THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 23, Issue 47, 23 November 1899, Page 15

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS.

During the week ended Saturday returns were reported from the following 26 dredges, the total yield being 4980z 13dwt 3gr :—: — Magnetic (Cromwell), 5 days. 41oz ; Success (Waipori), 136 hours, 350z 2dwt ; Enterprise (Alexandra), 350z ldwt 21gr ; Woolehed (Glenore), 270z ; Inch Valley (near Palmerston), 127 hours, 270z ; Golden Terrace (Lower Shotover), 230z 2dwt 6gr ; Clyde (Alexandra), 2loz ; Nevis (Nevis River), 115 hours 20oz ; Sunlight (Beaumont), 20oz 2dwt ; Golden Point (Alexandra), 8 days, 19oz ; Molyneux Hydraulic (Alexandra), 18oz lOdwt; Maori (Clutha), 18oz; Waimumu (near Gore), 123 hours, 18oz ; Alpine (Riley's Beach, Cromwell), 17oz 14dwt ; Nil Desperandum (Manuherikia), 17oz lOdwt ; Morning Star (Manuherikia), 17oz ldwt; Golden Treasure (Miller's Flat), 16oz sdwt ; Manorburn (Manuherikia), 2£ days, I6oz ; Matau (Clyde), 14oz ; Vincent (Clyde), 12oz 2dwt ; Ophir (Blacks), 118 hours, 12oz; Ettrick (Moa Flat), 12oz ; Golden Gate (Island Block), 2 days, lloz 4dwt ; ChattoiCreek (Manuherikia), 134 hours, lloz; Otago (Miller's Flat), lOoz 16dwt ; Tuapeka (TuapekaFlat), Boz 3dwt. Total, 4980z 13dwt 3gr.

Major Sherston, who was killed during the Elandslaagte fighting, was a nephew of Lord Roberts and cousin of Sergeant* major Dewar, and the latter, although till recently dill-instructor in Napier, has been removed to Wanganui. Father Mullen, S.J., a graduate of Loyola College, Baltimore, who has been instructor at the Jesuit Novitiate, Frederiok, Mary* land, has left America for England, to complete a higher education in Hebrew and Sanscrit at Oxford. Ex-judge Prendergast, one of the leaders of the Chicago bar, and a prominent figure in Catholic and Irish circles, is dead. Although a young man, he leaves an estate valued at more than £120,000. This fortune was made practically in nine years' practice of law.

The Rev. Father Grace, of Bungendore, N.S.W., was the recipient lately of a beautiful dressing case and some valuable plate from his parishioners on the occasion of his silver jubilee. Mr. J. Donnelly, who made the presentation, referred to Father Grace's work as a priest in Ireland and in the archdiocese of Sydney, mentioning the fact that he received his first appointment from Cardinal Moran just 25 years ago when his Eminence was Bishop of Ossory. The Sisters of Mercy at Warwick, Queensland, ha^e been celebrating their Silver Jubilee — the 25 Lh anniversary of their establishment in that town. The ' pioneer 1 nuns were Sister Mary Magdalen, Sister Mary Regis, and Sister Mary Francis. Sister Mary Magdalen alone survives. The little community has increased to ten. The little rented cottage has been changed into a magnificent convent and boarding-school. Its cost was £5000, and it ifi now without a penny of debt. There are 270 children attending the nuns' school. On Jubilee Day the school children gave a concert in honour of the visiting nuns (including the Rev. Mother Superior from Brisbane), during which an address was presented to the Rev. Mother. Fathers Horan, Hennefsy, Pctter, and O'Brien were also present at the concert. Father Horan, P.P., thanked tbe children for their entertainment, and congratulated the nuns on the celebration of the Silver Jubilee, and, on behalf of the Rev. Mother, gave the children a half -holiday. A terrible gale visited Newcastle on November 7. Daring the storm the Adamstown Catholic school collapsed. When the gale was at its height there were between 30 and 40 children, ranging from the age almost of infancy up to about 14 years, in the school, under the charge of two Sisters of Mercy. The building began to rock and shake, and an effort was made by its occupants to get out on to the opei grounds ; but it was found, owing to the working of the walls, that the door had become jammed. Then the bui ding began to fall to pieces. The Sisters calmed their terrified pupils, and at a favourable moment rushed them out of danger. Two children, named Violet Hill, aged 10, and Cissie Jennings, 6, were bruised and scratched by the timbers, which fell around them as they rushed out from among the crash. All escaped with the exception of a boy, Edward Hill. This unfortunate little fellow (his age was six and a-half) appears to have been attempting to escape through one of the windows. He was killed by a falling beam. The escape of the Sisters was little short of miraculous.