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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 115, 17 May 1870, Page 3

The Thames Goldfields. — The Golden Crown. The yield of the Golden Crown for March was 1,417 ozs. The ■weekly retorting for the Golden Crown, ending the 2nd uit., yielded 217 ounces. The yield of the Golden Crown, for the •week ending the 16 uit, was 147 ounces. The yield of the Golden Crown, for the week ending the 23rd uit., was 216 ozs. The yield of tbe Golden Crown for the week ending the 30th uit., was 176 ounces. The fortnightly crushing for the Long Drive, ending the 29th uit., yielded 599 ozs. For the fortnight ending the 23 uit., the yield of the Long Drive was 647 ozs. On the Hth uit. a dividend was paid in the Long Drive of £1 per scrip (1,200)* A dividend of £1 per share (1.200J was paid in the Long Drive on the 28th uit. A meeting called by circular was held at Pinkerton's hotel, at the Ahaura, on tbe 6th instant, to consider "the most advisable steps to be taken for the purpose of obtaining the abolition of tolls on the Napoleon track, the Warden baying granted further protection. A committee was appointed to draw up a petition to the Provincial Council, praying that body to cause the track to be thrown open to the public, and to compensate the owners thereof. The meeting was adjourned till Mondayevening, when the committee will submit the petition for approval, previous to its transmission to Nelson. — Grey River Argus.

Melancholy Death of Three' j Sisters. — A very sudden and distressing accident occurred on the 23rd January on Lochleven. Hard frost prevailed inmany parts of Scotland during a portion of last week. It appears that three young ladies, the daughters of Mr. Alexander Steedman, had left their house at about half-past ono on Saturday, with their skates for the purpose of having an hour's recreation on the loch. As generally when out walking, they took a favorite dog with them. On reaching the loch they sat down on a seat by the side of it; and the dog started .off on the ice after the wild fowl on an open portion of the loch, but when it had gone some few yards the ice gave way. Miss Steedman went to help it out of the water, and on seeing her on the ice some workmen shouted to warn her back. She still persisted, aud when attempting to lift out the dog the ice gave way with her. She cried to the second sister, " Maggie, help me," and the latter responding at once, hastened on the ice, whicb at once broke, and she was plunged in beside her sister. The third sister, seeing the other two struggling in the water for life, bravely went to their assistance ; but it was on^ to make another victim. The two men who had observed the movements of the ladies ran to the scene of the accident, and used every means they could think of or command to reach the drowning sisters, bnt in vain. A boat was, after some little delay, procured, and, in about twenty minutes after the accident, the bodies were got out. Two were found standing upright, and the other was lying at the bottom. They were at once conveyed to Mr. Beveridge's spinning mill, where every means were resorted to by Dr. Monroe and others to resuscitate life. It was too late, however, for the three ladies were dead. The three sisters were aged respectively twenty-four, twenty-two, and twenty. They were highly accomplished and universally esteemed. — Scotch Paper.