The Daily News. MONDAY, AUGUST 5. THE MINING INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 5 August 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, AUGUST 5. THE MINING INDUSTRY.

-liic year llniu was a most prosperous one iui- ilie mining industry, uiu iellllllS 01 Uulßr.il JHUUUCUOU CullSllUlln.g a rmirii 111 the wsiory of tuc «,>loin. liie gross \UiLiu oi all the innieiais prouueeu during lyuo amounted to Xi,»il,Sll, being £241),023 iu excess oi tile iijjuits /or IUUS. Hie coal output luul ihe yield from ijuurtz iujii;b showed a considerable increase, and 1 lie colony has now the distinction of possessing in the Wailii Gold Mining Company and tile Westport Coal Company vile most productive gold-mining and tlic third most productive colliery company in Australasia. Thirty-live per cent, of the total yield of the gold wines during ttie year was declared iu dividends, a return wliich compares favorably with tho results obtained in any. other country. The total quantity of gold entered for export during the year amounted to 563,8430z, valued at £2,270,904, the total being made up as follows; Auckland 295,4170z, Njlson 29440z, West Coast 104,7400z, Otogo and Southland 1G0,7390z. Tho production of coal for the past year was the highest yet attained, being 1,729,5'iG tons, an increase of 143,780 tons on the 190.) output. Several new colleries are being opened, and preparation /or a greater annual production has been made ait most of the principal minis, so that an annual increasing output of coal may be anticipated. The export of k.niri gum for the year was 9154 tons, valued at £522,436, being a decrease of 1729 tons on the output for 1905. Taking a general view of the mining industry as a whole, it may be saiil to be iu a very satisfactory posi-

"it's a nwamp when a man buys; a lake wlil'u he sells.'' —A gem l'rom Judge Dcmuston. ■ i ■ ■ Mr JOllll Jjui'tun, of Falmouth, who has died at ine aye ot «i, was author ot "How to Live Uiie Hundred iears.' By the death of Mrs Wooiass, Lauuliani, .Nous, the oldest warned cotipie in (diigKuut are disunited- Xhey had ueen married'7l years. "though we are experts, we valuers mate mistakes," remarked ill' S. Hill oui Saturday. "1 have no doubt of it,"' tersely replied Mr Justice Denniston. King's wharf, Wellingtou, which is now being constructed, will cost over i-7U,OUU. J.he building of another wharf of the same kind is contemplated.

Captain Edwin wired ou Saturday at noon; —Moderate to strong easterly winds; glass little movement; tides Iow " - 1 i. g-agfaaM Tlie Education Board lias lieen notified of the ejection of the following to constitute the Jlutau school committee: —-Messrs J. Hogg (chairman), M. Wolfsbauer,. T. A. Chapman, W. McAsey, ii. \V. L. Evans. In the Supreme Court in Chambers, upon the application of Mr Kerr (Messrs Standish and Kerr) His Honor Mr Justico Denniston granted probate of tho last will of Emma ltosina Caldwell, deceased, to Florence Evelyn Fleming, one of the executors therein named.

Tho total rainfall in New Plymouth during last month wus 5.04 inches, rain falling oil 17 days, the maximum being on the 20th, viz,, 1.27 inches. The rainlall for July, 190(>, was 0.57 inches on 27 days, me observations were taken by the Government observer, Mr G. V,'. Palmer. i , The President of the Compensation Court on Saturday was puzzled to understand the District Valuer's statement that land values in December, 1902, could not be taken as any reasonable indication of the prevailing price in the same locality three months later. The Valuer, questioned by Ilis Honjr, said that in tliat short time prices rose by 25 per cent., but there was no "boom," or anything approaching itAt an early hour on Friday morning the UtukcJiu hotel was burned to the ground. The lire was discovered by the porter, who w.ia roused by hearing "Jjj crackling of the burning timbers. He at once awoke the other inmates, and no time was lost in quitting tho burning building. Beyond a few personal belongings, nothing was saved. The building v, as the property of Mrs Dolan, and wae insured for £550 in the Alliance office. Mr Beattie, the licensee,' states that the Btock was also covered, J>ut as all the papers were burnt he camiyt-jjive -particulars. The origin of the tire is unknown, but it is stated that a small lire was left burning in an open lireplate when the occupants retired, , _

-lux* deatu ui i'aiuer wiia-ii i e-cui-iiu recently luc -UlcisluiKl oorici'j will piouuuiy not surprise muse ivnu lieurd mm iccuue wueu he wis iicre some mice years ago. One glance at liiiu was suiliaeut to tell tuat his constitution was not a strong one. i-atiicr Hays w.us known as tue 'apostle ul temperance," but he was very Uitierent Horn the usual run oi temperance orators. He scrupulously avoided ah exaggerated statements, and the style of his oratory was simplicity itself, iiy the use ot these methods lie hold a power which could never be attained to by ,the Prohibition ranter. He wua temperate ,iu all things, even in talk and tnereiu Jay the secret of his success. Ity his death the teniperane* cause has lost a doughty champion.