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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 111, 16 February 1872, Page 2

At the "Warden's Court yesterday there was only one cu.-e set down for hearing—Tiller v Ireland—a complaint for non-working a full share in the Green isle. The ease was struck out for non appearance and the Court then adjourned until Wednesday next,

There arc upwards of forty cases set down for hearing at jtlie llcsident Magistrate’s Court this morning! ' .

At the Police Poin t yesterday there were two cases of drunkenness, one of abusive language and one of creating a nuisance. A report will be found in another place.

The Auckland Annual Sheep Fair was held at Mr Alfred ISuekland's yards, Remucra, on Wednesday. There were about 5,000 sheep penned. The attendance was good, and the prices realised satisfactory.

Tenders are called for works in connection with the Tararu lload, and there is a prospect, notwithstanding the delay, that the work will be done while the line weather lasts.

The annual meeting of the St. James’s Presbyterian Congregation was held last night at the church, Pollen-street. A report will be found in another column, by which it will be seen that the funds are in a satisfactory condition.

Wc have received the first number of a new journal, published at Reeftown, on the Inangahua goldfields. The paper is verywell edited and printed, and wc trust that it will be a sueeess.

The s.s. Hero may be expected to arrive hourly, as she left Melbourne on the 30th ultimo.

The p.s. Challenger will leave Tararu on Sunday morning at 9 o’clock for Coromandel, returning in the evening. It was intended to have made the trip last Sunday, but owing to the lloyal Alfred breaking down, the steamer had to go to Aucklaud. It will be seen by our advertising columns that Messrs Honiss and Young having removed their offices from Queen-street to Brown - street Buildings, alt subscriptions to the Hospital will for the future be received there. The office of the Crown Prince G.M.C. has also been removed to the same place.

We observe by the mail notice that telegrams for the South will be sent to the lvatikati station twice a-wcck —on Monday and Thursday. The time for leaving will be about two hours before high water at Shortland Wharf.

The return cricket match between the dwellers 011 the South and those on the North of the Karaka Creek, will be played on the T.C.C. ground to-morrow. The names of the competing teams will appear in our next issue.

Tc Hira, who has been for a short time over at the Piako. lias returned to his fishing grounds. He went over for the purpose of holding a tangi on a chief who lias taken his departure for, it is to be hoped, a better world. There was a large gathering, at which many influential chiefs were present, amongst others Mr Tcrapipipi, who it is said, gave Te Hira a good rating for allowing the telegraph work to proceed through his district, saying tliai if it had been his (Tcrapipipi's) land, the line should never have been proceeded with. Te Hira is reported to have said that no harm was done yet, as 110 money had passed between tlie contract ing parties ; and that if any dispute, arose the poles could easily be cut down at any moment. Now, if this be true (though we must say that it is very doubtful) it tells. of a very rotten state of affairs existing with regard to tlie arrangements made for carrying 011 the telegraph line, and- another tiling that looks rather queer is Master Tcrapipipi’s conduct, when it is only a short time since lie was hob-nobbing with one of our Government officials, and travelling about with him. However, as we said, we do not credit the report, and even if it be true that these remarks were made, wc do not think there is the slightest danger of any interruption to the telegraph work when oucc the poles are erected.' Mr Floyd, tlie Electrician, arrived yesterday, and reports that everything up to present 'is going ahead satisfactorily and well. The NZ.S.N. Co.’s s.s. Taranaki arrived in the Mauukau on Wednesday afternoon at .1.15 p.lll. She left Port Chalmers on Monday, the stli instant; arrived at Lyttelton on tlie Gth : left for Wellington on the 7th, arrived on the Bth, sailed from Wellington on the tttli, arrived at l’ictoii on the 9th ; sailed from Picton on the 9tli, arrived at Nelson on the 9th: sailed for Taranaki on the 12th, arrived on the 13th ; sailed for Mauukau on the 13th, arriving as above. The Taranaki brings the following passengers : —Saloon : Major and Mrs Heaphy, Messrs'Brewer, Muir, O’Reilly, McGlashan, Bev Mr Kinder, Seward, Street, G. Tombes, Willis. Parker, Binucy, Rev Mr Dudley, Russell. Miss Andrews, Mrs Harris, Mrs Reals, Miss Phillips. Mrs O’Reilly, Mrs Chamberlain. Steerage : Messrs Evans, Burnside, 1). Spence, Tlios. Spence, J. Spence, W. Spence. Petto. Cook. Anderson, Andrew, Schmidt, Hurst, J. Bock, Scgar, Mrs D. Spence, Mrs Thos. Spence, Misses Spence (2), Mrs Trigg, Mrs and Miss Smith. Wc have to acknowledge the receipt of latest Melbourne papers from Mr Samuels, of the Varieties, Brown street.

A Chinaman in the employ of Mong Ping decamped from his claim recently with 100 ozs. of gold, in the direction of luvcrcargill. Mr John Alloo has proceeded in that direction. and, as the wires were quickly at work, flic thief's capture is pretty certain. — Makati j> Mail. Rumours of new discoveries of auriferous quartz reefs seem to be cropping up daily. The last to hand comes from the Ross district, where it is stated a reef lias been discovered in the fork between the left hand branch of Donnelly's Creek and the main stream.

Our Australian telegrams contain the unwelcome news of tlie sudden death of an old Auckland favorite,— Captain Haglcy, of the Tararua, at Adelaide. Captain Haglcy first sailed out of Auckland ns chief officer of the Claud Hamilton, under Captain Machiu. Ho afterwards commanded the s.s. Auckland ; and, when the Panama Company burst up, he was selected by the A.S.N. Company to command one of their boats. Captain Hagley was a skilful seaman, and a most obliging and attentive commander. His death will be regretted by his numerous New Zealand friends.— X. X. Herald. It will be seen elsewhere that a gentleman belonging to the legal profession intends taking up his residence permanently amongst us. Mr Shaptcr lias had an extensive experience in the working of the various goldfields laws, both on tlie West Coast and on the Thames —which, like our own, is a quartz-reefing district. —lnawjuhua Herald. Wc have been informed that an outcrop of coal lias been discovered on the sea beach, in front of Mr Marshall's land at Wangaproa. The seam at the outcrop is 2J- feet wide. The quality of the coal is said to be about equal to that of tlie Waikato coal. If this be the case, it is a valuable household coal. This discovery is most important. The development of a coalfield in such close proximity to Auckland, and in a position so accessible by sea, could not fail to stimulate our local tnule and industries to an amazing extent. Indeed, should the coal seam on Mr Marshall’s property turn out to be as cheaply worked as anticipated, the Thames population could more easily be supplied from it than from the local deposit oil the western side of the frith of , Thames.— Herald.

At Lawrence, Otago, the new reef at Gabriel’s Gully is absorbing public attention. Nine leases have been applied for upon it. The result of the trial crushing at Canada is variously stated at from H2dwt to H'Jdwt from two tons. The battery men at Canada say it is the richest stone they have crushed there, and think that had the large stone been crushed separately, using finer gratings, still better results would have been obtained. The prospector’s claim, (a lease) has jumped, the jumpers claiming that, as the prospcctois had only applied for ten acres, they were not entitled to the usual extent allowed on a quartz reef, 400 yards by 200 yards—as already surveyed. A sale is reported of one share in the prospector's claim at 221.70. Another lease lias to-day ltcen surveyed on what appears to be a totally distinct line, near the scrub at the extreme end of Gabriel’s Gully.— Grey Jtlccr Argus