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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1082, 16 January 1872, Page 2

Greville and Co.'s telegrams are becoming more and more intolerable, vide this morning's telegrams. They are not of the slightest interest to our readers, and only cost money for their transmission. We learn that an agent for the longest mining speculators at the Thames has just visited and inspected the Inangahua reefs, and that his report will be very favorable to the district, By the return steamer from Auckland it is expected that between thirty and forty of the Thames capitalists wiil arrive, en route for the reefs, and oven i Nelson Proper has thought that it is just worth while to send ah avant courier to see ifhe can pick up a good thing, and inform his brethren from personal inspection of "what is really going on." • The f uxera,l of the late Mr Patrick Flannery takes place to-day, at 3.30 p.m. **'' r A Tauranga correspondent of the TJiames Guardian describing the ceremony attending the erection of the first telegraph 'poles of the line between Katikati and the Thames,

says :— " A goodly number of Europeans and native chiefs left Bowenstown, Katikati, for the bonndary-line of the Hauhau coui • try, a distance of four miles from Bowenstown. The venerable chief Hori Tupaea, w.'th his eliesi son, Akuhata, were the first on the ground, and dug the first sod, afterwards assisting in the erection of the poles, and attaching the wires to them. About S am., I noticed amongst those taking an active part on the occasion two nephews of Te Hira, who had been deputed by him to proceed along with Mr Mackay to assist on the occasior Amongst the Europeans present were : Mr Mackay, Mr Floyd (chief electrician), Mr Edward Dixon (contractor), Mr Best, Mr Thorp, &c. Mr Mackay recited a few Maori chaunts suitable to tbn occasion, which, caused much amusement, and were heartily joined in by all present." James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, has been forced in his old age to resort to lecturing and selling the written history of his life and adventures in order to obtain a livelihood. A very respectable settler named Western — a new arrival from England — was killed, on 28th December, on his farm, midway be--tween Te Awamutu and Ohaupo, while carting rails from a bush close by. his house, It appears, from all that can be learnt at present, that the horse bolted, and the deceased held on to the animal until thrown down, when the wheels of the dray passed over him. The unfortunate man died in a few hours afterwards. The deceased and another gentleman, named Waldron, both lately arrived from Yorkshire, and purchased, as a partnership affair, an improved farm, betwpen Te Awamutu Ohaupo, from a settler named Fitzgerald. On the 28th ult, the members of the Hibernian Australasian Benefit Society (Grahamstown branch) presented to Dr Macartney a greenstone cross, mounted with gold, accompanied with an address, stating that it was in acknowledgement of his kindness in delivering a lecture on the "Men and Minds of '89," in aid of the building fund of the society. Dr Macartney, on receiving the cross, said :-- " Gentlemen, — I feel, in accepting your handsome gift— as you say, a token of your feelings, for that is what it amounts to— that I am accepting far beyond what I deserve. However, 1 know, I feel, the object. With respect to what 1 have said on national affairs, let me assure you that until I see home rule for my poor country, I shall never cease in my own humble May to 'agitate.' Gentlemen, never cease to agitate, although you are now enjoying self-government in New Zealand, until Ireland has what O'Connell fought for, what your people are deprived of in li-eland, namely, home ruleassist." The Right Rev. Dr Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, has received from the Diocese of Sydney the following resolution passed by the Synod of New South Wales:— (l.) "That the members of the Church assembled in bynod desire to express their deep sympathy with the Churches of New Zealand in the loss which they and the whole Church of Christ have sustained in the removal by a violent death of the late Bishop Patteson and his faithful followers, and to assure them of their hearty concurrence and co-operation with them in the course proposed in the Synod of Auckland in furtherance of the Melancsian Mission. (2.) That the Very Rev. the President be requested to communicate the resolution of this Synod to the several Bishops of the provinces of New Zealand." A well-known Cheap John, -who possesses something more than the ordinary share of volubility with which his class are specially endowed, walked up to the Mayor of Geelong at the police court, not long since, with a fine little girl of some four or live months of age perched on his left shoulder. He stated Tim altnougn lie liad, a comrorcable home, and was a fond and affectionate husband, he hud recently been deserted by his wife, and as she had left the child produced behind her, he vas placed on the horns of a dilemma. Maternal duties were completely out of his line, and however resigned he might be to the loss of his fair partner, he was both unwilling and unable to become a wet-nurse. The Geelong Advertiser says : — "The Mayor kindly asked him what service he required, when he politely and blandly inquired whether no warrant could be issued to brine; his absconding spouse home again. The bench replied in the negative, and having expressed his regret and surprise that although there was a remedy for wife desertion there was none for husband desertion, the unhappy parent politely withdrew." The Bristol Mercury has the following curious account of treasure in a bale of wool : —"The wool imported by Messrs Miles, merchants, Bristol, from New Zealand, is very frenuently sold to German bouses. A recent cargo was so disposed of, and the wool sent off to the purchaser. Messrs Miles, however, received a few days ago, a letter from the German manufacturer, stating that in unpacking the wool he found in the centre of one of the bales a cheque for LSO, a L2O-notej some gold and silver, and a purse, which were forwarded to Messrs Miles, who are now endeavoring to find the party from whom the wool was purchased in New Zealand. How the purse containing the cheque and note— the latter on a good New Zealand bank— came to be in the pack it is difficult to say j whether it was secreted, or fell out of the pocket of one of the packers. No doubt, however, some further light will be thrown on the circumstance when Messrs Miies hear from their correspondent in New Zealand." The following is the latest mining news from Coromandel, as reported by the correspondent of the Southern Gross:—'* Mining operations here can scarcely be said to have resumed the even tenor of their way, as the men generally have not settled to their work, and recovered from the effects of a fornight's idleness. I paid a visit to the beach claims yesterday. The Neptune Gold Mining Company have about 20 tons in paddock, and there will be a crushing next week, should the directors of the company, at their, meeting to-day, approve of the same. The leader in the T drive^ is thickening, and the stone looks well. It is the intention of the manager to cut a main tunnel at the lowest available level, from which he expects great results.— The Golconda (now called the Specimen Hill Claim), I found in full swing, and busily employed filling sacks for cartage to the Nil Desperandum battery. About 20 tons are to be tested, and if this turns out well, any amount of the same stuff is available. They are working rather near the surface at present, and the stuff taken out is a kind of loose burnt concrete. — The tenders for erecting a battery on the beach were opened on • Monday last, but none of them were accepted. The lowest, lam told, was LSOO Mr Thomas intends having the work done by day labor, under the direction of an experienced foreman. It is to be regretted that any delay should take place, as a goo'! return from the large quantity of quartz at present in the Green Harp paddock would not only raise the character of the adjacent claims, bnfc be of great value to the district fenerally. — The New Zealand Company's attery re-commenced crushing for the Tokotea Gold Mining Company on Wednesday last, but will not clean up for a week. —The Nil Desperandum battery is employed crushing 20 or more tons for the Specimen Hill Claim. The return is likely to be (from prosent appearances), 2oz to the ton ; this will pay well, although the cost of cartage is very great."