INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Issue 63, 7 June 1866, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

The Southland "Daily News " says :— " The Bluff and Invercargill Railway is rapidly advancing towards completion. With the exception of 1 mile and 45 chains of the line between this town and the level crossing at the Gveenhills, and one mile on the other side, the platelaying is finished. Some slight delay has been caused hy having to cut through an outcrop of rock at the Greenhills. Some 'TO feet of this cutting has yet to be done, which will occupy about a fortnight. Through communication may then be said to be established, although the ballasting, <&c., will occupy some little time longer. The construction of the engine shed at the Invercargill terminus is so far advanced that the building is ready for the iron roofing. Tko hopes expressed that the line might be ready for traffic next month are thus in a fair way of realisation." Te&ecuiaph Across Cook's Straits.— In contemplation of the arrival of the cable to connect the two islands, the necessary materials for the completion of the shore ends have been forwarded from i 'Christ-church. A considerable amount of .plant has been sent to Blenheim, which is.; the converging point of all the present., lines in this island, and sufficient to reach the sea, We iinders.taud also that a sufficient quantity has been forwarded to Wellington to' complete the end of the line to the sea, so that when the cable arrives, the communication can be effected without any unnecessary delay. An explosion of gas took place a few days ago in the lowej? story of the new premises of the Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin, by which jnxe. of the large stone steps was- forced from its socket, and turned completely round ; and. another, on a level "with the corridor, split nearly in two. The accident is supposed to have been caused through a man going with a light to ascertain wjiere an escape of gas took place from a defective pipe, Quautz Mining, in Otago. — The " Wakatip Mail," of the 23rd ult., says :— "News from the Arrow is extremely cheering, and :ilso promising. The Criterion Quartz Mining Company on Saturday turned out their first cake of gold, weighing 143 ounces and some pennyweights, being the result of about 90 tons of stone crushed — or an average of ovm % one and ahalf ounces to the ton. A very prudent com'3e was. taken in not crushing picked stonp, which might, . temporarily,* have given a fictitious value to the claim,.- Taut would ultimately have operated to its.'d.epreciation. As it is, the yield is handsome, and the Company well deserve the success that has crowned their untiring energy in* erecting iii the district (with the exception of the one at Skipper's) the. first quartz-crushing battery, with all itsconcomitants'. The machine works, ' true, to a hah, and tho various arrangements, are admirable. We were informed, hoy, rTever, by the manager, Mr Hainss, that the machine would, not ba working till to-day,' owing to some slight alteration thought requisite. The gold was piu Ichaso'd by the Union* Bank at the high price of £3 17s 3d per ounce.." Mr R. D'Oyley, a solicitor, practising in Timaru, has been committed for- trial at the ensuing sessions of the Supreme. Court at Cliristchurch, for having written libel-, lous letters to the Attorney-General, con-, taining false statements concerning. Mr Woolcombe, the. Resident Magistrate of the same town. • We understand, says the Daily NeAvs, " that Mi- C. H, . Reynolds.— who has been long known to the iniblic as .the conductor of the " Southland ' Times " newspaper — together with other gentlemen, proposes to carry on a Telegrapliiq Agency somewhat after the plan of "Renter's." A marked, featiu-e in the undertaking ia that it is intended to supply not only the press but the commercial interests with the latest intelligence and -market quotations. One of the principal offices will be cstab^ lished at Panama. The enterprise is one of considerable magnitude, and in the hands of men of energy and^exparience, will, we believe, become a commercial success. Gold in Wellington. — The " Independent'" of the 26th ult., says :— -Within the last few days rumors of the discovery of gold in this Province have been rife, and we have' been at some trouble to trace them to some authentic source. After many disappointments, consequent upon being referred from one person to another, we were favored with two small, but'bona fide, . specimens of nuggetty gold. The exact locality were, they were discovered is not divulged, but we believe we are correct in saying that it is within fifteen miles of town. Our impression on seeing the. nuggets was, that, where they came from others would be found, and we hope now the color has come to light, that at no distant date we may electrify our readers with the news of the discovery of a payable gold field in our Province.