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Evening Star, Issue 3737, 13 February 1875, Page 2

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o* i ■> Gbahamstown, February 12. Sir Donald M'Lean, Dr Pollen, and others arrived, per the Lima, this afternoon. The two Ministers proceed to Ohiuemuri to complete arrangements for opening Ohinemuri A discovery was made at the goods wharf extension works, which appears to confirm the theories advanced years ago that gold deposits would he found under the forshore. A boulder was found yesterday embedded in black sand, and with specs jf gold visible. This was found nt.'een hundred feet from the shore, at the extreme end of the wharf extension. The boulder is of the same character as those found in the creeks in tiie early days of the field. Some of tliC blacu sand has been taken away for washj .-.g. Mr Mackay was down to day. The reserves and boundaries are not marked out, and tms will take tour or five days. Sir Donald •'mi i?* 1 * Pollen remain down here . a ii 13 completed. It is definitely settled tiiat the Ohmemuri will bo opened under the Ooidfields Act probably a week hence, Mr Frazer, the Ihames Warden, has been ordered up. Nothing fresh is reported in the way of discovery. Lyttelton, February 12, ihe i>Oiird ot Health decided this afternoon to admit the ship Kakaia to pratique and liberate the single men from quarantine. f Wellington, February 12. ine Gazette’ contains the appointment of Mr David F. Main as Examiner of Titles for tne district cf Otago, The Hourah sails to-morrow, for Loudon, with a cargo consisting chiefiv of wool. She takes 5,050 bales, valued at L 120.000. . February 13. There is a great deal of fever and diphtheria amongst the inhabitants. One doctor says he has a fresh case of diphtheria every day. ’ The prevalence of disease is attributed to the inefficiency of drainage, and strong complaints on that score appear in the papers. Auckland, February 13. The steamer Pretty Jane has been abandoned to the Insurance Companies. She is insured in the New Zealand office for L 2.500 ; South Uritish, 1/2,500. The former had reinsured In 50, and the latter L 1,250. The estimated cast of raising the steamer is 1T,500. The A.S.N, Company gave L 7,000 for the vessel. Ihe Insurance Surveyor has beeu despatched to the wreck. (From our own Corrtspomlmt.) rp , Auckland, February 12. ihe summer heat has not continued so excessive as was at first expected. The average temperature this month in the shade is 78de|., the highest register being 8-Heg. fahr., while the average at mght has been 70deg. . omplaints come from the sparsely scattered country districts regarding the enforcement of he Vaccination Act, compelling mothers to el many miles to a doctor twice. The Act is not being complied with for this reason in many Provincial Government districts. Miss Christian will not proceed South, tut leaves for Melbourne on tho 26th inst to fulfil an engagement and to form a company thcie for a New Zealand tour. A Maori named Henarc, while seagull shooting at Waiuku, was seriously injured in tho chest and had his hand shattered by his gun He is in a dangerous state.’ There is a great scandal among the ladies who attended tho ball to the Colonial representatives owing to the introduction of three barmaids. A well-known Presbyterian deacon and

a staunch teetotaller was mischievously intro* 1 duced to one of these lovely beings, and wag most assiduous in his attentions to her during the evening, to the great amusement of the knowing ones, who appreciated his innocence. The ‘ Star * is still at war with the Typographical Society re the girl printers. The society threatens to order a strike, and the •..tar ridicules them and says it is determined to carry oiit its project. m, .... Lawrence, February 13. i-he reef in the Waipoii Goldmiuing Oomstru°k in the main drive 11 rh Jll® lotle L Bft in width, showing ai,Tf? e lT u l iate own,! « of this claim have now 430 ft of _ backs to work upon. The machinery will be immediately erected. Mr GoodfelW railway contractor, had the small bone of his leg broken yesterday at Waitamma, by the monkey of a pile-driving machme falling on him. He was removed to Law- ' rence, and is doing well. Wellington, February 13. Major Palmer is here inspecting the surveys of the Province. J Mr Seed, of the Customs department, goes through Canada on his way Home. He is commissioned by the Government to report on the working of tin* Dominion, its constitution and institutions, with a view to the guide of constitutional changes. A case of labels, printed in Melbourne, and a very close imitation of Martell’s brandy and of well-known be. r brands, was recently stopped and opened by the Customs’ officer here, but subsequently passed on the Collector’s order.