THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1319, 21 October 1872, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus PUBLISHED DAILY.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1872.

The meeting of those persons interested in the formation of a Poultry and Horticultural Society, which was intended to be held on Saturday night, was, for insufficient Attendance, adjourned to Wednesday evening next. It is notified that the Westport branch of the Bank of Australasia will fie permanently closed on Monday, the 4th November. Every day brings new and encouraging intelligence from the Inangahua reefs. We hear that Kelly's line in that district is looking up amazingly. From the Victoria claim, within \ the last week, some of the best stone got in tho district has been obtained. The All Nations claim on the same lime has also turned out some excellent mineral, and there is any quantity of it. The prospects of the shareholders are excellent, and they are encouraged to actively work the mine forthwith. The stone recently obtained from the upper level shows gold in nearly every piece, and a handsome yield may be fairly calculated on. The company are about to make arrangements for a crushing. Tho residents in the upper end of Tainui street were duly apprised on Saturday of the starting of the machinery for Messrs Kilgour and Perotti's new saw-mill at Sawyer's Creek, by the number of jubilant whistles in which the engine indulged. The machinery worked very smoothly, and to the entire satisfaction of the engineer. Tho saws are not yet erected, but everything is being rapidly pushed on, and when finished, as they will be shortly, the works will be complete in every respect. From the play of "The Marble Heart" on Friday evening to Mr Bromley's, " Olio of Oddities" on Saturday evening wa3 iather a jump from tho sublime to the humorous for those who attend the entertainments at the Volunteer Hall, but there is pleasure to be derived even from change, and mere change was not the only element of attraction in Mr Bromley's programme. As a character delineator and singer, Mr Bromley is the most energetic and versatile gentleman who has visited these parts, and on Saturday evening he excelled even his ordinary extraordinary efforts. In the first part oi the programme, he represented with much rapidity seven different characters, sinking and volubly reciting in each case, and in the second part he made four appearances— in one instance with the assistance of Mr Thornton. He also concluded the entertainment with his celebrated stump speech, enlarged, improved, and localised. He had the assistance likewise of Little Amy, who danced and sang after the manner of picanniny minstrels. But it may be said, without any disrespect to Mr Bromley, that the most pleasing entertainment was the appearance of Miss Holman, a young lady whom he has the honor and credit. of introducing to the public as an accomplished and promising vocalist. Prepossessing anywhere, this young lady's appearance at the footlights is sufficient to elicit the admiration of even the least ardenthearted among an audience, but she possesses also a sweet voice, which she can use with taste and discrimination. She sung in very nice style four solos, and took part in a dust which was not, perhaps, the most suitable for her debut. In each instance she gratified the audience exceedingly. They would, indeed, have willingly heard heroftener, had it been fair to insist upon encoro in the case of a lady who is yet in her novitiate, but the warmth of her reception wa9 quite sufficient to give her good hope of achieving success in her profession, and to encourage her in pursuing those studies by which, however sweet her voice, success can only be achieved. To-night Miss Holman re-appears, and Mr Bromley repeats, with variations, his monologue entertainment. Regular ciushing will commence to-day at the Anderson's Creek Quartz-mining Company's batteries, Black's Point, Inangahua, and it is intended by the company to celebrate the auspicious event by a banquet and ball, to be held in the engine shed. The shareholders and a number of guests have been invited. In Allen's lease, known as the Golden Crown, at the Lyell, another leader has been opened containing excellent gold. About 501bs of arsenical pyrites, collected from off the battery plates of the Otago Pioneer Company, Waipori, yielded, on being treated at the Government battery, loz 19dwt 6gr. A sample of the same, forwarded to Dr Hector, yielded at the rate of 70oz to the ton. It is said that a large proportion of the | leases recently taken up at the Lyell on the supposed continuation of Zala's reef, are off the line, owing to a miscalculation in the true bearings of the reef. Racing does not seem to be well patronised in Oamaru, for at the meetiug of the Jockey Club callel for Saturday week, not one appeared. Arrangements have been concluded by the Golden Fleece Company with the A jax Company, Shield's, to crush 500 tons of stone at the latter's batteries at 30s per ton. A number of men are employed getting out stone for the Golden Fleece, and crashing will be commenced within three weeks. Excellent stone is being raised in the Band of Hope, Nos. 1 and 2 south, Shield's line. Two hundred and thirty-five Merino rairs, of pure strains, and bred by some of the first breeders in Victoria, were landed by the Claud Hamilton, at Timaru. Mr Angus M 'Donald, of Waituf, and, Mr Richardson, Albury station, are the owners. In the opinion of tho Wellington Independent, as a bitter political partisan, Mr .Rolleston stands facile princeps. The stinging sarcasm of Fox, the acrid sneer of Gillies, the vulgar insolence of Stafford, or the slashing criticism of Yogel, are mild weapons compared with the venomous malice of Rolleston. That hon. member hunts down his political opponents with all the pertinacity and bloodtbirstiness of a beast of prey. Fortunately for them, biapower for evil does not equal his desire. To carry oat the simile, he resembles the jack&ll more than the lion. Last year Mr Fox was the special object of hia concentrated malevolence ; tt is year he favors Mr Yogel with his deiicat* attentions. The other day, for reasons best knows to himself, h« proposed to deny Mr

