LIVE STOCK ON RAILWAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 633, 9 April 1929, Page 10

LIVE STOCK ON RAILWAY

COMPLAINTS AT KAKAHI (From Our Own Correspondent J TAUMARUNUI, To-day. At the meeting of the Kaitieke County Council on Saturday a letter was received from the district traffic manager of railways, Oliakune, protesting against the trouble reported as being experienced through live stock being allowed to wander on the railway line at lvakahi. “Stock trespass in the vicinity of the railway is a very serious matter,” said the letter, “and on March 12 a horse was run into and killed on a levelcrossing near Kakahi by an express train.” The manager further asked the council to arrange to have its ranger take the matter in hand with a view to checking the “indiscriminate trespass of live stock, which is a serious menace to passing trains, and consequently the travelling public.” It was stated that railway employees would deal with the nuisance when possible, and the council resolved to do all in its power to keep the railway lint? clear of wandering stock. The owners of the offending animals are believed in most cases to be Maoris.

MINING NEWS LUCKY SHOT.—The manager reports: “The winze on the main reef below the intermediate level north of No. 1 winze has been sunk 10ft. for the week. The reef is 3ft. Gin. wide, and is a very heavily mineralised ore ; colours and dabs of gold can be seen all through the ore. The country rock on both walls is of the very best description. In the winze on the dropper north of No. 2 winze the dropper is about 12 inches wide in the bottom, and when breaking down during the week strong blotches of gold were seen in the ore. The hopper is finished to receive the ore from the mine.” ALBURN I A.—The manager reports: “The drive north on the footwall branch of the Orlando reef from the crosscut at the winze has been extended 4ft, a total of 95ft. The reef here still averages sft wide and looks well, carrying mineral blend and silica. Strong colours of gold are seen in the ore. The rise on the hanging wall branch of the Sons of Freedom reef, from the 70ft level, has been risen 4ft, a total of 57ft. At this point a crosscut is driven east to cut the Whau level. A distance of 20ft has been driven, but have not holed through yet. There is a little water in the face that looks like being very close. In driving this crosscut we cut through three nice leaders from 4in up to 12in wide that looks very promising and, although no gold was seen in crosscutting through the leaders, they are well worth doing some work on, as we are in the locality where rich gold was got in the other reefs and leaders both east and west of our workings.”