WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL V. ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 6 July 1888, Page 27

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL V. ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE.

(By " Forward.") Upw A.BD3 of 400 spectators, amongst whom were a fair sprinkling of ladies, rolled up on the Colleg.ate School ground last Saturday after* noon, June 16, to witness the return match between St. Patrick's College and the school. The weather was all that could be desired. A slight breeze Ironi the n^rth-wcst prevailed during tbe afternoon, Ihe rain which fell during the morning made the ground slightly greasy to play upon. Tne game, however, was very fast, and one in which the visitors showed to advantage. The local players were, the first to arrive on tt.e ground, and whilst waiting for their opponents indulged m practising passing the ball. The visitors, who had beea waiting for one of their team, soon made their appearance on the field, when they were greeted with three cbeei'B by the school, to which they heartily responded. Mr. A. Giay acted as umpire for St. PatrickV, and Mr. lunes Jones in a like capacity for the school, Mr. C. V. Powell held the position of referee. Toe game was played in two spalls of 45 miuutee eacb. Marshall having won the toss, chose to defend the southi m goal, facing tne sun and wi-id. Burnts opened the play by driving the leather into *he scbool'a twenty fives, where it was returned into touch by Blair. In ibe throw-out Bannister obtained it, and passed across the field to Bennett, who was landed into touch by Coooey. On ihe ball being sent into play gome loose scrummages took place by th*

half-way flag, Bannister securing it kicked up the field, and Mcllxoy obtained a mark from it, in kicking from which, he drfjfe the oval into the blue and black's twenty-fives, and the St. Patrick's following up smartly, a hardly-contested scrum took place on the school's goal-line. The ball being heeled out to McMah >n, he made a shot at the goal, but it fell short of thn mark and a scrum in front of the school's goal-posta resulted in Bennett forcing down. The ball being kicked from the school's twenty-fives, Mahoney got a mark, and by a hard kick forced the school down again. On tha ball being brought into play, a scrum resulted i i the centre of the field, and the ball went into touch ia t.be school's twenty-fives. On the throw-out some fast and loose play wis indulged in, and Williams secnred a mark, from which he kicked the oval, and the blue and blacks following up a scrum resulted in the middle of the ground. The Bt. Patrick's boys were, however, on their mettle, an 1 some fine dribbling by O'Shea and Roche carried the leather into the school's quarte a, where it went out of touch. The visitors having the throwout, O'Dwyer took it, and no' biing makd, bo v iced me bill in o play and, dashing across th-j school goil line, scored first try for his side. The kick at goal by Sounders was unsuccessful. Oa the ball being sent rolli ner, some give-and-take play resulted on the school's Bide of the half-way fla/. EUaniat^r bere roa le one or two good kicks. Shortly afterwards a hard kick by She 'd *' forced the school down. The ball being kicked from th« twenty-fiv.-s, a scrum on tha centre touch line was the outcome. McMahoa getting it nickel down the field, when O'Dwyer, who bad been following up w^ll, obtained it, crossed the line, and secured the second try for the blue aad whites. Sheedy, who took the kick, sent the " inflated " straight over the bar amidst the applause of his comrades. Toe ball was now kicked from the centre of the field by Bannister, and returned into touch in the St. Patrick's twenty-fives by Saunders. The blue and whites, on the ball being thrown into play, rushed it down to the school's quarters, Cooney, Burnes, and O'Dwyer showing up prominently whilst Williams and Whiteman endeavoured pluckily to stop the rush. Good failing to catch the ball from a long pass by Btnmster, Mc-Vlahon was on to it, and a hard fought scrum in front of the school's goal posts eventuated, and Sheedy getting the leather from a " heel-out " potted a goal. Bannister now kicked