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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1754, 19 March 1874, Page 2

The eminent tragedienne, Miss Aitken, so well-known throughout th<3 colonies, ajs an accomplished actress and elecutionist, iwill make her first appearance before a Greymouth audience to-night, at the Volunteer Hal). ] At the Resident Magistrate's Court, 1 on Wednesday, the following publicans were fined L 2 each for keeping their houses open on Saturday night after, the usual hour :-j-D. Shedy, J. Jones, P. Twohill, and J. Muller, and T. W. Hungerford was fined Lo for a similar offence. James Meahan, a contractor, was fined LI, for not keeping a light burning on his contract in Albert street, and an linebriate named Ryam was fined 10s, with* the alternative of forty-eight hours, for drunkenness, ,• ' ; ■ .:. ■_. ; ' ■ • ■. : The Supreme Court sat at Hokitika on Wednesday morning. There was a heavy calendar. The case most interesting to this : district, that of Hayes, was adjourned until Monday. How Monday's holiday was spent in Hoki.tikais thus described by the Times:— .V; Yesterday, was in every sense of the word a true Hokitika holiday. A majority of the shops in Revell street were closed, and all the highways presented that forlorn appearance which so pre-eminently distinguishes festivals of any description in- this .'district. A few miners promenaded the streets: with measured footsteps, and the only, thing which tended to produce any signs of cheerfulness was the appearance of two flags, which had been hoisted in. celebration of St. Patrick's Day. The annnal, banquet, which was to have taken place last evening has been postponed until April 7." :We understand it has been decided that the scale of honorarium for other members of the Westland Provincial. l'ouncil than those resident in Hokitika, has been fixed at LI per day during the whole term of the session, and eighteen pence per mile for travelling expenses, one way. Owing to the alteration of rhe race days, D. Maolean and Co.'s sale of horses, &c, at A sbton's stables is postponed till to-morrow (Friday). A man named Daniel Fergusson, employed at Reid's saw-mill, near Ahaura, met with a serious accident on Monday. While engaged at his work about the mill he fell upon the upturned blade of a sharp axe, inflicting a deep ugly wound on his arm, and severing several of the veins and arteries. • The' Rons Guardian . learns that Harry Kyle, who was for a long time resident in Ross, but who left in search of pastures new, has; been most successful,: and is now a man of wealth. He first tried the Gulgong, New South Wales, where ht> jumped a share, aad Bold it back to the previous owner for LI GO,

He then sojourned in Sydney for a while, after which he left for Queensland, where fortune favored him, and; he now- holds an | interest in a reef ; , said to bo wrjj'h LSJQ, OQO. "Verily, it is b«ttelr to be born lucky than rich.

From the Lyell we hear that two men are occupiedopgpsite the spot where a few months ago Marston and party were so successfully working. It will be remembered ♦•hat the rich gold deposits which were discovered in Irishman's Creek were traced up to a certain spot, where large flat pieces of gold mixed with . blue slate, some weighiug over 20oz were uncovered just close to a quartz leader from 2ft to 3ffc wide, dipping easterly, and bearing about north and south. That description of gold was never traced beyond that leader, and the creek, which was worked for several hundred yards above only paid small wages, while the gold which was found was fine. It is the general belief that the coarse gold has come from some rocky leader which cannot be far off, and if this company is successful in finding it, the discovery will probably be extraordinarily rich.

The following items of mining uews from the Boss district are from the Guardian of the 17th instant: — "M'Namara aud party, who are driving a tunnel, into the hill at Clearwater, had to suspend operations on account of foul air. An attempt will be made this week to "break into a claim fromsome of the adjoining shafts, and thus cause a' current of air. The tunnel is at present driven about 600 ft. At Donoghue's, the Long-tail Filly party have opened out at a depth of 180 ft, and are now 'putting in two main drives. They are getting enough gold to enable them to pay working expenses, but not sufficient to declare dividends. As aoon, however.; as the main drives are completed, an improvement in the yield will possibly take place. — The prospector's party are reported to be getting good gold.— Sweeney and party; on the Bo wen road, are doing very well. — M'lnaney and party are opening out. They intend to put in a. tunnel, but before doing so will take up one paddock, in which the wash looks very promising. — M'Cormick and M 'Go wan,. at Maori Gully, have a large paddock stripped, aud intend to; wash up at Easter. This partyhas work for several years before them. — At i:obinson's Creek, Simpson and (Jallaghan are still working : away, making good wages. — A lot of Chinamen have lately set in at the junction of Robinson Creek and Maori Gully, aud commenced sluicing. They have a large paddock opened out." Bachelder's Colossean Pantascope, is now on its way from Christcbrrch, and will most probably arrive in Hokitika fco-day, and after a short stay there it will be exhibited here. . A great fire occurred at;Kowai, Gmter- (- bury, on the 6th inst, on the pro|iorty of Mr F. A. Weld, Governor of Western Australia. The catastrophe occurred on the same day the Governor landed in New Zealand. A man in Christchurch recently- fell into a well, a distance of 54ft, into Sft of water, and succeeded in getting up again without sustaining any material io jury. A crushing of 145 tons 14cwb of stone from the Break o'Day mine, has just beeu concluded, says the Lyell Argus, aud the splendid yield of 11770z 9 hvt of retorted gold has been obtained, and so well haa the mine been opened out that from 150 to 200 tons more could with ease be obtained within a mor^th, but unfortunately no machine will be available, and the stone will have to wait. Shareholders will be glad to learn that the present is no eph imeral yield, and that two tneTMbcks now in ; work', Tfron l^whiclf a'sumta? yield may confidently be expected. Before this ground is worked out, the new l:>w level tunnel will be connected with the foot of_the winze, and a greater extent of ground will then be available than has or can be worked from the existing tunnels. We are informed that work will also be commenced on the new leader which shows good gold. The excellence of the present yield is in a great degree attributable to the introduction of finer gratings, which were only obtained with great difficulty,