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Dunstan Times, Issue 319, 5 June 1868, Page 2

The Escort on Monday last took clown the following quantities of | gold i Queenstown ... 62Ioz.ldwt. Avrowtown ... 400oz. Idwt. Cromwell ... 50ioz. Cdwt. j Dunstan ... ]o39oz.l9dwt. Alexandra ... 3170z. 9dwt. Black’s ... 3020z. Odwt. Mount Ida ... 8950z. Odwt. Total 4,0100z 4dwt. AV e arc sequested by the Treasurer of the Clyde District School Committee to acknowledge with thanks, the sum ot £5 5s Od being a subscription from F. Dillon Belt Esq. in aid of the School funds. AVo learn that on Tuesday night last, at the Cardrona. Mr. John Helherington for sonic time a resident at Cromwell, lost his life from burning The unfortunate gentleman was sleeping in a thatched buildh g, which by somomeans oranothercaught lire, and reforeho could be rescued, perished in the Haines; two other men arc said to have been seriously burned The painful occurrence has cast quite a g’oom over Clyde and Cromwell, Mr. Hctherington being so well known and respeesed. The Hokitika Fenian trials have concluded. The “ Grey River Argus,” of the 21st u't, in its telegraphic news, supplies the following—“ Manning and Larkin were brought up this morning for sentence on the charge of riot, and were each fined £2O. On the charge of seditious libel both prisoners withdrew the plea of not guilty, by the advice of Air. Ireland and his coadjutors, and agreed to enter a plea of guilty. In consequence, the sentence wasmittigated to one month’s imprisonment, without hard labor. The fines inflicted for the offence of riot were all paid, and, with the exception of Larkin and Manning, who have to suffer a month’s incarceration, all received their liberty. The decision of the Judge has given universal satisfaction ” SSThe “ Army and Navy Gazette ” says,—“ The ceremony of drumming out is in future to be dispensed with. !

From the Wellington Journal we learn that the Wairarapu Railway scheme is viewed in a very lukewarm manner by the locaj residents, the settlers, whom we should suppose to be most interested, having subscribed the munificent (?) sum of £ll towards making the surveys. Tbe engineers, Mr. Charles O'Neil, M.ILR. (late of Cromwell), and Mr. Smith, who have been very energetic in promoting the undertaking, have been compelled to discontinue operations, owing to the non-payment of accounts. It is theretore very clear that a railway from "Wellington is not required, or that there is an utter want of confidence in the scheme. The following account of the Northern Goldfleld is given in the first number of the '• Thames Advertiser " : " The Thames Goldfleld is only in its earliest stage as yet. It remains to be fully developed by the energy aud enterprise of those who are on the field, and of thousands who are yet to come What was the state of ti.is district twelve months ago? It was purely a native district, strictly shut against Europeans. The native owners had not come to see that it was their interest to throw their land open for gold prospecting; and they viewed with jealousy any encroachment by the white man. But better counsels at length prevailed; and now see the result! On the 17th August, 18G7, the Thames was proclaimed a goldh'e d on which day the pioneers of recent discovery hero first set foot upon Karaka. Hunt's reef was discovered; other discoveries were made about the same time; and the success of Karaka Goldfleld was assured. The first miner's right was issued about the same time; there are now 4778 miners' rights issued. The population, which then consisted of a score or two of men now numbers about 7.000, of whom many are women and children. A large and populous town has been | formed, and homesteads are dispersed ! everywhere throughout the districts j open lor prospecting. When it is re- ( menibered that, witli very imp rfoct appliances, the Thames Goldfleld has produced over 15,0(10 ounces of rn.ld worth more titan £:l\000, in the last six months, it may be readily im it ued what the yield would be if adequate machinery were in the dis . trict" New York Journa's by ;!:■■ last ?,iI naraa Hail announce the discovery |of gold in quantity at the Rocky Mountains. The diggings are said to be of surpassing riehness and extent, and great facilities for working exists. We have been instructed to call attention to the sale to morrow, Saturday, by Messrs Cope and Faehe, at the Commercial >a)o Yards, Clyde, of twenty hacks and draught horses, also, an entire horse.