Diary of the Week.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 12, 13 July 1888, Page 19

Diary of the Week.

Wednesday, 4th. Goal found near copper deposits, Wood ville.— Port Melbourne foot" bailers beat English team. Thtjbsdat, sth. Wellington Rugby Union deny rough playing in match with English Footballers.— Accident to ballast train at leglewood, Victoria; one man killed, three severely hurt. Friday, 6th. Dr. Bobinson pronounces Westport coal finest in Australian colonies. — Indignation meeting at Greymouth condemns Government for abandoning Gre- Hokitika railway .—Meeting at Oamarn passes resolution urging Government to undertake reproductive work in Hbrth Otago for relief of labourers, suggests construction of road to interior.— Severe earthquake shock in Goulburn, Mittaeone.and neighbouring distriote, N.B.W. Saturday, 7th. Greymouth coal exports for week, 3,420 tons. — H.M.S. Diamond returns to Sydney from arranging preliminaries of governing New Hebrides, and punishing mnrderers of Walker, labour-hunter, at Pentecost Island. Monday, 2nd. Croudis, survivor of Wairau massacre, diss at Blenheim.— English footballers defeated at Sonth Adelaide. — Bich stone discovered Jubilee reef, Kimberley. Tuesday, 10th. U.B.S. Company's l uva goes ashore at Westport.— Christchurch express thrown off line at Purakanui cliffs. — Fifty pound of stone from Kimberley, tested at Perth, yields 81b gold. Mining. Returns from Gallant Tipperary, cake of retorted gold 200oz lOdwt from 608 tons.— Battery returns for week'at Reefton ; Keep-it-dark, 2320 bof amalgam for five a-half days ; Globe, 202uz of amalgam from 176 tons of stone ; Fiery Cross Extended, 2350z of amalgam from 100 tons of stone ; Progress, 730z lOdwt of amalgam from 90 tens.