Yogel the usual courtesy of a forty-eight houra' adjournment while fee {attempted to form a Ministry. Mr Stafford could no less than rebuke the rancorous malice of his follower, who turned livid with disappointed rage at the rebuff. One follower, and only one, Mr Rolleston, had on this occasion, who cheered him to echo, and he was one of whom any one may well be proud.— J. C. Brown. At the meeting of the Episcopalian Synod, Nelson, on the motion of Mr H. Brown, seconded by the Rev R. J. Thorpe, it was resolved :— •• That this Synod desires to express its deep sympathy with Mrs Gaskin in her recent bereavement, and to aßsare her that the Diocese will ever cherish a grateful remembrance of the self denying zeal exhibited by her late husband during his short but useful ministry." A correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says that he was lately shown by a friend residing near Saddle Hill a number of fossils obtained in that locality, including corprolitesand shells of various kinds. He goes on to say :— " But by far the most interesting of all were the boues of several long defunct Morioris. They consisted of portion* of skulls, two complete lower jaws (the teeth cf which prove that the original owners were far advanced in years at the time of their decease), femurs, and bones of the fingers and toes. The whole are in good preservation. The remains were found in the sandhills adjacent, and were intermixed with the bones of inferior mammalia, stone implements (such as saws, knives, chisels, &c), the remains of mo&s, &c. The finding of the human remains associated with those of the dinornis proves that they must have been living contemporaneously. The Aatea correspondent of the Southern Cross writes :— "I lately heard a personal description of Te Kooti, who is now among the Ngatimaniapotos, at Mokau. He is said to be a small dark man, and to have lost all the fingers of one hand. His latest miracle, which may perhaps account for his escape from the parties sent out in search of him, is his ability to walk faster than a horse can gallop." An Invercargill correspondent of the Southland News writes :— "To prove the celerity with which mailß in New Zealand reach their destination, I enclose an envelope that covered an important communication. You will find the postmark at Greymouth, 9th September ; Dunedin, 17th ; and Invercargill, the 21st. I could walk to Greymouth in les: time." The News remarks :— "The above note states a fact that Bhows the Post Office machinery to be in need of a thorough overhaul. At the same time it is only light to mention that letters and papers are not commonly so long in transit." Wo take the following from the Tuapeka Times: — " Some two months ago, while Mr Gascoigne was out looking for horses, he observed on the range between Wetherstones and Bungtown, about four miles from Lawrence, several pieces of quartz lying upon, the Burface. He brought one of the pieces home, and by crushing it on an anvil obtained several specks of golk. Thinking, from the run of the country, that there was a reef at no great distance, he sunk a hole, and uncovered the cap of a reef about a foot wide, about a foot from the surface. Severe weather coming on, he suspended operations, and formed a company for the purpose of thoroughly testing the value of his discovery. On Monday last, a prospecting claim of 1200 ft by 300 west was applied for, and has been granted by Mr Warden Pyke. Two men are now at work putting down a shaft to catch the underlay. The stone which we have seen is of a gold-bearing character, and contains mundic, which is regarded by quartz-reefers as an auriferous indication. On the news of the discovery being publicly known, great excitement was caused, and several claims were marked off. The prospectors have also secured a waterright from Reedy Creek." In the October number of the New Zea~ land Church Netvs, published at Christchurch, the most striking feature is an article on " Fancy Bazaars," in which that form of extortion, as well as art-unions, is denounced with wholesome warmth. The concluding sentence will suffice as a sample. It runs as follows : — "Can any sophistry disguise the fact, can any arguments disprove it, can any pen depict the fearful danger to which our cause is exposed when the very materials — of which our churches aie built are nothing more or less than so many silent witnesses of our shame— in other words, the successful results of gambling, swindling, and imposture?" The italics are in the original. The article is worthy of general perusal. The Sydney Morning Herald states that " there are reports of two ' gold discoveries' in Fiji, at Bau and Kaudani, but as yet very little is known of a reliable character, or rather whether there is any gold that will pay for working ; for that specimens have been found ia beyond question. That gold at Bau was found by some very young girls, who brought it among the 'pretty atones,' gathered near their bathing place, and showed it to their respective fathers. It was sent to Sydney for analysis, and rumored to be a fair specimen of gold in quartz. The sample" from Kaudani is still richer. Prospecting parties are being organised in both quarters." A Dunedin paper says that it is the intention of the Freemasons of the English constitution to found .a Masonic Scholarship to be attached to the University of Otago. The subject was mooted some time since in the District Grand Lodge, and referred to the Board of General Purposes, who reported favorably of the scheme. The spectacle of a prisoner working in chains is not a very common one in this Colony. It is to be seen, however, in Dunedin. A correspondent of a contemporary says :— "Happening te be in the neighborhood of her Majesty's gaol the other day, I had the satisfaction of observing the instructive sight for the first time. The clank, clank of the irons attached to the legs of the unfortunate man, as he proceeded to his work on Bell Hill, along with the gang of more favored fellow-culprits, who enjoyed the freedom of their legs, of course attracted universal attention among the passers-by, and caused the children who were in the vicinity to bolt into their respective abodes and inform all and sundry about " the man with the chains upon his legs ;" followed by the immediate appearance of more curious people to gaze upon the wretched criminal, who, however, appeared to regard his conspicuous position with the coolest indifference. He is, I believe, one of the Auckland lot." | At an art-union held last week in aid of the funds of the Kaiapoi Volunteers, the Lyttelton Times says that the exclamation* '| gigantic swindle," "dead sell," and other similar terms, in some cases prefaced by a very demonstrative, unwritable adjective were indulged in, apparently with the object of giving vent to the utterer's wrath, and in some degree soothing the feelings of characteristic disappointment. The winner of the ten pound note, for instance, was presented with a pencil case, containing a small transparency, with a reminder that if he looked through it he could gratify himself by seeing the words ' ' ten pounds." The winner of the so-called " principal prize, a house and section of land, with a free conveyance" received a small toy about a foot square, representing a house and garden neatly fenced in, the free conveyance, of course, being that the receiver could remove his homestead at pleasure. The "L 5 cheque" was in keeping I with the above, and equally valuable m a ' useful fltnie.