Friday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 29, 13 November 1885, Page 11

Friday.

Now that the Wellington exhibition is being demolished it J™« K.. n discovered that the building had anarrow eLpTo^ttr Qc lionZ and no protection bad been placed between it and the wooden walls On removing the stove it was found that a considerable portion oTthe dadoing was charred almost through, that part of the scrim aboVe it had been burnt, and the dry lining boards scorched. The refresh ESiXT 1 fi eDeath i lh r toe ? n .B*U<*y, and had the fire broken out no doubt the fine collection of pictures would have been destrovi^ Relative to the Piano Flat diggings, the corVeanondiS of *« Southland Times writes :-« As this golafieid excK goil deal o f attentum a truthful account of what is done and what is^Sng may be of service. And first let me warn any men who are not |in°?s New chums and town loafers confuse digging gold with di-JSJ potatoes, and if they <o not strike nugget! «o£ nS away "S $Zlfi am ?< 6 7 a ba r d name ' This WM the case^nat Gabriel a, and for this reason I may say that only dieeers have the Z^ o "^*™', <s«ta'i data h on betfe! r JSS t£ eSj and the trend of the reef and, more important still, the run of the crev,ces m the reef point to the gold running much higher up the spur than any prospecting has hitherto been done. The wash fa to? h2?y to be a mere patch and if it comes through the bush, there is room *2 a thousand men to be profitably employed. But w thout Piano Fla? Waikaia offers inducements to miners, who can always earn tnffir with the chance of a patch. No one wishes to se^a Ssh bu t eood' men can find good chances-duffers may stay at home " g Serviaand Bulgaria have made large purchases of Australian

« J£ c MM * r< * uif ? of Salisbury addressed a public meeting at Lambeth on Wednesday night In the course of his speech he referred to the question of reciprocal tariffs, and pronounced in favour of reprisals ngaln ga l5 8 L CO^ Dt J ießWblCh , re - fa JBedarecJ Bedareci P rocal t^ and further urged that the duties now levied should be reduced in favour of goodß imp<jrted from the British Colonies. The International Conference on Roumelian affairs assembled yesterday. Tne representatives of Germany, Ruas.a and Austria favour the contention of Great Britain, France and lsly?and oppo c the mmple restoration^ the statm quo ante in Balgaria and BoumeHa!