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Kumara Times, Issue 864, 8 July 1879, Page 4

The Criminal Law Mitigation Bill, intro dnced by Mr De Salis into the Legislative Council of New South Wales, proposes to abolish the punishment of death for all crimes except those of high treason, murder, piracy with wounding, and such crimes commitced with reference to her Majesty’s ships of war, dockyards, and arsenals, as are now by the law of England punishable by death. For criminal assaults upon women and children, in addition to any other punishment short of death, the judge may order the offender to be flogged, the number of floggings not to exceed ten, and the strokes not to exceed fifty on any occasion. The Inangahna Herald of Saturday says The Just-in-Time Company have experiecc?d a most agreeable surprise in the result of ihe cleaning up just finished It w>s known that the stone reduced was poor*r in quality than the main block of quartz which will be b okt n down in future crushings, and the anticipated yield was estimated at from six to eight pennyweights per ton. The gold when retorted turned out, however, much more favorably. A total quantity of 407 tons of quartz was reduced, and the yield of gold is 272 ozs 17 dwts, or within a fraction of 13 dwts 10 grs per ton. According to the body of quartz exposed, a return of 8 dwts per ton will cover all expenses. The result is most gratifying, and we congratulate shareholders upon the promising appearance of this favoured mining property. The present number of hbnds employed is twelve but these will be at once increased to thirty men, when fifteen heads out of the twenty five heads of stampers at the company’s battery will be continuously employed upon stone from the mine. The company will now ente? upon a long term of assured prosperity. Dr Hector has reported that the mud from Lyttelton Harbor is of no use in the manufacture of cement.