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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4677, 3 January 1884, Page 2

We understand that at a meeting held in Auckland yesterday re the Caledonian Low Level Tribute Company, it was decided to obtain permission to work from the 64,9 ft. level of the Big Pump shaft, and to drive easterly from there till the Moanatairi nsain elide was reached, after which crosscuts -will be put in northward and southward to cut all the reefs worked overhead. The companies who have let their ground below the 400 ft level on tribute are the Caledonian, Thames Golden Crown, New Manukau, Kurinui Hill, and Moanatftiri. The lease is for five years, and the per centage 5 per cent. The MHnuUau is allotted 3000 shares, and the Caledonian, Golden Crown, and Kuranui Hill at the rate of one share for every two. The total number of shares is 100,000, and the promoters have taken up all the shares except those allotted to the companies, none being left for the public. The venture has been very favorably received in Auckland, and the prospects of the Kuranui Hill section are especially well thought of.

Borne of the broker-' offices were opeued today, but business was slack,^and no list was issued. During the day there were buyers of Deep Legel Crosses at 3s 6i, with tellers 3s 7d, and inquiries were also made for the new Caledoninn Low Level shares at 5d (3d paid), but no one eeemed willing to part company with them.

We learn from the Post office authorities tVat the schooner Omahu will sail from Lyttelton for Chatham Inlands on Wednesday next.

Mr J. B. Russell gives Arneil the beet bat be can find in Auckland, in acknowledgment of the eplcndid batting displaje.3 by hiai in the late inter-provincial cricket rnalch.

These was a large attendance in the auditorium of the Police Court this roornißg during the hearing of the assault case, and the crowd of listeners occasionally indulged in unseemly behaviour, such as clearly showed their unfriendliness to the defendant. We thought once or twice that His Worship would have reprimanded thoie present, but he bore with their few interruptions patiently, '

The customs rerenue collected last month' in the colony (with the exception of Tauranga) amounts to £102,789 12s lOd. The Bum callected for the corresponding month of last year was £113,290 7s 2d. The receipts for the quarter just ended are below the average required to make up the estimated amoun' for tbe year. It is expected that the falling-off will be pulled up next quarter, ■which is usually the best quarter ot the year. The beer duty for December last amounted to £6478 5s 7d ; in December last year it was £7070 9s Id.

It is stated that the Hon. E. Richardson will again contest the Selwyn seat vacant by the death of Mr E. J. Leo. The other expected candidates are Mr E. Wakofield and Mr J. McLaughlin.

Thb -N.Z S. Oo.'s British Queen left Plymouth on the 29 h December for Wellicgton and Lyttelton, with immigrants. Tbe new steamer, Ruapehu, will be despatched to Auckland about the 10th of January.

The tender of Messrs Smith and B'ackmore has been accepted for clearing the new battery site at the foot of Butler's Spur, Waiorongomai Creek. Mr Crump, mining engineer, invites tenders for the construction of the water race at once, so that thn erection of the battery will be pushed on with all speed.

The Tongariro hns shipped afe Southern ports 1198 kegs of butter for the London market. TEA.GHC news has arrived from Taviuni of a fearful and savage attack made upon Mr Hulton by a Line islander. Two of these people, who are dangerous■as a race, were quarrelling in their house on Mr Hulton's estate. