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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4501, 8 June 1883, Page 2

At the County Council meeting on Wednesday last the Queen of Beauty GkM.Co made application for permission to use the waste water from their pump turbine. The application was granted, the Council deciding* however, to stop the subsidy of £10 per month if the water were used for crushing purposes. The Directors are now considering the advisibility of erecting a battery on the corner allotment juat opposite the company's hoppers. There is sufficient fall from the turbine to the proposed site to give an abundance of pressure to the waste water for motive power, and though the first expense would be heavy, the mill could be worked ao cheaply when once erected that very low grade dirt would pay, and large blocks of ground now left standing could be worked remuneratively. The saving by not having to pay for water power alone would be £9 per weeV, and there is the expense of carting to be added to this. Nothing has yet been decided, but it is probable that the battery now owned by the company will be disposed of if it is decided to erect another. The new mill will also be supplied with more berdans than is usual, as very nearly all the gold in the stone at the bottom level is caught by the blankets. We hope the proposed mill will be found practicable, as it would greatly enhance the. prospects of the company.

A baba avis among New Zealand birds is now in the possession of Mr Newland, of Shortland, the engineer on board the p.s. Patiki, in the shape of a live Katuku, or whita crane (Ardea jlavirostris). While on board the steamer near Te Aroha, about two montbs ago, he fired at and eiightly wounded it, and before it was able to get away he captured it. It is now thriving finely, being fed on fish and meat, and appears to be quite reconciled to its captivity. It is a yo^ug bird, and is pure white in colour. Its body is not so large as a common fowl, but its legs and neck are very long and thin. The head is small, and the beak, which ia fully six inches in length, is straight and very sharp at the point. Two specimens of the species caught some years ago down south are in the Auckmuseum, but the bird is so rarely seen or captured that the Maoris have a Baying, "a man sees a white crane only once in his lifetime." The natives are puzzled as to how the bird came to bo near Te Aroha, ac none have before been Been in the neighbourhood, and yet they think that it would not be without companions of the same order.

The appointment of F. W. Riemenschnider, as Native Interpreter, has been cancelled.

THEKamo Coal Co. is making arrange* mentsfor a large output. The new pumping and winding machinery is now being placed at the mine, and it is intended when the work is completed to sink a new shaft on one of the coal seams. An engineer (now on avisifcHome from Auckland) has received instructions from tho company to look out for a suitable steamer of 250 tons for the coal trade between Kamo and Auckland.

At the Auckland Waste Land Board, Alex. Hull, of Newmarket, applied for a license to prospect Ohinemuri for coal. This application as well as one from another person to prospect the Tokatea range for mineral, was referred to the Warden for report.

Albxandeb Mills has been brought from Opotiki charged with lunacy.

Geobg-b Adams, for larceny, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and for escape from the Auckland look-up to sifmonths.

A shovelful of coal was thrown into the grate in the Auckland Custom-bouse yesterday morning, and was followed by an explosion, which considerably disturbed som c brickwork of the fireplace, and slightly alarmed the inmates. The coal must have oontained some explosive, probably powder or dynamite, but as Carey and his friends have not yet arrived in the colony the Invincibles are not credited with tlve occurrence.

Mr Alfred de Bathe Brandon, of Wellington, who was the oldest member of the House of representative prior to his retiring from it last election, has been called to the Legislative Council. The respectability of the Chamber is not likely to suffer by such additions to it as this, but its general usefulness will not bo greatly increased.

An accident happened at about half-paßt one o'clock to day to a young man named James Jones, a miner in the employ of the Deep Level Cross G\M.Co. He was putting some new cribbing in one of the quartz passes, and 'as his mates were lowering the timber to him, one of tha pieces slipped out, and struck him on the right side, just above the hip, inflicting a painful bru:se. He was at once taken to the surface and conveyed in a cab to the Hospital, where his injuries were attended to.

Iff the Police Court this morning a feminine worshipper of the rosy god was fined 5a for her yesterday's spree.

