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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1955, 11 August 1869, Page 2

Supreme Court.—The sitting of the Court that was to have been held to-day. was adjourned until to-morrow morning. Presentation. —At the meeting of Lodge Enterprise, A.0.F., last evening, Bro. Goodman was presented with a handsome hunting lever watch, in recognition of his services as secretary. The presentation was made by D. C. 11. Thomson. The watch bore the following inscription —“ Presented to Bro. J. T. Goodman, by the members of Court Enterprise, No. 3990, A.0.F., for services rendered as secretary. —July 10, 1869.” Alcoholic Liquors.—A return just issued shows the amount of alcoholic liquors imported into the Colony during the year 1868 to have been L 397.629. The amount exported during the same period was L 16,317, making the total retained in the Colony, L 381,312. Taking the population—exclusive of the Maoris—at 230,000, the average amount per head will be LI 13s 2d, Mining News.— lt is gratifying to learn that the mining news from the Upper Shotover ia encouraging. The returns from the reef claims, although at present comparatively trifling, promise to be very fair when the frosty season breaks up, and the batteries are got to work. A gentleman, on whom we can rely, informs us that the present prospects of the Phceuix Company are good, and gold is freely seen in the stone being brought to the surface. The Otago Company are prospecting the ground from which the 500oz cakes came, with the expectation of striking some more good stone. Arrangements are being made for Ike vigorous working of the Nugget claim. The Cor*,

niskCo.,oii the Nugget Reef, are getting out good stone ; but intend to wait till spring before they commence to crush, while the shareholders in the El Dorado claim, on the same reef, vro getting out payable stone, and have commenced to pack it to the machine. Alluvial claims, generally, are quiet at this time of year, as the greater number of them are affected cither by frost or an insufficiency of water. — Wakatlp Mail. A Man Dragged by a Horse.—A most distressing accident happened on Wednesday last at Air Macdonald's station at the Orari. It appears that a young man employed we believe in breaking horses for Mr Cox of Raukapuka, was engaged in roping a young horse in Mr Macdonald’s stock yard. He had placed a rope round the animal’s neck, when the brute bolted from the yard, taking with him the rope and the unfortunate horse-breaker, whose foot had caught and got jammed in a coil of the rope. The horse galloped furiously for between four and five hundred yards over very rough ground, dragging the poor fellow who was thus seen to be in"frightful peril of his life by the byestanders, who were unable to render the slightest assistance, as the more they endeavoured to stop the horse the more danger the man was placed in, as the horse only galloped on the faster. At last the horse stepped of its own accord, and the man—who all the time fortunately kept his senses—took out his knife and severed the rop When picked up [the poor fellow was almost speechless, and was found to have suffered most severe contusions on his body, but fortunately no hones were broken. His clothes were literally torn from his body. He was conveyed into Mr Macdonald’s house, where every care was shown to the sufferer. —Timaru Herald.

Timaru. —A public meeting was convened at the Royal Hotel Assembly Rooms, on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe letter received by the Chairman of the Board of Works from‘Mr Stafford, member for Tiirnuu, in the House of Representatives, relative to certain petitions forwarded to the House, praying that I imam might be constituted a county. The meeting was pretty largely attended, and there were a number of influential persons present. The following resolutions were carried : the thanks of this meetmg be given to the member for Timaru for the information afforded in the letter to the Chairman of the Board of Works.” “That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable for our member to press on the Bill which he has already framed, in accordance with our petition, for creating this portion of the district into a county separate from Canterbury, and that this Bill, if passed, would not only tend materially to the advancement of the district, but would also benefit the whole Colony, by removing from the House of Representatives the opposition which threatens any Governmenc (however beneficial the measures they introduce) should they attempt to legislate for the benefit of outlying districts.” Panama Hats.—The New Zealand flax is likely to bo employed in the manufacture of hats similar to those made of straw. .Some have beep made in Auckland, and are said to be quite equal to Panama hats. The Gympie.—The Gyippie correspondent of the Maryborough Ohronicle writes as follows, on June 29 :—“Tbe yield of gold from recent crushings has been good, aud the next oscort will probably be the second largest from this field. 8 tons stone from the claim No- 1 north. London reef, yielded 496 oz 5 dwt of gold, being an average of 611 oz to the ton- 45 tons from No 1 north, One-mile reef —exclusive of specimens, estimated to contain 200oz of gold—produced 24100z of smelted gold. Several excellent crushings had already been obtained from the latter claim ; but the vein fill recently was very thin, and wiseacres expressed a deliberate opinion that it won hi run out, instead of wbi .hj it lias made into a good body of stone at a depth of over 100 feet, at which level the quartz now crashed was obtained. Three weeks ago, a shareholder, holdidg onetwe fth, disposed of his interest for L3oo, then considered a high figure. The lucky purchaser gets back his money with an equivalent sum to boot, aud prospects of even better fortune for some time to come.”