off from the centre and Holdswortb, following up fast, nabbed O'Sbea as ho caught the oval, and a scram resulted in the victors twenty-fives, The blue aad whites h 'Waver, soon cleared their lines, aid O'Shea doing some good dribbiog, well backed by his men, obliged the school to force down twici'. Saortly after the kick from the twenty-five Good made a nmart run, and winding up by kicking the ball into touch by the ceutrc flig. On being thrown out some tousjh scr ims took plase in the cenire of the field, the ball beint; here when time w.is called. The score standing, St. Patrick s 7 points ; Collegiate School, nil. The visitors had aliogether the best of this spell, the game beiug almost entirely in their opponents' twenty-fives. In the second spell the school had the wind and sun at their backs but as the latter soon disappeared behind the h>riz >n their opponents did not endure its light in r heir faces f)r long. Bannister kick id off, the ball being returned by launders into touch. Oa bring thrown on*, a packed -crum in the centre of the field took place. WillUms, getting the oval, made a dashing run but was soon giasscd by O'Shea, and a scrum 'ook place. St. Pitrick'H, getting the best of it, rushed the ball into the school's quart ts, where Roche, obtaining it, got over the goal line and touched dowD. The kick, which was entrusted to Saunders, was a failure. Tha ball was now kicked from the school's twenty-fives, when short rung and collaring were the order of the day. A.dashmg run by M'Mahon, in which he fended well, brought the ball to the school's territory, where the ball went into touch once or twice and the latter were forced down. After kicking off from their twentyfives, the blue and blacks began to wake up, and some lively play by the half-way-flag resulted. Williams here dropped a long kick, which his companions following up quickly enabled them to force the fighting in St. Patrick's twenty-fiv. s, where a hardly-contested scrum took place on the goal line. The visitors, however, were not to be denied, and soon carried the ball out of danger, and the school were once more on the defensive. The blue and blacks now rallied and made things lively for their antagonists, earring the leather to St. Patrick's twenty-fives, where Saunders kicked it into touch. The ball being heaved out, some rough and tumble play was the outcome, Bonnet eventually securing a mark and kicking th-i ovil into touch in St. Patrick's twenty-fives. On being thrown into play the school pressed the visitors on their goal line, and forced them to touch down in sell-defeoce. The ball being kicked from St. Patrick's twenty fives, it was returned into touch by Bennett. The ball being thrown out, loose scrums ensued, and Bennett did some serviceable kicking for his side. St. Patrick's getting a rush on brought the ball to the ceutre. Burnes, passing the ball to Cooney, the latter mis-ed it, and a scrum shortly took place. The oval, however, found its way into the school's quarters, from whence Blair made a loDg kick, which was returned by Saunders. Short runs and collaring now predominated. Bannister secured a mark, but no advantage was gained by it, as the ball was returned to school's quarters where some fasi play resulted, and S. Patrick's came near scoring, but a timely kick by Bennett close to the goal line saved hie side, lo se scrums in the cemre of the field now took place, and Sheedy graspe 1 ti e oval and ma le a p<>t at goat, but the ball turned off to the left and no score resulted. The school kicking from their twenty fives, a scrum by the centre fl ig eventuated, the ball being here when timo was caikd. The visitors winning by 8 points to nil. The school played far better in the second spell, in whicb, if anyij^ng, they had the best of the game. Al hougu they were unable to they came very near doing so on one or two occasions. la appearauce the visitors looked sturdier an i heavi-r than the local players. Three or four of their team were, h iwever, very light. McMahon, Burnes, 0 Dwyer, Sheedy, O'Shea, and Roche played tbo best game for St. Patricks, and Williams, Bennett, Marshall, Bannieter, Whiteman, and Montgomerie for the Collegiate School. — Wanganui Herald.

