Lyell Times. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1886.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 294, 9 October 1886, Page 2

Lyell Times. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1886.

The entertainment which is to take place this evening at Fennell's Hall, in aid of the Building Fund of St. Matthew's Church, Lyell, promises to be a most successful affair. The first part will consist of songs, recitations, and portions of two scenes from Bulwer Lytton's play of 41 The Lady of Lyons," and the entertainment will conclude with a performance a la Christies. The songs and choruses for the latter have been carefully rehearse d and should prove, together with the corner jokes from Bones and Tony, a most attractive item in the programme. During the week the stage has been refitted in a most creditable manner and now presents a more pleasing appearance than heretofore. Should the weather prove fine we expect to see a good house greet the amateurs when the curtain rises, and apart from the merits of the entertainment we hope that the object for which it is given will secure a good attendance. At the extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in the Victor Emanuel Quartz Mining Company held at Mr James Inglis' office last Saturday the directors were empowered to deal with the forfeited shares now in the hands of the Company either by distributing B<xta among the shareholders, offering •them to the public or otherwise. The directors met immediately afterwards and decided not to interfere with the shares until a trial crushing was brought in, and for that purpose a penny call was struck and made payable on the 13th instant. The crushing will be brought in to the Orceins brttery as soon as the County Council complete the connection with the present road and Blue Creek. This work is already authorised and will no doubt be put in hand immediately. A representative of the National Bank, Reefton, will visit Lyell to-day for transaction of usual banking business. Mr F. Sontgen, tailor, of Westport, will arrive in Lyell to-day, when he will display a large assortment of tweeds for handmade clothing. His stay will be limited to Tuesday morning. The mails are now fixed to Owen Post Office as follows from Lyell:— outwards: Tuosdays and Thursdays at 1.30 p.m.; arriving: Fridays and Sundays at 9 a.m. The Contractors for driving in the Larnach Companys claim (Messrs Fellowes and Melville), have now driven the level a distance of 70 feet along the track of the reef, going in a southerly direction. The last 20 feet has been in much softer country, with more pug intermixed with slate and quartz leaders, with the alteration that in the present face the leaders appear to be giving out altogether.

Very grave doubts are entertained for the safety ot one Edward Smithera of Central Buller. It is reported that he was seen on Sunday last in company with some others to leave Oxnam's Accommodation House with the intention of crossing the Buller river at Smith's punt, and it is also stated that he had expressed himself that if he was detained longer than ten minutes after calling for the punt that he would swim the river. How his companions parted company with him has not been satisfactorily explained. It does seem strange that they should have left him to possibly carry out this intention. In order that proper enquiry should be made into the matter Mounted Constable Bowdeu left Lyell on Thursday for Fern Flat, and up to the time of oar going to press had not returned.. Mr B. Teagne, photographer, from Westport, now in Lyell, is doing good business. Since his stay here he has given general satisfactian in the work turned out by him, and the various views taken of the surrounding neighbourhood have evoked well-merited praise, and commanded a ready sale. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr lunes-Jones in St. Matthew's Church tomorrow morning at the usual hour. Inspector Hodgson will arrive in Lyell to-morrow in connection with his annual inspection of the Lyell State School.

Mr W. J. Pocock, lecturing agent tor the Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria, will shortly visit Lyell from Nelson, lecturing at Fern Flat en route. Writing from Wakefield under date sth instant he intended leaving that place on the following Thursday or Saturday. We have been requested to mention that at the last sitting of the Warden's Court at Murchison, Mr Warden Bird gave notice that applicants for Gold Mining. Leases at Owen for the future will be required to deposit the sum of £ls 15/ instead of £lO 15/ as heretofore. We owe an explanation to our Catholic subscribers for the absence of the usual local notification in our last issue of services held in Lyell by the Eev. Father Kolland; as also in justice to ourselves. Among other alterations in the conduct of this journal when first we entered upon its management we offered to insert this information gratuitously, which was accepted, and the task of furnishing the information to us was entrusted to Mr Ryan, storekeeper, who is also one of the Qhurch committee; but owing to a slight disagreement having arisen between ourselves and that gentleman, it appears that he purposely withheld the information, possibly thinking that he might injure us in the eyes of those interested. We think that Mr James Ryan has been too long in this district, and as a consequence is too well-known to have effected that object. The directors in the United Alpine met on Thursday and declared the usual shilling dividend equal to £IOOO, payable on and after to-day. The retorted gold for the month was 5590z5. from 792 tons of stone treated. At the mine everything is going on as usual, and the men engaged taking in the working drive to the lately discovered stone in the north end of the workings are making good progress having completed half the distance to be driven, namely 48 feet. The country in No. 7 level has become harder lately, consequently as much progress has not been made for the past month as was anticipated. The Wellington police authorities have received a cable message from Sydney stating that a man answering to the portrait and discription of Caffrey, the Great Barrier murderer, has been arrested. Subsequently the man arrested admitted that he was Caffrey, and stated that Penn and the woman were drowned. The prisoner was remanded pending the arrival from Auckland of fuller personal desoription.