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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 36, 7 September 1899, Page 15

At Tikitere, in the Rotorua district, 2043J tons of sulphur valued at £5367, were mined and exported for the year ending March 31. The Free Press states that the project for lighting Balnlutha with acetylene gas has been practically abandoned, at all events till next season. At the Feilding court recently, in a maintenance case, the wife refused to live with her husband unless he stopped visiting his mother. Mr. Greenfield, S.M., considered the stipulation was an unreasonable one and refused the application for maintenance. It is roughly calculated that the insurances on the Tekoa's cargo amount to £ 70,000. A practice has grown up recently amongst a certain section of exporters to insure their lines outside of New Zealand, mainly with Lloyd's, and, therefore, the greater portion of the loss by the Tekoa wreck will fall upon the Lloyd's underwriters. The Clutha Free Pres* reports that after visiting the Greenfield estate Messrs. Maitland, Duncan, and M'Kerrow, accompanied by Mr. Hay, chief surveyor, drove over the Barnego property, also under offer to the Government. Tnis estate, which is owned by Mr. Robert Patterson, comprises some 7000 acres, extending from the homestead block, on the north side of the river, in the immediate vicinity of Balclutha, to Upper Hillend, a distance of twelve miles. The price placed npou the land by Mr. Patterson is £4 per acre.