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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 705, 2 August 1869, Page 2

Union- Bank of Australia. —We lenrrt that Mr J. M Dargaville, Manager of the Union Bank of Australia, has accepted a j-mrtnership in a mercantile firm who are about to establish themselves in Auckland, . . . Mr J. B. Brathwaite, lately Manager of the Union Bank at Napier, will ba Mr Dargaville's successor. —N. Z. Herald, 30th July. The Long- Drive Claim.—The Thames Evening Star, July 29, says; —One of the richest patches, if not the richest of the many that have been taken out of the Long Drive claim, was cut into this morning in the low level workings, about eight feet above the old long drive. Several bucketfuls of specimens were taken out. We say specimens, whereas the few that we examined belonged to the category of nuggets rather than specimens, so thickly did the gold lay in them. Unlike other parcels of specimens taken out of this claim, the stone of this one is of blue color, and very solid. Melancholy Death of the Oversees of the N. Z. Herald. —On the 29m July a fire occurred in Cook-street, Auekland,' by which Mr James Cameron, overseer of the New Zealand Herald, lost his life. That journal, of the following day, contains the annexed obituary : —lt is our painful duty to record the death of Mr James Cameron, late overseer on the staff of this newspaper. The particulars of the occurrence by which Mr Cameron met his death' will be found detailed in another column. Mr Cameron was a steady man, and an excellent workman. His sad fate is lamented by all who knew him—all who worked under or with him. He was a] native of Belfast, Ireland, and for many; years employed on the Lot.don Morning! Advertiser. For the last few years he bad always discharged his duties with intelligence and skill. He was about 35 years! of age, and by his industry and perse' vera nee had acquired a small farm at J£ai* para, where his wife and children are at present residing. Mr Cameron on tli.ej evening before his death was made a mas-l ter mason, and his funeral, wo understand,! will be attended with the usual masoiiio! honors. On the sad catastrophe becoming known yesterday forenoon quite a gloom! was cast over the town, and a grealuealoi sympathy excited for the bereaved. W 4 regret to say that Mr Cameron leaves'* family to mourn his loss —a wife and threii chUdreiij and an aged father and mQths?|