IMTERPROVINGIAL NEWS
Auckland, November 15 At tho Harbor Board meeting to-day correspondence waa forwarded calling attention to the racing of tha ferry steamers Victoria and Eagle. Tho matter was referred to the Works and Tariff: Committee; who are empowered to hold an enquiry. Fraser and Sons concluded tho first leßt of half a ton of quartz from the Manitoto licensed holding at Hikutaia. The result is 320z of bullion, worth £2 8s per ounce, or a total value of £18 per ton. Tho prospects of the Waiomo goldfields aro most enoouraging More than a dozen claims have been pegged ouf, and there are now about two hundred men on the ground, forty of whom are engaged m erecting a twenty- stamper battery for the Paroquet Company. The Paroquot mine, which waß first discovered m the district, is fully manned. Lourie and PJummer's recent discovery is called " Golden Rock," and is one and a half miles nearer the lhamos than the Paroquet. The reef is four feet thick and shows free gold of good quality, and it can be treated easily by a good battery process, as -there is no complex ore. Westport, November 15. A coal miner named Edward Joues was killed m the Westport Coal Company's mine to-day by a fall of coal, Hokttika, November 15. The Bank of New Zealaud shipped 237f-z of gold bullion, valued at £9496. Great interest is taken m the County Council elections, which take place tomorrow, the burning question being contracts v day labor; There *s indignation here at the proposal of the Government to abolish the Crown Land 3 Rating Act. Wellington, November 15, The Sheep loßoeotor, Mr Foster, telrg aphs to the Government from Kalkoura : — " loßpeotor Moore and I have Inspected one flock adjoining the ecibby one, and found them clean, i will see the other flock on Wednesday. The scabby flock are shorn and dipped." The Agent-Goneral reports that the following nominated immigrants were to be despatched by thes.s. Kaikonra, which sailed on 22nd October laat, and is doe here about the 3rd December : — For Auckland, 16 ; Paranaki, 2 ; Hawke's Bay, 17 ; Wellington, 61 ; Maryborough, 6 ; Nelson, 5 ; Canterbury, 69 ; Otago, 44 ; Invercargill, 9 : Westland, 8. Total, 236.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1713, 16 November 1887, Page 3
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368IMTERPROVINGIAL NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1713, 16 November 1887, Page 3
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