MINING

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1761, 30 May 1906, Page 3

MINING

(Per Press Association-) Wellington, last night. The Rroftou Consolidated Goldfields Company (English) has secured an option ovor Kingswell’s now Blaokwater quartz reef find. A substantial deposit has been paid. A largo number of bands are being engaged Full details are not yet available, but tbe mine is expeotod to prove extremely good, and will greatly benefit tbe Reefton dirtriot.

One Rankin, who was mentioned rather gloomily in Bydney Bankruptcy Court last week, seems to be a person who is sanguine even in his insolvency. Fe has failed twice. The first time he valued his assets at £OSO 13', but all that the assignee managed to fish out of the troubled waters was 2s 3d. On his seeond failure he valued his assets at ,£77,040 17s 91, and the assignee oontrived to resoue £llO 12s Id in aotual cash. The Court, after deep consideration, found a verdiot that Bankin was an incurable optimist. " Moana" writes to the Sydney Bulletin : Re spoiling of bides by btandiog, referred to by “Elmore.” Two Maorilanders (Messrs DeLisle and Luttrell) have a painless branding composition on the market, which they claim to be permanent and not injurious to the hides. 1 branded four cows about three months ago, and the result is a'olean, sharp brand. The composition is like tar to look at, and is pressed firmly on a dipped surface, using a very fine brand. (I used hoop-iron on edge.) There seems to be some depilatory in the mixture. It raises a small scab, wbioh falls off in about three weeks, bring, ing the hair with it, and leaving bare Bkin where the brand was applied. The makers claim that the oost is under jl per heal, that there is a big saving in time' and troublo, also that the branding is absolutely painless and permanent.