TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1858, 26 February 1889, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

A cable announces the death of Mr Edward Shaw, solicitor, at Hawthorne, near Melbourne. Deceased was at one time Resident Magistrate of the Wellington district, and formerly replanted the constituency of Inangahua in Parliament. A sailor, name not ascertained, was found drowned in Lyttelton harbor on Saturday morning. information to hand from Pegasus speaks well of the value of the tin deposits. The lode oo the Remarkable® is now two feet thick with several leaders, and another lode at right angles has been bored. Tin is also visible in loose blocks of ore on the hill. Several tons have been got to grass, and are expeded to yield 10 to 15 per cent. The alluvial ground, from which good prospects are got, has an area of 12i square miles. The depth of wash runs as high ss 30 feet. Seventy men are on the field. The holders of shares in the several companies have been advised not to part with them. Professor Black advises that the various companies should amalgamate into one large company. Miss Otie Chow, young daughter of Rev. J. Chew, Hereford street Congregational Church, Auckland, who has shown remarkable aptitude as a violinist, gave a valedictory concert at the Choral Hall on Friday night, which was crowded to excess. She loiwes for England to study at the Royal College of Music, London. There are 500 objections to tho Auckland City assessment valuations.