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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1333, 6 November 1872, Page 2

At the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday, before W. H. Revell, Ksq., R.M., J. Gallagher was brought up, on remand, supposed to be of unsound mind. Drs. Morice and Smith stated that the defendant the defendant was rapidly improving, but was not yet safe to be at large. They recommended that he should be remanded for a few days, for care and medical treatment. Defendant was remanded for eight days.— Thomas Swan was charged on three informu. tions with acts of indecent exposure in the presence of little girls, twice in Herbert street, and once on Mawhera Quay. The first two informations were only partly heard, in consequence of the absence of a witness, but on the third the prisoner was found guilty, and the Magistrate reserved judgment until the other cases were fully disposed of. Prisoner was remanded until Thursday.— The following civil cases were disposed of :— M'Davitt v. Herbert Wilson, a fraud summons for L 2 14s Gd ; defendant was ordered to pay 10s per week, or one month's imprisonment. — J. Johnston v. C. Webb, judgment by default for L 3 and costs. — Levy v. J. Stanley, a fraud summons for T. 7 is* lri • Vlofonrlanfc was ordered topav LI per month, or in default one month's imprisonment.

A sitting of the District Court takes place at the Court House, Greymouth, to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock. A man named John Day met his death suddenly on Friday last, in the Wairarapa. He was driving a team with a load of firewood, and when endeavoring to jump on to the waggon, he slipped, the wheel passing over bis body, and causing instantaneous death. The foreman of the Grand Jury in Aucklandg recently made a presentment to the Court, to the effect that the restrictions under the Arms Act were- very loosely carried out, which was clear from the fact that there was an " armorer's shop " in a pah at Maketu, in which no less than 40 stand of arms were found, A fine horse, the Marquis of Lome, was sold on the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Association's show grounds on Thursday for the snm of L3OO. It has been decided by the directors of the Reef ton Tramway Company to abandon the project of carrying the line along the bank of the river near to Black's Point, as the formation of the slope is too loose to render the work secure from slips, and their present intention is to overcome the difficulty by tunuelling through the hill, a distance of 200 ft to 300 ft. This determination is probably a wise one in the interests of the company, as they will tbus avoid all risks from floods or landslips. The Southland Acclimatisation Society, the Neios states, have sent home for a consignment of insectivorous birds. The birds will be purchased by and brought oat under the care of a family leaving England for Otago about the beginning of the month of January. The number of ounces of gold exported from Otago since its first discovery has now 11 turned " the third .million, the quantity exported up to the 30th September last being 3,003,8410z, valued at L 11,745,000. From Rainy Creek, Larry's, and Boatman's, there is not much to report. At the former place the prospectors have advertised for tenJers for the supply of machinery, but have postponed oponing them for a month longer than was originally arranged. At Bojvtman's, the Just in Time claim has struck the reef next to Thompson's, and shares are now buoyant. The following mining items are from Monday's Ross Ncivs /—The party of miners who have been up the Mikonui River prospecting returned to Redman's on Saturday last for "tucker," but although it is known they have struck gold, nothing definite has been obtained from them as to their prospects. — At Clear water, Tom Long and party disposed of their claim to the Natives last Friday for the sum of Ls6.— At the Totara, Caulder and party's sluicing claim is still giving satisfactory returns, and Scott and party are sluicing with good results. Last week, Dobson sold his half of the claim in Mac- ■ kenzie's Creek, with race and dam, for LSO. The track between Cameron's and the Forks is in a very bad state, and should claim the attention of the Road Board, whe.n that body has funds at itscommand. From the Inangahua Herald we learn that the Golden Hill Claim (the very next one to the Westland, by tho way) are still engaged in crushing 500 tons at the latter's machine. Up to the time of writing they have passed about 159 or 160 tons under tho stampers, and tho plates are, if anything, improving in appearance. There can be no doubt as to the .yield being nearly an ounce to the ton, which is more than the mosl

sanguine of the shareholders expected. The mineral got out has a very singular appearance. There is not a speck of gold visible either to tho naked eye or under a glass, but there are thin pinky streaks in it which contain very fine gold, so fine indeed that the greatest care is necessary to save it. The result, whatever it be, will gpve the shareholders a dividend, for the crushing will not; cost anything, the company haffing some time 'ago rendered assistance to the Westland, in the erection ol the latter's machinery, in return for which it was arranged that they should have 500 tons crushed gratuitously. ; . A very spirited attempt is being made at Wanganui to cultivate the hop plant, and it is considered likely to be attended with success. At tho last meeting of tho Wellington Philosophical Society, Dr Hector gave a short account of the Turner Keef, which had been discovered near Jackson's Head, on the south side of Cook Strait. The reef had been traced on the Burface for about 1000 ft, crossing the. promontory between Queen Charlotte Sound and Point Gore, and yields on an average, by several analyses, half au ounce to the ton. Some specimens are, however, very rich. The rook is a foliated schist, and quite different from the rock in which the gold is found on Baker's Hill and Terawiti. Trade appears to be in a bad state in Auckland. The Southern Gross says :— •'The number of bankrupts comiug before the Bankruptcy Court in Auckland is greatly on the increase, and there is likely to be work for his Honor the Chief Justice and the Official Trustee for some three or four months to come, even if there be no more adjudications. Tho assets in most of the bankruptcies, the schedules of which have been filed, show for very small amounts, and very small percentages of these are expected to be reah'sed." The late flood was not attended with any serious consequences to mining operations at Murray Creek.; neither the works at the Energetic machine site nor the tramway erected for the transport of the Band of Hope inachiuery sustaining any essential injury. All the small pieces of machinery for the Energetic which were sufficiently portable to admit of being packed by horse are on the ground, and should tho weather continue fine a dray will be able soon to approach the machine site with the heavier castings. Operations have ceased in the mine for some time past, the men bein£ engaged in outside work iv connection with the construction of paddocks and tramway. Tenders have been invited for the construction of a stage, 85ft in length, across Murray Creek to connect with the machine site. From the Poverty Bay Standard we learn that Captain Porter has returned from Waiapu, and reports all quiet. Captain Porter visited the two belligerent hapus, who had strongly fortified themselves— Paora Heinga in a large pah, Tikapa on the south side of Waiapu Eiver, and Wireinu Keiha in two pahs on the north side. Every, sign of friendly welcome was made by both parties, who, after detailing the cause of their quarrel, agreed to have Waiapu River as a boundary between them, and that neither should molest the other, it being understood that the Government would be communicated with. The primary cause of the quarrel seems to have been of an agrarian character, arising out of the partition of a small block of laud, a year or two since, in which the heads of the contending hapus are interested. It will be satisfactory to know that this disturbance is entirely confined to the natives, and likely soon to subside altogether. The natives at one hapu offered to surrender their arms, but, as both did not do so, Captain Porter, very prudently, decliued to accept them.