Lyell Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1886.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 286, 14 August 1886, Page 2

Lyell Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1886.

We are compelled to omit publication of our usual weekly supplement this issue.

Since cleaning up there has been no change of importance in the Alpine mine. The output of stone from- the various stopes is being steadily maintained, and the battery is working as usual. Outside works are somewhat retarded owing to present bad weather.

The contractors for conveyanca of stone from Tyr ConneJl mine to the Croesus battery (Messrs Campbell and Kearns) are, as is usual with this firm, making good progress with the work.

The usual weekly scraping at the Alpine battery yesterday, from the plates, resulted in 388 ounces of amalgam from 21G tons of stone treated. The Rev. Innes-Jones will conduct divine service at St Matthew's Church on Sunday, August 2'2nd, morning and evening, at the usual hour. On the previous Friday evening, at 8. 30, there will be a parishoners' meeting, held in the .Church, when it is request* d that as many of the parishoners as possible will make it convenient to attend.

The Inangahua Times ot the 9th inst. treats its readei'3 to a very thrilling story of a recent trip iu Newman's coach from here to Westport. If the rest of the account is as true as the statements about what occurred here, it would be interesting to know from whom the editor got his information. It is a repitition of the old story, " that we must go from .home for news." We were by the coach on this occasion when it started, and certainly did see the Alpine gold put in, the Bank officer take his seat, and a mounted policeman in attendance, which is Iry no means unusual, under similar circumstances elsewhere. But the loaded revolvers in the hands of the Bank officer, were not visible to us, neither did we observe the alarm of the other passengers, or the silent consternation of the onlookers. The editor of the Times before writing such a very sensational account as this, ought to have taken the trouble to ascertain if there were any real foundation for it. Ho is certainly not justified in entertaining his readers with amusing stories at the expense of people, who, so far as we could see, did nothing in the discharge of their oidinary duties of a startling or unusual character.

On the afternoon of Tuesday last a very painful and serious accident occurred in the Tyr Connell mine to a miner named Thomas Hobson. It appears that Hobson was working in No. 5 tunnel along with a miner named William Smith, driving that level ahead, They had put in two shots, one to act as a "pop" and the other a heavier one. It is supposed that some delay must have occurred in igniting the second fuse, or probably the shorter one first, and hence the accident. When William Smith, the miner left with Hobson, returned from having procured some nails for the purpose of nailing up a stay, he found Hobson laying about eight feet from the face unconscious and terribly injured about the face, shoulders, and arms. The alarm was given and the sufferer was immediately conveyed to Lyell, a distance of six miles, when Dr. Bruen was telegraphed for from Wostport. A reply was received that the doctor had left at 7.30, and should consequently be expected at Lyell about 2.30 the following morning, but not having put in an appearance up to 10 o'clock that morning, an interval of 14£ hours, it was decided to couvey the sufferer to Westport by boat; which in our opinion should not have been delayed beyond daylight. Dr. Bruen arrived at Lyell about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, his delay being attributable to the wretched specimen of a horse on which he performed the journey. On arrival at Westport Hobson was attended to at the Hospital, and the following telegram was received from Mr James Edge yesterday afternoon:— *« The doctor has good hopes of both eyes. Swelling gradually going down."

We have been placed in possession of a communnication from Mr Marshall, secretary of the Westport Vigilance Committee, asking the co-operation of Lyell residents in furtherance of the objects of the Society. It is highly necessary that every one here should take an interest in this matter, and no doubt a meeting will be held dnring the ensuing week to form a branch committee. The placing of our main roads in a more satisfactory state than at present is one of the main objects of the Society, and other matters affecting the interests of the district.

The sittings of the Murchison Warden's Court, before Frank Bird. Esq., were held on the 3rd instant when the following applications were dealt with :—Alfred Dellow, water race, granted; James Hewitt, water race, no appearance, struck out; Alexander Thompson, water race, no appearance, struck out ; John O'Rorke, water race, withdrawn ; a second similar application by same was withdrawn; John O'Neill, water raee, granted subject to all existing rights ; John Phillips, special site, granted subject to survey if found necessary; Owen Quartz Mining Company, water race, granted; also special site for same Company, granted ; Adam Maher, water race, no appearance, struck out; Adam Maher, dam, no appearance ; Edward Carroll, water race at Owen, granted subject to existing rights ; O'Hagan and Smeaton, dam, gianted ; the same applicants were granted right ! to construct water race ; protection for six months was granted to Daniel Sullivan, for beach claim ; Robert Lorentz, water race, granted; Patrick O'Hagan, was granted right to water race carrying one head; Alfred Flowers, Junr., water race, Owen river, withdrawn; Peter M. Nelson, dam, granted; Mathew Byrne, six months protection for water race, Owen, granted. The following civil business was disposed of last Court day at Mnrchison, before Frank Bird, R.M.:—Casslain v. Ly Rou, judgement for £1 and costs; Sullivan v. Hofer, adjourned to next Court day; Flowers y. Ribet, judgment for £5 and costs; same v. O'Loughlin, jndgment for £2 5s Gd. and costs; Trower v. Dellow, judgment for £lO and costs ; Sullivan v. Whale, senr., judgment for <£ll 15s Id. and costs.

Applications for gold mining leases at Owen were disposed of as follows:—S. J. Reeves, lor Bonanza, recommended ; J. Inglis, Owen Company, recommended;

Edward Carroll, Lyell Creek Company, recommended; Mathew Byrne, Golden Hill, adjourned for survey ; James Inglis, Empire, adjourned for survey; S. J. Reeves, Zealandia, objected to by J. Inglis, adjourned to next Court day; Mathew Byrne, Golden Point, adjourned for survey ; Mathew Byrne, Golden Crown, recommended ; Mathew Byrne, Enterprise, recommended; Mathew Byrne, Braken Hill, recommended; liibet, Golden Fleece, recommeuded ; R. Watson, Cornstock, recommended; J. C. Moutray, Southern Star, recommended; J. MeDowall, Uno, recommended. The clause inserted in the Counties Act on the motion of Mr O'Conor, allowing County Chairmen to receive travelling expenses up to yearly, has been sti'uck;out by the Legislative Council. As the Act now stands therefore the office of County Chairman, after the Ist January next, will be an entirely honorary one. The Inangahua Herald of the 10th instant says :—A miner named Thomas Quinlan was admitted to the Reefton Hospital yesterday evening having been injured by a blast of dynamite in the Fiery Cross mine, Boatman's. It ap•pears that the blast went off as a now shift of men was coming in, and the injured man had not noted the warning. The left eye is injured but the sight will be restored.

Mr Durbridge, who for some years past has held the position of cashier in the National Bank of New Zealand Reefton, has been promoted to a more advantageous position at Greymouth. Miss Honoria Sweeney, late of Lyell and Reefton, died of consumption in the Kumara Hospital last Friday week, and was interred on Sunday last. The young lady was well known here, and the news of her untimely death was widely regretted. Four hundred people attended the funeral on the following Monday. In order to do a cash trade, J. Brown, bootmaker, is now offering all his wellassorted stock of Factory and English Goods cheaper than ever. All goods booked will be charged the usual price. None but best quality goods kept, an inspection invited.—Advt.