THE PURIRI GOLDFIELD. CHAPTER V. UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 267, 26 May 1888, Page 5

THE PURIRI GOLDFIELD.

CHAPTER Y. UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN.

Mi. Pun Lwkii, a. piominent minei a^ I'm n i, w ho i^ in Aullsl.uk! iu-t now , -peaL-, \ei) hopefully ni the pio-pect- ot the di^tnet. Thete aie mines at wuik empli)\ini_ r .ilto^eiliev about 7>Q men. In the Maon Chief, which i^ eineil\ woiked l)j natno, and i> now umlti uHor to an Auckland a tiial ciu^hin^fiom a icef lUMih tln te ieet thick >iel(K about 70/^ pci ton. In the Hidden Tietwue thcie i^ a leef 20 feet tliiek ;ukl a "-mailer lode 2 teet 6 inches thick, ,tnd tt-t-, fiom the Litter ha\o been \ei> cUH.ietoiy The E\eol-ior, which atljoin^ the Hidden | Tieu-'iire, ha- yielded cc|ual to 4 o/^. per tun. Thi-> mine, and jvnother piece of ground c.illed the Daun ot Hope, i^ lo bt | no^oti.itf (I toi by u Clni-itehuieh -\ndicato who intend, if in -ecunnir the p-iound, to cicet .i i eduction plant on (hu I yiound

AUSTRALIAN TIMBER TRADE. t'wiM Mews Loid and Hughes* monthls cnculai on the Au«tiahan timbei and building materials trade, we ha\o \ci\ into eating facts on the juocut -Lite ot (he tnnbor market in the -i^t<i colonic-. The imports of kaui i limbei tioni New Zealand to Au-Ualian ports tor the month ended Ma\ VI w.i- 508,800 feet, and ttie ppice.*>i ice.*> leulisod at unction were : Tlewn lou*-, »t 11s 3d to 10s ; -,nwu boaulf-, at 24s to 18s : ditches, at 17-5 6d to 16b 6d : shelving, ?A> 6d to 15-> ]»ci 100 feet -,uper ; 6 x IJ, T and (!. ab 12s (, v i , at 11^; 4 x U, at 8> 6d per 100 feet lineal. Fiom December 23, 1887, to May 12, 1888, 5,821,994 tort of kaui'i wab imported ; and 806,200 ot kahikatea and led pine, and dming the .same pei iod 13,196,162 teet of Oiejj;on pine en tcred was entered at Australian ]>oits. The following comparison ot the inipoi tationa of New Zealand Timber with Oicgon |)itie tor the past 6 years will be inteiesting :—

CiAKMCK & ( KANWULL an; belling Furniture and Carpets very cheap. lion '-jodsl'-nd.s and Spring Mattresses at greatly reduced piico^. Bidding oi all kinds ready foi deinciy Oil Cloths from Is. square yard. Linoleum from 2s 3d. Blankets, sheets, quilts, curtuinb, and all furnishing H'oodh splendid \alue. Wire Wove Mat tresses much cheaper than they used to be. A stiong Iron Bedstead and Wire Wove Mai tress for r>s& cash. .Simple Iron Bedstead and Wire Wove Matticss for 38b cash piice. Our goodw are carefully packed, eve y attention ]>uid to ])revent damage by ti nnsit. Buy all your household goods from U Alt LICK and CRANWELL, Cabinetmakers, Queen s l ,reet> Auckland" 1

A North Carolina woman, just dead, is said to have been 130 years old. Persons knowing the habits of women in telling 1 their ages estimate that thib North Carolina woman mufet have been at lca&t 750.

Total, 1887 Total. 1886 Total, 188!) Total, 1884 Total, 1883 Tot««.) f 3 882 Kauri. 7,888,104 8,985,734 8,389,'j34 7,026.8,34 6,070 261 Kalnkatc.i anri Itcd Pino. 531,300 90,000 30,800 6,000 4^2,412 368 861 Oregon Pino. 23,981,493 31,800,!)71 22,27(5.46? V,826,380 10,630,986 10.808,952