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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1118, 27 February 1872, Page 2

Yesterday the Mayor of Christchurch; telegraphed that an additional Ll2O had been placed to the credit of the Greymouth Relief Fund. A letter was also received from the Mayor of Auckland, expressing 83'mpatby ' with the sufferers by the flood, and stating that subscription lists had been opened, and that the /first instalment would be sent by the first steamer. As the appeal made to the various towns in the colony has been so liberally responded to, and all the urgent cases have been disposed of, we believe the Relief Committee has telegraphed that all the snbsci'iption-lists may now be closed. The Committee met again lost night, when a number of . applications for aid were considered, but many of them -were not entertained, only L 22 being voted. The Committee meet again on Wednesday night, when the sub-committee appointed at a previoiis meeting will bring up a full report. It is requested' that all accounts against the Committee be sent in before Wednesday at noon. Mr Henry Mackintosh, whose death by drowning we noticed yesterday was to have been buried at the Ahaura last evening. A telegram was yesterday received from his Honor tbe Superintendent of Nelson stating that he will be unable to visit the Grey District on his present trip to the South- West Gold Fields, as bis presence is required in Nelson on "Urgent Public Business" connected, with the inangab.ua reefs. Notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain last evening, the Circus was again crowded, and the various performers received a large share Of applause. The troupe expect to leave for Hokitika to-day. One of Mr A. Constantine's cargo-boats, which was loaded up by Mr Carroll, was capsized in the river yesterday. The most of the cargo was lost or .seriously damaged, and the drew had a narrow escape, but all managed to get safely ashore. The lead was struck in Fagan and party's claim, at the new rush, in the Teviot Ranges, on Saturday. The ground is reported to be the richest yet discovered in that district. The shaft in which the gold has been found is 'sunk 150 ft eastward of the prospectors' first shaft. A number of miners representing most of the claims in progression at tbe rush, came to the Warden at Ahaura, on Monday morning, to request him to cause a new -base line to be laid off. This is necessary to avoid further disputes, because the present and apparently true course of the lead is at right angles with the original supposed direction. s The new line will be laid out when Mr Lewis returns from •the Saddle., , ; ' 1 An unfortunate accident happened yesterday afternoon to a little girl named Alice Kerr, daughter of Mrs Kerr, a resident of Brunnertoni While enjoying a ' ' swing " with some of her companions, the.swing-rope gave way, and in the fall she broke one of her legs. "Messengers were immediately despatched to town for Dr Morice, who has since attended to the youfig sufferer. ' The treasurer of the Grey: River Hospital acknowledges receipt from Messrs George M'Beath and J. M. Clifford of L 5 2105, being amount collected to date by No Town District Committee. Receipt is also acknowledged of tbe sum of L7 ,10s from the No Town friendly Society for the quarter's subsidy to the Hospital. An Auckland correspondent, speaking of tbe share market;, says :— " There is a resular panic, those who have the money keep it in hopes of chances at lower prices yet, while those who have shares cannot sell at any figure unless the mines are active and dividends paying. Tho All Nations is a case in point. Its yield during the past fortnight has been very good, touching on 800 ounces, which is about a'fair monthly yield hitherto. This has boen followed by an immediate demand for shares, which are selling readily at £4 os, while Tokateas, in the yield from which there is a little falling off, are down to £3 12s 6d. Asto Caledonians and Thames they seem out \of the field altogother. Holders don't like to sell at present prices, and there is small sign of improvement at present. All the' bigwigs have managed to clear out of tbe*claitn, and the shares are now largely held by that patient body, the 'general "public,' who have been kindly admitted at prioe3 which it will require rare good luck to see realised again." Referring to the visit of the Hon. Mr Reeves to the West Coast, the Lyttelton Times says:— "We believe the speoial object of Mr Reeves' visit is in connection with the allocation of money voted by the Assembly for the development of the Nelson South-West Gold Fields. Mr Macas3ey's, information against the WakatipMail hasbecn dismissed, tho Bench considering it an election affair.

