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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1209, 13 June 1872, Page 2

We yesterday stated that the yield of the first dashing from Mace and Co.'s claim on Shiel's reef was likely to be between 1100 and 1200oz. We are sorry to say we were in some degree inaccurate, though at the same we have now a reliable and excellent return to chronicle. Ihe cake of gold in question was lodged in the Bank of Zealand yesterday, and weighed exactly 9850z, just 15pz short of the thousand anticipated. As we yesterday said, this must be most satisfactory, for a. large portion of the 600 tons put through the mill was r only inferior stone. We would remind our readers that the half-yearly meeting of 'the Greymouth Jockey Club takes place this evening; The business is to elect an Annual Committee and receive I the Treasurer's and Secretary's report. A large attendance is expected. At the Volunteer Hall, owing to the miserable weather, the attendance -was scanty, but the performance, nevertheless, passed off most satisfactorily. An aejourned meeting of the Grey River , Hospital Committee was held at GilinerV Hotel, last evening, for the purpose of considering the correspondence from the Secretary of the Hokitika Hospital in reference to : the maintenance of poor patients from the Grey district. After some discussion it was resolved that, as the terms of the agreement . between the two institutions had not been ' adhered to by the Hokitika Hospital Com-, mittee, the claims forwarded should nob be recognised, with the exception of one, which ' would be paid as soon as the overdue subsidies from the County Government were re- ' ceived; and that the resolutions agreed to! by the two Commitrses in reference to; patients coming from other districts, passed in 1870, should be rescinded. The meeting'

adjourned for a fortnight, by which time it is expected the treasurers of the sub-com-mittees will have forwarded their subscrip-tion-lists, so that they, may be presented to the Annual meeting, which takes place next month. The Disfo'ct Court was occupied yesterday, up to 6 p.m., heating the evidence in the case Lonargan v. Levy— an action to recover LIBO, as wages for keeping a store at Half-Ounce. The whole of the evidence on both sides was taker, but at 6 p.m. tLc Court adjourned, in order -to allow the . counsel r to^a3<fress the" Court th ; s morning.' withhold our repot i of the evidence given in t'ae case until it is completely disposed of. The appeal case, Joyce v. . Kenrick, and several bankruptcy cases come on this morning. ; : The house of Mr John Elliot, cattle and sheep dealer, Ahaura, was totally destroyed by fire one night last week. Mr James Stewart, of Ahaura, was out on the.plainß, cattle hunting, when he came on the smouldering ruins. The house was situated about' two and a-half miles from Ahaura, on the southern bank of Orwell Creek, and nearly opposite Reid's sawmill, and Mr G. Carter's home station. Mr Elliot, who ia at present iv Christchurch, will be a heavy loser. • The origin of the fire is not known. The sea continues steadily encroaching at Westport, and all the occupants of the west side of Gladstone street are preparing to remove. ' * Mr H. W. Barbpr was arrested in flokitika on Monday, on the charge of embezzlement, while actiDg as Postmaster and Receiver ,of Revenue, fle was brought tip yesterday, and remanded until Wednesday next. An inquest was held at Cobden yesterday on the bodies of two miners named respectively Cornelius Warren and John Dempster, who have been working for, some, time on the North Beach. They were driving a tunnel, when a sudden fall. of earth took place, burying both of them, and before they could be extricated, 1 life, was extinct. R. : C. Reid, 'Esq., (held the inquiry, and a verdict of accidental death was .recorded. The unfortunate men will be buried to-day. : Snow has been falling thfougboutthe upcountry districts since Monday morning. On Tuesday arid "the following night it snowed continuously, and pa Wednesday morning the whole country was covered for nearly a foot deep. This has been the heaviest snpwsto.ih since the gold fields opened on the Coast, and heavy floods may be expected when a thaw commences. A single hair from the head of. Louis Napoleon is said to have been sold, recently, at a fair in London, for lOOdoI. : The Committee of the "No Towa National School met on Thursday evening 1 last, at Haisty' Hotel. Mr M'Beath, Treasurer, in the chair. The Hon. Secretary stated that at an interview, Mr [Warden Whitefoord had not only granted a site on which to build a schoolhouse, but had promised his. best endeavors towards' obtaining annual assistance from the Board of Education. The tenders for erecting the proposed building being opened, that of Mr Curries was accepted. It is therefore to be hoped, that in the handa ol . a competent teacher, the youths of No Town will, in after years, reflect credit on those who have initiated. and subscribed' towards this long-required deficiency. • r ' . A movement has been commenced in Dunedin, under auspicious circumstances, for the purpose of obtaining a painting of. the late Mr John M'Glashan, to be placed along with those of the Rev Dr Burns and Captain Cargill, already in the Provincial Council Chamber. The .public will then have the pleasure of seeing side t>y side tire portrait:: of the "Three Fathere of the Settlement. >: The Council voted LSO for the purpose oc Thursday night, and this sum has already been supplemented by the private subscriptions of hon, members to the extent ofL2B Subscription-lists will be opened, w'ebelievej in a few days' time, and the necessary amount, we have no doubt, will be made up in a very short time. _ Another of the amateur musical and literary- entertainments was given at the Court House, Ahaura, on Monday evening. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the attendance was not as large as on foi.net occasions, but the roam was well filled. Ihe performance opened w 2th a march from " Le Prophete," by. Mr; Powaall, on the. organ. Mr Webb then sang " Belle Brandon" in his usual finished style . Mr Whitefoord followed with a reading from Mark Twain, descriptive of the playful tricks of that eccentric quadruped which required labelling in case it should be mistaken for anything but a hoiv . Mr Greenwood sang "By the Sad See Waves," and did full justice both to words and music. This was succeeded by one oi the Breitmann ballads, "The Knight and the Mermaid." by Mr PownaH, set to music arranged by the ~inger. This legend of the old Rhine was capitally rendered, and the career of the noble Ritter Hugn was followed with interest from the time lie sallied forth " mit aJipecr imd Udinet " in quest of adventures, until he disappeared beneath tho waters of the Rhine, beguiled by the blandishments of the "maiden mit nodinffs o;i," that free-and-easy syren having promised the unfortunate knight, among other amusements, that she would "g'ws Mm like efery dings." Mr Potts e\lnced considerable power of dramatic elocution in his rendering of Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade." A song, " Ring the Bel, Watchman," by Mr Webb, with a selection of Scottish airs' on the organ, finished the first part. The second part began with a new waltz, followed by a song and chorus by the local strength, in every sense, of the company. Mr Greenwood tben read the famous nautical legend, "The yarn of the Nancy Bell," a horrible " tale of the sea. " Several other songs were sung; and Mr Whitefoord read the chapter from •' Oliver Twist," in which the meek and spirit-broken little orphan, who could stand any abuse himself, "fires up," when the memory of his dead mother is assailed, and after flooring that ill-conditioned cur, Noah, upsets the domestic equanimity of the Sowerbnry family, and finally defies the majestic Mr Bumble himself. Selections from " L'Africaine "on the organ brought the entertainment to a close. It was announced that the next night of meetiug would be on that day fortnight.