i^ cipected to-day to negotiate for uoikmg tho buami. Failing an) arrnugouienfc being ro mo to with him, Chambers, mining- manager, will visit Welling o t to iutorviow speculators there. Kxtcudne coal denjsita- arc repoiled at the CascaJe, nine milcd from Westporf, up the Uuller River. A survey of the rjad there has bjon commenced, prior to the exponditure of £15000 Oovernment vote. A reef kafbecn di ovored at Waimangaroa- River, nine miles north of Wostporfc. It is six feet thick, and tlie outcrou had been traced for two miles:

Dune dm. Severe comment is made on the non progre:ttive state of th<s High School. The Times kt-Slca that m±+v Granimarm^liools throughout the colony are m a sts-te almost unboarubk>.