A somewhat singular accident occurred lately in Tookey's mine; when the ; air shaft, which rises to the summit of the hill, caught fire. :It has been the- custom to use a furnace in. this shaft for the purpose of assisting the air current from jbelow, and it appears that a spark from this furnace communicated fire to the timbers in the shaft, which are exceedingly dry. As soon as the fire was discovered the men were brought to tbe surface, and the communication with the air shaft closed ; the timbers were then allowed to fall and consume themselves. '■)' r The work of erecting the new First Church at Dunedin is progressing favorably. Wbenthe woodwork of the roof is completed, which is expected to be the case in about six weeks, the masonry of the gables — the only part of the stone work still to be done-^---will be proceeded v with. It is anticipated that the church will be finally completed in four months. Mr Godfrey has finished tbe carving of tbe archway and capitals of the doorway at the main entrance, and has executed the work in an artistic manner. . Captain William M'Donnell and ,a small party are now prospecting for gold' on the west shore of Taupo lake. About a^ar ago a very rich specimen of gold-bearing quartz was sent down from that district to the Superintendent of Hawke's Bay. The following ministers left Glasgow in the ship Margaret Galbraith, on the 7th December :— Messrs Cameron and Macara for the Presbyterian Church of Otago, and Mwenfor Timaru. ', The growing of the tea plant is urged by a correspondent of the Southland Times. He says:— "To our agricultural industries we might profitably add that, of tea growing. The whole of the lower ranges of hills in this Province, more particularly those in the neighborhood of Dunedin, the Hokanuis, Longwood, and similar ranges, seem as if specially designed for tbe successful cultivation of the tea plant. The Arrowtown coi respondent of the. Wakatip Mail gives a description of an attempted Bank robbery to. talk about. On the morning of the 13th it was discovered that, through the night time, a panel had been cut? out of the front door of the Bank of New Zealand, immediately under the handle, by a series of auger holes, evidently with a view of getting the key if it had been in the lock; but it was not, being in the safe keeping of Mr Mackay, the agent. Nothing was taken.^ The night was dark and rainy. There is no trace of the burglars. The charge against Haley for firing the kerosene store at Auckland is proceeding. The chief evidence is a letter addressed to the editor of tbe CrosSj which is identified as Haley's writing. It gives a description of the manner in which tbe deed was accomplished. Coal discoveries are reported at Raglan and Whangapoa, ' in the N ortb. Island, The proposal to strike a gold five shilling piece is favorably entertained by the Australian public. The Mint will be in full operation in April next. ..,. . It is said that the late fire at the Warren station, Oxford, Canterbury, in which 1000 sheep and twenty miles of fencing, beside? the gr,ass on the run, were destroyed, is likely to form the subject of a lawsuit. The damages have been assessed, and the owner will proceed to recover from the person who .set fire to, the adjoining run from which the fire spread. The Auckland papers notice as a satisfactory sign of the altered state of the natives at Opotiki and the Bay of Plenty; that a schooner owned by Mr Kelly, M.G.A., for the East Coast district, had arrived with a full cargo of whale oil and maize, tbe produce of native labor. In reply to a New Zealand correspondent, the sporting editor of the Australasian says :— " Eight miles have never been fairly walked in one honr. Westhall did seven miles and a half in 58min 25sec. Stockwell, of Camberwell, is now the best and fairest walker in England. In a match with Davidson, February 14, 1870, he walked one mile in Gmin GOsec, two miles in 14min 14sec, three miles in 21min> 33sec, four miles in 29inin 13sec, five miles in 36min Glsec, six miles in 44tnin 53sec. These are the fastest times ever fairly walked. From Gabriel's Gully comes intelligence that the prospectors have got through the reef at the 30 feet level. The reef proved itself to be six feet: thick, and there was a leader two feet thick, making eight feet in | all. The lode was as clearly defined 'as on the upper levels, and gave indications of carrying the same -Hfidtk down., Prospects j triedshowed that thelitone was equally rich as that previously taken out; % and trials of tbe leader also gave favorable results. Messrs Marks- and party consider that they have fairly prospected their claim, and that the results have demonstrated beyond doubt tbe existence of a payable reef. From the Cromwell papers we learn that the Heart of OakClaim on the Carrick has finished a ten days crushing of 146 tons of stone; the yield being 260 ounces, or loz 15dwt to the ton. A dividend of 17s per £10 share was the result; and the company is now free from debt. At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M., Elizabeth Varren was. charged with riotous and indecent behaviour in a place of public resort. Mr Newton appeared for the defendant, and applied for an adjournment owing to an informality in the- summons.The adjournment was granted until this morning. ; *:■ Mr S. M. South has been appointed County Solicitor. Mrs Fox and Mr Fox's Private Secretary luf t town for Hokitika, yesterday, by Ashton's coach ..-..', j