Melbourne, produced about 30dwt ; while assays by different mineralogists of unpicked Btone heve given returns as high' as 6oz per ton. / Thus, while the crushiDgs of stone that have been treated have rgiven an average of nearly 2 >z of gold per ton, the experts base their \ calculations solely on stone realising loz. That this estimate is very moderate, and, if anything, considerably under the average value of tbe stone, will be acknowledged by all competent authorities ; and it may safely be asserted that the prufis anticpated by 'Messrs. Withers and Thomas will prcbably be exceeded by several thousand ponnds. It is computed by competent judges that the crushing of stone reduced in Dunedin should have yielded 4oz per ton ; but for reasons explained by the experts only about 2oz per ton were •©cured. Sometime later on, Mr. Vincent Pyke, M.H.R., being about to visit Australia, undertood to arrange for the treatment of a ton of stone at one of the principal metallurgical establishments in Melbonrne. Over 22cwt of quartz was sent down from the claim to Dunedin, where it lay for several weeks . O« reaching Melbourne, however, it was found that the quantity of Btone had been reduced to 16cwt lqr ; and it was subsequently ascertained that while in Dunedin specimen •hunters had amongst them carried away over 6owt of quart* I Mr. Pyke, being asked to explain the circamstances of the crushing, bas replied as follows :— « Wellington, May 22, 1888: 11 Tbe parcel of quartz from the Mount Highlay and Mareburn reefs which I took to Melbourne, was 16cwt lqr in weight. It had been so picked over by specimen-hunters, and such a large proportion of it carried away, that when examined at the Footacray (Melbourne) Metallurgical Works by thoroughly skilled experts, with the assistance of powerful magnifying glasses, we were unable to discern a single speck of gold in tbe parcel. Nevertheless, it yielded lot ldwt 16gr of reterted gold, or at the r.-.te of l£oz per ton of quartz. Under such circumstances, I feel confident that 2oz to the tm would be a low estimate for a fair sample. The alloy was silver in small proportion, but in sufficient quantities to pay for saving. — Vincbnt Ptkb." The memorandum received from the Manager of the Footscray Metallurgical Works in respect to the crashing ia as follows: — ° Quartz, 16cwt lqr, which produced loz ldwt 16g of retorted gold. Tbe stone carries 3 per cent, of pyrites, low in gold. It is good crashing stone, containing nothing inimical to free amalgamation." (The net price obtainable for the gold in New Zealand is £3 17s 10} d per oz.) On the strength of the crushing and Messrs. Thomas and Withers report, an influential Victorian syndicate offered to float a large company in Melbourne to purchase and work the properties ; but as they demanded as a sine qua non that they should be permitted to retain at least one-half the purchase money and paid up shares received for the claims, the vendors refused to listen to any proposal on such a basis, consequently the negotiations fell through. The vendors have since had a second offer on similar lines, but it was refused on the same grounds as tie first one. The lease in MAuley and Co.'a lease varies from 4ft. to 9ft. in width, with a well-maintained average of 7ft. The lode within the Mount Higblay Company's holding is smaller (it averages about 4ft), and carries fine gold in payable quantities. MAuleys lode is exposed, has been prospected and proved to be highly aurif rous for over a quarter of a mile in length. Recently the lode has been picked up about 2J miles east of the claim. It is there over 6ft in width, and carries gold ia quantities computed at at least loz per ton. The Mount Highlay Company's reef can be traced along the surface for fully half a mile, maintaining an average width of about 4ft the whole distance, and carrying a payable percentage of gold. Water is abundant nearly the whole year round, and the experts propose that, as the facilities for devoting this to the service ot the company by an insignificant outlay are of a really exceptional character, the whole of the motive power for propelling the machinery should be derived from a water race situated at an elevation of at least 200 ft above the site of the battery, and only requiring the erection of not more than 300 ft. of iron piping in order to deliver the water into the hurdy-gurdy Pelton wheel which will generate the driving power. By making good use of the water-race referred to, the whole cost of raising quartz and reducing it at the battery will not exceed 10s per ton. in other words, stone yielding only 3dwi of gold per ton will pay all the expenses contingent on the working of the claims. The reefs in question are in the vicinity of some of the most famous alluvial deposits in Central Otago— to wit, the Four-mile Diggings, Fullarton's, and Hyde, and the inference is that the fabulously-ricb golden supplies of the two former diggings were fed by these and other lodes known to exist in the locality. It is proposed to erect appliances of an entirely novel character, ■o far as Otago is concerned, for treating the quarts and working the claims, arrangements having been entered into to obtain a Huntington centrifugal roller quariz mill, with rock breaker, Frue ore concentrator, an Ingersoll eclipse rock drill, etc., all of which have been proved to be valuable adjuncts to quartz mining in America, different parts of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. It will be noted that the total cost of the whole of this machinery, erected on the claim, will not exceed £2000, and directly everything is in readiness it only remains for the company to commence reducing golden quartz, no exploring whatever being necessary. It will thus be seen that the prospects of the company are of the most promising description. There is no doubt whatever that the dividends will be forthcoming at regular intervals immeafter the erection of the necessary machinery. The opportunity, it may be said without exaggeration, is one that offers to investors the prospects of immediate returns and remunerative dividends, combined with the certainty of shares acquiring a material value above par as the undertaking gradually becomes more developed. The attention of iniending investors is drawn to the experts' report annexed hereto, on reference to which it will be seen that the anticipations of the prospectus are based ou particularly tooad grounds.

Applications, accompanied by a deposit of 6d per share, may be forwarded to any of the brokers of the company, or to the Bank of New South Wales, Naseby. In cases where no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned in full ; and where a less number of shares is allotted than shall have been applied for, the balance of the deposit will be applied toward the further payment securing on the shares which may be allottad. As a large number of shares have already been subscribed for, immediate application is necessary. In the event of the capita! being over-subscribed (which is quite possible, in view of the applications already in hand), a pro rota distribution of shares will be made. No application for less than 20 shares will be received by any of the brokers. Any further particulars may be obtained from any of the brokers of the company, from whom also copies of the prospectus, with the experts' report annexed, can be secured. The Share List will be CLOSED on MONDAY, July 23, 1888.