MINING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2624, 20 November 1915, Page 8

MINING NEWS

WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET; . -There were again- no ; transactions in mining shares yesterday, and the quotations were as under:— under:— Buyers. Seller*. ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. Murray's Freehold — ,14 6 Talisman 0 16 9 — Grand Junction — 110 STOOK .EXCHANGE. (By TeiecraDl'—tWnclritlon.* • Auckland, November 19. , Sale:—Talisman,' lfis.i. 9d. , . LONDON'QUOTATIONS, ; ' By Telegraph—Press'■ Association—Copyright (Rec. November 19, 8.40 p.m.) ■ '• Lbndon, November IJ. Yesterday's closing; quotations, on tho. Stock Exchange were:—Waihi, buyers 355., sellers 375.-6 a.;. Waibi Grand Junction, buyers 19s. 3d., sellers 205.-3d.' ■' '■ i . . MURRAY GREEK. The manager of the Murray Creek Gold.mining Company advises by telegram that No. 3' level liojS been extended a further 33 . feet north. '' For the first 20 feet the reef averaged 3 feet 6 inches in thickness, and the lost 13 feet had an average width of 4 feet. The total distance driven on the reof to date is 137 feet.

"I -am doing ninp 'hours a day, and I canot do more," stated ' a prominent Gisborne 6heep-farnier, when discussing the problem of the shortage of farm labour owing to so many young men from the country going to the war.' He pointed out that if the ."silver bullet" was going to win tho war it was necessary to keep up tlie' production of the country, and this could not be if they lost thoir men. - He was of opinion that the Minister of- Defence should ho approached on the subject. Another wellknown sheep-farmer interposed that the remedy would bo, in employing married men and providing them-with cottages.

A little «vhile a lady went into a shop in Bray, Ireland, -and bought a pound of butter. On taking it home and cutting it, her knife came upon something hard. On examination this "foreign substance" proved to be . a small glass phial, in which was inserted

Tlie tepid bath in the Boys' Institute, which is now practically completed, holds about 94,000 gallos of water, a Jetter. It -was as follows:—"Hikurangi, October 12, 1914.—0ut of curiosity I would very much like to hear from you as to how you receive this note and what you intend to do with tho butter, as I am the packer hore. This is only the beginning of the season, but wo ar« kept going, and shipped 7} tons of butter last week. Our hours -are from fivo in the morning until about five at night, except Sundays, when wo only work till about ten. Our factory is situated in the Whangarei district in tlie north of Auckland Province, moro commonly known as the 'Sunny North' on account of tho mild climate. . . .

I will esteem it a great favour if you will reply to this, and aa this will reach you somewhere about, Christmas-time I will wish you a Merry Christmas and a. Happy New Year." This was followed by the name and address of the writor.— Auckland "Star."

BRITISH MANUFACTURERS EXPORTS TO NEW ZEALAND. The following is a returu of the principal lines of goods of British manufacture exported to Now Zealand during the nine months ended September 30, 1915, with figures for 1913 and 1914 shown for purposes of comparison, compiled from tho Board of Trade Returns by H.M. Trade Commissioner, Wellington:— Nine months ended Sept. 30. £ £ £

1913. 1914. 1915. Beer and ale 28,838 31,022 2^355 Ealt (exeept table salt) 18,318 17,368 16,394 Spirits (British. & • ' Irish) 225,926 246,346 1.89,259 Iron & steel and manufactures thereof 1,017.019 815,514 764,476 Copper, wrought or manufactured ... 49,756 39,756 41,550 Cutlery 31,570 28,742 27,185 Hardware 91,575 75,907 61,856 Agricultural machinery of all kinds 18,123 15,968 13,870 Mining machinery of all kinds 22,260 11,856 8,287 Cottoa piece goods of all kind6 634,9C0 566,798 595,022 Woollen & worsted manufactures ... 353,698 301,889 276,565 Haberdashery ... 62,476 51,692 . 49,756 Jute;, manufactures 35,653 36,924 17,499 Linen piece goods ' . . of all kinds 94,287 72,859 73,364 Apparel 599,014 564,450 444,823 Boot? & 6hoes ... 242,694 , 233,174 202,369 Saddlery ;. 21,086 15,288 12,550 Earthenware and. glass 93,416 82,233 . 67,509 Paper of all kinds 107,395 107,529 101,780 Cement 7,692 • 9,78a 3,127 Stationery, other than paper 49,156 57,908 41,834 Totals ...£3,613,952 £3,383,608 £3,037,430