The schooner Becamia, Captain Edstroi> ( sailed Jihis .morning up to Bagnall's mill at Turua, where she will take in 45000 feet of sawn hahikatea, and then proceed to Lyttel-

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning the Harbor Board sued Mr R. Onyon, for rent of a section in StiortJand. The case was defended on the ground that Mr Onyon had received notice to quit the section from the Government, as the land is required for railway purposes. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, and the Bench told the defendant that if be suffered any injury at the hands ot the Government he had a legal remedy for it."

In the Warden's Court to-day the appliestion 01 C. Wihon, to be put in possession of the Kohicoor claim at Karangahake, was heard and granted. There was no appearance for Shaw and Melligan, who were summoned to shew cause why the ground should not be given to the applicant. The only other case heard was that of Maguire v. Ryan, which was adjourned for fourteen days.

The Bank of New Zealand shipped per s.s. Mahinppua from Hokitika on Wednesday 33410z8 gold.

The members of the Dunedin Land Board have been served with a notice of a mandamus to compel them to issue pastoral deferred payment licenses to Johnston, one of the purchasers at the recent sale and to whom a license was refused.

Thh appointment of Messrs Caleb Whitefoord and Oswald Curtis as Commissioners to inquire into the past management of the Dunedin gaol is gazetted.

The regulations and bye-laws f>r the guidance of Harbour Boards are gazetted.

Mb Beattie, who for the last eighteen years has been at the gaol of Mount Eden, has been appointed to the charge of Grisborne gaol.

The Wellington - Manawatu Railway Company yesterday received a cablegram from Sir Julius Vogel announcing that their debentures, amounting to £200,000, have been taken up by a London syndi-. cate. The debentures bear 5 per cent, interest, but the directors refused to state at what price they had been disposed of at, beyond the general statement that it is a satisfactory one. By the Act they can not sell at a price which will give the purchasers more than 6 per cent. The reserved 40.000 shares have also been taken up in London, on the same terms as the shares held in the colony. The directors now intend to push on the construction of the line with the greatest possible rapidity.

A tele&bam from Hi vert on says that Harrington is willing to row Hearn, of Wellington, providing the latter will go to Eiverton. It is understood that Hearn's supporters and backers demand that the race shall take place in Welllington, and they will object to their man leaving.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency in Christchurch sold yesterday the Glynn Wye Station, in Amuri district, the property of Mr W. A. Lowe, of St. Helens, for £27,500, on terms equal to cash, to Eufcherford Bros., of Leslie and Mendip Hill Station, Amuri. The property consists of 8500 acres freehold, 28,000 acres absolute leasehold (with preemptive right), having about 14 years to run, and 30,000 acres of license held, in the back country, having 10 years to run ; with 18,500 good sheep, a few horses, cattle, and all improvements were given in.

On the departure of the British King from Wellington, with a number of immigrants for Ly ttelton, one of the immigrants by the same vessel, who must have been an Irish girl from the warmth of her nature, took up a position at the foot of the gangway, and demanded toll of each of her female fellow-passengers by snatching a kiss as they went on board, much to the envy of the male passengers, who were allowed to go free. The osculating process naturally caused much amusement, but this did not deter the warm hearted girl from kissing to the bitter end, which, seeing that there were) about 80 girls to be kissed, may be described as linked-sweet-ness long drawing out.

One of the Salvation Army " Generals', entertaining a crowd at a street corner the other day said that there were some good people in newspaper " sukles," as an editor had been converted to God, the first instance in the history of Christianity. When unfortunate pressman have to chronicle the ill-doings of such creatures as make up the ordinary sum of a salvation regipent, and try and find out an antidote for the poison distributed by people who live on the gullibility of weak-minded people, a few of their trans« fcressions should be overlooked. We should like to know that editor though.

Why is a novelist an unnatural phenomenon ? Because his tale comes out of his head.