SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1831, 4 June 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Per AngMustralian Telegraph Press Agency,) .. Auckland, Wednesday. In the Provincial Council to-day, in reply to MrJrown's question as to what steps the Government intended lo take respecting the' petition from the directors of;gold mining' 1 claims' on the. Waio.Karaka flat"for a reduction of rates on the Karaka tramway,' Mr Sheehan said that'the-Bella-street tramway was nearly complete, and when it was it would connect with thoZaraka tramway, and when connection wa3 effected the whole line was'to be let By tender at the lowest possible rate.—fn roply'to a deputation, the Superintendent stated that Dr. Hector would arrive in Auckland shortly, and Government would then ascertain : what, arrangements could be made to prospect the Eaipara for minerals.' The deputation handed in ore from {he North yielding 82 per cent, of copper.—James Halligal, while quarrying at Mount Eden, was killed by a fall of a lon of stone.: This lime during the previous year he broke his leg at the same place,—The Council carried Mr Philips'motion for a shilling advance in the police pay, initead of sixpence. , Sharemarket: -Sales: Bird-in-Hand, 355; Vanguard) 2d' Id; Queen, of the May, 15s 6d; Crown Prince, 19s 6d; Black Angel,asr.6d; Otago, 12s 6d; Thames, 67s ; 6d; Cure, Us 6d;:-Ex-change, 17s; Ciledoiiia'i, £10, Buyers: Cjty of liondon,: 2)s;6d-; Oily of York, ;)-i(ud.;,,Queen of .tho Thames, 6s 6d; Dixon's, 40s; Thames, 67s 6d. (FBOM OUB OWN COBKESFONDBNTSS.) Ji Cob'omandbi, Wednesday. -The Union Beaohihave taken out 17fllbs of specimens the last two days, anii' have 257}bs ( in hand. Specimens are taken out, at every,shift from a leader 2 fept~wide'-in the slopes,' which carries g;£Uir ; thrpiig!i : The battery 'is not yet ready; tqcrusli, although the manager iSj-ready atanyuioraent.-The City of Auckland obtained 'more- specimens from the stppes yesterday, and gol.l if still showing; in.the yface.-r-Main's.claim was Opened' to-day."■ Prospects ; of payable gold are in 'the' rubble '» here stripped,—The New Pacific started send* ing stuff to the Nil Desperandum battery to-Jay.^The'Tliree Brothers got some very good .stone, from their intermediate level; ■■'■••. . .:■..•; ■■'•' '-■■ : -< Taubanga, Wednesday. » Messrs;', Mitchell and CO, Davis are patiently negotiating the Makelu lands adjoining Tauranga. 'I he principal chiefs who were here have gone, expecting to share in the proceeds. Cimplaiuts. are common expressive of discontent with the native policy and with.Dr. Pollen, the Agent in Auckland, and Mr Clark, of this place,—General sympathy h expressed for Mr SPewarr, and indignation at the vacillating treatment he has received at the hands of the General and Provincial Government.