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Temuka Leader, Issue 809, 3 January 1882, Page 4

■wards per She re. PnOMOTEUS. Jolin Tlayhurst, : sq, Temuka Thomas Jlardcastle, Ksu, Eakahij. A. W. Elisor, iCsq, Orun P. A. Barker, Esq. Or.iri I). McKay, i'-.=q. Manager Punk of JN T ew Zealand, Temuka Ja mes P' uce, K.-q, 'J imain Amos Sherratl. Ksc, Gerakline. Bank of New Zealand. Jj-'OLICITOI! : A. St. G. Hamersley, 2sq, Timaru. The Promoters having had ii>» vc-ry valuable properly (as des,;; ioedbelow) offered to them by the Proprietor, ami having made very salL-mcloryarinngemenVs for the purchase or lease of the same, they hv-vo determined to plac-th;; prop--.-! ty, and the adv;:ntapes connee.ed with if, before the Public, aud to t!i'vi'io;> ffhul, in their opinion must prov. 3 to be a i:K)-t r-cccvs&i nl u-.aierfaking, and one that v.: i 1 prov.- of imrmmse ad vantage to t i; e District of South Can!e;l.ury. A p;na!i amount of capita! will be required to purchase the nces-fary machinery and to put the mine in good working order, so that, t'ne Company will be able to pay dividends shortly after startup. ; :vce Lime Kilns are now in course of oieelion close to the property. The particulars of the properly are as follows : It is freehold, of 20 acres in extent, the pronert.v of Mi-George Meredith. In tie land two shaft's have been sunk. The main, or working shaft is 9ft by oft wide, and is 32ft deep, from which coal has been raised from a, seam 2ft thick.' The shift is timbered from the surface. The other shaft referred to (half a chain from >he main shaft) is 7ft by 4ft wide. ar.d 45ft. de p, and is well timbered, and has been sunk through two seams of coal of sft and 4ft respectively on to a 2ft Gin seam. Fire c-'jyis found in large qunn'.ities/and is pron nmeed by competent authority to be evr.inently adapted for pottery and sanitary i ij es, gas retorts, fire-bricks. &c. The coal is easily obtained, and is of the finest quality for household and mamifacjurmg purposes, and its superiority for the proluction of gas and for steam purposes has :cen proved by reliable tests. As this coal is admitted to be aieally good coal for steaming pin-poses, it is proposed to have constant supplies in depots, so that the public can always get what they may require. Building ?*qne is found on the property, and marble within a few chains, of a very superior description, also abounds. The Building Stone is a fine white stone, easily -worked, and does not disintegrate from exposure to weather, some quantity of this stone having been -sed in the building of the Christ church Cathedral. A iaige quantity of good Timber is in close proximity to the ground and. easily obtainable. The Coal has been tried for steam purposes and found to answer admbably, as the following testimonials show.: —- Timaru, Nuv. 29Lh, IoSO. To Mr George Meredith. Ivakaii;?. Sin, —1 lam; u.-ed the Co supplied by ye-u from ihe Kiticiihu Mine, (about live tons) in my 2Mill at Timaru and found it most satisfactory, and consider tho Coil well adapted to be used for steam purposes. (Signed) Jonx G. A LIES.' Mv George .ueivdith, Kakalui. Sm.—l have used- the Coal supplied by yon from your Coal Vii ••■, K-krdai, for my steam engine, mixing ii, with Vewcgstle Cord (half and half) 1 iVuridit answe aanurably, tnucr better than Newcastle Coal alone. I consider t!u» Kaluihu Ccai welt adapted to b,i used for strain purposes. I ttlll, &:• , FJUSCIS FIi,AXK3. Probable profit on the Coal is f /s 8d per ton. ' COST OP OBTAINING COAL, d. Cost to .;btaih coal at pit's u "nth, pjv i-m .. ... 5 0 Cosr. of haulage 'c- nearest railwu. ■ *at on, per ton ... ... 7 0 Freightage toTimaru, per ton... ..2 3 Pale of Coal in Timaru, at 22s per ton. Pivs; e<-M;.-,'.s and forms of Application for f-'harcs c-.-'i be obtained at the office.; of tin? Pank of ?>ew Zealand at Timaru, Temuka and G-erukiim.'. Shaees mm be applied for r,nd any information j;ive;i as to the proposed working cf the Company at- the eflmes of Sir T. blal'., Mr G.angei-, and Mr liamersley at Tiinavn ; Mr A. Sli-riuit atGeri-idine and Mr Wilis Temuka. 26ma

THE ALEXANDRA. /"UIEKPY TOOTH PASTE i:iv"l-;iy esteemed for Clean sing and Preserving the Tooth and Ounirj, giv;i?j>- fiii agreeable iVoginjire to tlie bivaih, and for removing the discolouration of the Teeth occasioned by smokAgkntt : KK M V TIIOIIN E PP () SS 0 P AND Co.