Lyell Times. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886.

Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 296, 23 October 1886, Page 2

Lyell Times. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886.

Tire returns from the United Alpine battery for the past week were 291 ounces from 188 tons of stone treated. There is no change in the reef with the exception of the centre, where the flat reef was running in the footwall, and is cutting out. The manager anticipates getting into the newly discovered reef to-day with the intermediate level. The contractors for No. 7 level are now making better headway, as the driving has become much easier. It is to be hoped that it will continue so, as the beginning portion of the contract was anything but payable. The contractor for driving tunnel in the Lyell Creek Extended Low Level tunnel, (Mr P. Hunt) has driven 60 feet for past month and reports that the face has enlirely changed now, be ng a strong open slatey country and consequently the driving is now easier. Last Wednesday the face came in better, and now bears every appearance of meeting with a reel any shift. The tunnel is at present 1700 feet, and although the engineer's estimate places the Alpine Reef a distance of 500 feet further, there are some here who fully expect to meet the underlay at a shorter distance, and the present appearance of the ground now being driven certainly favours that contention. The attention of our up-country readers is directed to the next sitting of the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, which will take place at Murchison on Tuesday, the 2nd November. A Sitting of the Licensing Court for the Special Licensing District of Owen will be held at Murchison, before Frank Bird, Esq., Licensing Commissioner, on Tuesday, 2nd November, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon. Services will be held, by the Rey. InnesJone3, in St Matthew's Church next Friday evening a.id the following Sunday morning at the usual hours.

While on a visit to the Upper Bnller during the early part of this week our reporter was made the recipient of various rumours concerning the recent disappearance of the man Srnithers, in consequence of which we had an interview with Inspector Emmerson on Tuesday evening, and he kindly placed us in possession of the particulars gathered by Mounted-Con-stable Bowden while recently investigating the matter. The report submitted by the Constable to his Inspector is, as far as information can at present be obtained, of the most exhaustive character, and has given that oaicer every satisfaction that the matter up to the present has been looked into. The circumstance of the missing man and two others drinking at Oxnam's Accommodation House on the Sunday afternoon, and the state in which they left the house on that occasion will, as instructed by the Inspector, be further investigated, as indeed it should be. The circulation of idle rumours in a case of this description is most injurious and reprehensible. If any person 01* persons is possessed of reliable and important information respecting the matter it is clearly their duty in the interests of the public to come forward and supply such information to the police, and not go about causing a feeling of distrust and uneasiness, outside of the fact of attaching serious blame to possibly innocent people. Constable Bowden lelt Lyell for Upper Buller on Thursday afternoon in connection with this and other police matters. Inspector Emmerson made his usual official inspection of Lyell station last Tuesday, and left by Wednesday's coach. Everything in connection with the management of the station was found to be satisfactory. We have received a letter from " Korari," but it arrived too late for insertion in this issue and will appear.in next. We take the following from the Kumara Times of October 18th We are sorry to have to record another fatal accident that occurred this morning to a minor namt'd Michael Cadigan one of a company of six working in the claim known as Burke and party's. It appears that they were clearing out an old tunnel, intending to use it as a new tail-race, on a deeper level than the one they are at present using, and they came across a jump-up which was blocked with stones and debris. The unfortunate man, coming into the tunnel, struck at it with his pick, when the whole mass came down, entirely smothering him and partially covering one of the mates, Morris Joyce, who had a very narrow escape, and who woijld have shaied the same fate only that the j body of water was not large enough to : to carr) the stuff any coiu-iderabla distmee. The body \v\io recovered at about 11.UO a.m.

Men are busily engaged making alt erations and renovating the premises belonging to the National Bank, Cliff street. Mr Oliver, from Reefton, is the officer in charge. Great Scott! Jimmy Ryan, the wealthy and influential merchant, of Cliff street, has withdrawn bis entire support from the Lyell Times, .even down to the sixpence a week. How we are going to survive the blow time alone will unravel. He even went so far, while up. country the other day, as to state that the now historical paper {Lyell Argus) carried, on in old Metcalf's time, was better than the present one. Well, no one ever accused Jimmy of being able to discern ihe difference in matters of this kind. Tenders are invited by the Duller County Council, in this issue, closing on 27: h instant, for the supply of gravel for Sections 3 and 5 Duller Road. Specifications can be soen at Fennell's store, Lyell; Berlin's, Courtney's, and Junker's Accommod ition Houses; and at the County offices, Westport.

Before discharging the common jury at Wellington Judge Richmond said : " Gentleman, before discharging you I have a word to say to you. I say it, you will quite understand, deliberately, and in sorrow not in anger. It it my deliberate opinion that in the criminal sittings you have been just attending the result has been that juries have been made fools of, the Court has been deeply degraded, and crime has 3 beeu encouraged." The Inangahua Times of Wednesday last says :—'• The Globe excitement seems to gather in strength and intensity each day, and during the last twenty-four hours it has almost reached the pitch of delirium. The state of public feeling has been such that business has been pretty well paralysed, the time of the entire population being taken up in either rejoicing that they do, or bemoaning that they do not hold Globe shares. In fact everybody is off his chump cn Globo. The news from both the mine and battery is of the most sensational nature, uutil one wonders where and when the good :ortune of the company is to end. The news came from the battery that the " skimmings " from the top plates alone are equal to loz. 7dwts. of gold per ton, and as the " skimmings" ordinarily sjiow about one-third of the yield, it almost takes one's breath away. The manager wrote the directors last night that the reef is widening out, and the stone is even improving in quality. But there ; let us talk about something else. It is simply awful, and makes one shudder for the prestige of Old Bendigo. Shares last night were quoted at IG/i3." Since the foregoing was written shares have advanced to <£l with every tendency of still further rising. Our Reefton fortnightly mining report, trdra Tltruly," is due next issue, when the further developments of this important discovery will be fully dealt with.