AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1867, Page 284

AUCKLAND.

Wb are indebted to Captain Veale, of the schooner *, Queen,’ which; arrived. from Mercury Bay on Monday last, for • a:New Zealand Herald, sth November, from winch we append,a few extracts/:—'

, . The Thames;— From private sources we learn that it is scarcely likely thai the present; summer fWjiUipass., ;]by seeing the;ttpper Thaines country operied to.Europeaiv; enterprise;; .As we said before, however, we trust that the eubatance will not be given up in pursuit of : the shadow,, irid- the miners must’remember that In developing the large tracts Already opened to them, and in introducing a large naming population upon these, they will indirectly be aiding the work of opening the upper country in no small degree. The,larger the mining population located on the Lower Thames the'larger the revenue which will fall to,[the lot of its native owners, and, by consequence, the greater the inducement to the Upper Thames natives to throw open their lands likewise, .and secure the provision of similar wealth; We hear of several parties fonning for the purpose of making a thorough prospect of the.newly opened territory, and have no doubt but that both from Auckland and from Kaueranga there will.be a considerable,rush to it. There.is one;point,on which we would say a few words, namely the new form under which it is sought to decry the goldfields.—through the agency of letter writers —a false and mendacious statement of' affairs .at the Thames being supported.by. equally • reliable testimony. Until such statements and 'such testimony are given on authority worth challenging, there is no need for anyone to feel aggrieved. We, in Auckland, know the value which certain names confer upon the statements to which they are appended, arid in Auckland such publications will do no harm. After all, too, it seems as. if Auckland men and Auckland capital were to be *the almost sole means of developing the Thames goldfields. In many respects this Province will be the gainer if such should prove to be the case. Kawakawa Coax Mixes.—The news from the Bay of Islands' coal-fields continues to be satisfactory. The works are progressing rapidly, and the quality of the coal improves. The tramway will shortly be finished. There are some eight or ten barges, to which the little steamer Waiomeo is constantly employed in taking coal. Some magnificent- specimens of mountain limestone, we understand, have been taken out of the ground in the adjacent district, which, if worked,-might be made an available export. The schooners Tauraoga, Woodstock; Kate Grant* Johanna, Speedwell, and several other vessels, haTe already been chartered -to run T to the Bay for these coals. " There" can" be little doubt that these mines will be the'source of permanent wealth to- the province, under the skilful and energetic management of the enterprising lessee— - Taxteaxga.—-A letter written from Tauranga on the Ist November, says :—“ The prospectors have returned,-and found gold near Akeake.” Peats and Jeweieeey Eobbeey.—Alfred Knight and James Jones (on remand) . were placed in the dock on the charge of breaking into the dwelling-house of. Mr BW; Dyson, Grafton-road, and stealing therefrom a quantity of plate and jewellery, value £36. Mr Commissioner Naughton; appeared to conduct,the prosecution. On . the evidence of the? prosecutor, Hannah Margaret Hill, his sister-in-law, Patrick ; Cumane, his gardener, Isabella Armstrong, William S. Brown, - John Dudy, G. fMoss, and Detective O’Hara, who apprehended the prisoner Knight, both the prisoners were fully cominitted for trial at the next Criminal Sessions of, the Supreme" Court A warrant was [issued,on v the [76th. clause pi the; Justice of Peace : Act, ,tqi compel :the’ witness, G. Moss, to find sufficient soreties for his appearance at the Supreme Court HOTJSEBEEAEXNG AT ONEHUNGA.-^Ano-

tlier case of housebreaking tdok placefhere' on evening. 1 Mrs Forbes and'fa- . mily. went out in the afternoon;;learing-'the house!, off secure. On their return after evening prayers they found that the house had been entered by a pane of. glass being broken in one of the book windows, through which a boy had entered. Everything in the house had' been turned upsideTdo wh, arid somie articles broken, out of mere waritonness. Money was evidently the object; of the visit,' as a "lot of things of [ left untouehed;[,Two gold brooches,;a: gold;' ring, and a one pound note were the only articles; stolen. > The police suspect certain parties, but as yet they have been unsuccessful in recovering the property. -:; - ‘Abbest oe Mb Adebed Edmonds.—No little excitement was caused among [ the. personal friends and acquaintances of Mr Alfred;. Edmonds; when .it became known that he, Had appreihqnaedilate last ■/ , evening bnida:; x warrantr issued: [by tlie.'Reai 1 - aenfc ; Magisixate : at Shortland, i on': ;the <r, ; oharge bT obtainirig the 3h.m of l2s by falße > pretences - from rone [John Wifi^ 3 ™^^ Mr Commissioner Naughton last everiiiig, | byijtfie . pri*. ; which this moniing. /