DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

3Y TKLEGUAI’Ii—CHESS AB3N , COPTIUOHT. Auckland firks. AUCKLAND, December 1. A fire at \Yaitemata Street, I’on.sonby, at 1.11 this morning in a two storey apartment house, conducted by Mrs I’cddey, developed into a conflagration which, owing to the low water I ressure. endangered a large residential area. The Ixiarding house was destroyed, four men and three women leaving by the lire escape. One man carried a lady hoarder v. ho fainted. Twenty hoarders lost everything. The lire also gutted the residence of Albert Crowe on one side and practically destroyed a new house nearly completed on the other side of the hiiardinghoii.se. Crowe’s residence was insured for CBB9 with £2BO on the furniture in the “.Sun’’ Office. BUTTER AND CREESE. SHIPMENTS FROM AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, December (i. Very heavy clearances of butter and cheese from the port of Auckland have followed the record consignments received at the grading stores. From October 10th. to date, steamers loading at Auckland have lifted about 110,207 boxes of butter for English ports, and about 82.818 crates of cheese. The butter deliveries from store, the hulk of which were for export, totalled 187.178 boxes for November of last year, while the export shipments for November of this year are .about 2(10,7.10 boxes. The largest butter cargo from Auckland since the beginning of October was 100.870 hexes loaded hy the Orari. Other shipments have been as follows :—Rotorua 78,80(5. Maimoa 21,071, Mamari. .'ld,‘>lß, Port Caroline 10,002. Karamea 88.170. Turnkina. 18.000, Remucra 87,000. Hertford 70. Art I. Several overseas vessels arriving in Auckland during the present month will also load heavy cargoes of butter. Allotments lor these steamers have been made b,v the Dairy Produce Control Board as lollows:Fort Campbell .10.000. Mahana 11.001. Cumberland 88.000. Port Hunter 10,.100. This will bring the total butter shipments for three mouths to over 01 >O,OOO boxes. For the Inst six months of 1028 the but ter export from A tickland was only just over 000.009 boxes. These export figures, which are for hotter shipped to England only, do not represent the full quantity of butter which is leaving Auckland. Since Oct. 2-1 tli. 8881 boxes have been shipped to Vancouver, Honolulu, find Australia.

The cheese shipments since October 10th. were ns followsßotorua 8108 crates. Mamari 1881. Port Caroline 8-187. Turnkina 7000. Orari 1000. Hertford 8000. Allotments for the remainder of the month are: Port Camphell 1100. Mahana 10,100. Port Hunter -1000. Consignments of cheese shipped to other than English ports are negligible.

A COSTLY ENQUIRY. AUCKLAND WHARF CASE. AUCKLAND. December fi. All the expenses incurred by the special enquiry into I lie collapse of the Western Wharf have not been computed. hut the total will run into a considerable sum. The fees of the Commissioners, M ossrs C. R. Williams, and E. W. Furkert, have been fixed at CdOO each, exclusive ol llie ellsteinarv allowances. The I c:-c: Mil I 101 lof the Harbour Board's engineer. Mr Hamer, is slated to lie already in mierat ion. GOI.DMINING INDUSTRY. AUCKLAND, December 0. The present position ol the goldmining industry was reviewed by the chairman, Mr 8. C. ('reach, in addressing I lie nmiiial meeting ol the Auckland Stuck Exchange. The report, of the Mines Department, stated the value of bullion produced in 1928 was e.reaier in value by (_' 1(12.1 >2 Ilian for the previous year. The increase, however, was almost wholly from, quart,x mining in Waihi. It was a matter for regret that tlie guldim'iiing industry continued at a low ebb, and that during the current year there had been no developments of importance reported. With regard to the Waihi Company, it was hoped that developments at depth would lead to the opening up of secondarily enriched bonanza at the lower level. ’ Unfortunately the results from the Grand .lunetinn mine had remained disappointing, and in Anril last it was announced that after full consideration of the (‘Xpert’s advice, the directors had decided to slop the mill and mine except for developing the bottom level. Since then it had been decided to test the mine at depth by means of boring. The latest report staled that No. 1 borehole was down 120 loot, hut showed no good indications.

Mr Crcagh proceeded to quote l tom the report to the Minister of Mines h.v Mr I’. G. Morgan, recommending wider and deeper exploration in the Waihi Borough mines. Sjieaking ol othei mines in the province, Mr Crcagh said opera lions in f,he Caledonia-K iiranmMoanatairari -consolidated mine at Thames had not yet been attended with a great (leal of success. Development work, however, was being pushed Inrwaril as expeditiously as possible, and it was hoped, that before long there would he satisfactory results. A groat 1 „f work had already been done and a considerable amount of money spent in connexion with the mine, and in no mining venture of recent years had the public deserved a Inner run. nor was there any more deserving success. Other mines that had command--o,l' a deal of attention during the vear were the Majestic 'Marat.,tot, Ohinemuri. Rising Sun, and Muirs Gold Roofs. _____