VICTORIA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1138, 21 March 1872, Page 2

VICTORIA.

■ =■ [LEADER, '■ MAKCH 2.]' ' ■ About ten tons oorf r stone from the Prince. Aired Reef/ Majorca, crushed, oh Thursday, yielded over 9£ ounces to the ton. ,".'/•" i - Sonic splendid stone was obtained from the United Kingdom claim, Majorca, on the :27th February ;;. one. piece Jot seyen pounds weight contained one pound weight , Of gold. - : . . ;i ;„/ ■'■ .'■ .: ■■• ;; '.- ' In the case of Morwood v. Watson, heard in the Court of- , Mines, at Sandhurst, on the 29th February, a verdict was given by the defendant. The question of costs "was reserved until the followingjday. The suit was tp recover the sum o£ i 1.0,000, -the value of -an4nterest* in the Golden Fleece Company, Sandhurst, which "MoJwopd alleged he was induced to sell to Watson .for a nominal' "sum by a misrepresentatiori on the, part Watson. Majorca is jubilant., The • Independent of the 23rd . February writes thus :— "The tide of affairs seems to have passed the turning point on Majorca at last, if the good news spread, aboat the town on Wednesday last may be 'accepted as the very good thing it :is put dewn at. l^hat morning the; Unite.d jKjmgdoui Cpmpariy, : which" has been the Pioneer of this dis-. trict, came across, a very rich reef in^the eastern drive from which" they crushed- some stone;, Sonic ..-the stone was knocked down, when the gold was. plainly visible, throughout, the stone being perfectly honeycombed, with the precio us metal; • ; Several pieces: were.? brought into the town and exhibited- in the bank window, where it created quite pi excitement.. The reef- is from 18in to 2ft in thickness,' arid the stone is estimated to yield considerably over f lOOoz ij "the tori. The sanie afternoon the company struck the famous Sunburst reef, which is sup- . posed to be quite as rich as the other; find. Should; the discoveries be >as valuable as[estimated,.Wednesday last may; well.be regarded as a red letter day on Majorca;". The action taken by the: miners of Sandhurst to reduce the hours of labor and improve the working. miners' position is likely ; to ; lead to. an ameliorationof the; condition of the ; miners .through the colony. The Bendigo Advertiser, of the 2Tth- February, states that ■■.."■■the Bendigo Miners': Association at its lastmeecingrreceived a requisition from the miners of Llanelly, asking for the formation of a branch there, and two delegates were;-ap-pointed to visit the place, and on Saturday, last proceeded there for. that purpose. ■ At the conclusion, of the, meeting. three cheers were given for the Bendigo Miners' Association.- ... A strong committee was formed to cany. out the objects of the society, and a good many names enrolled." . ■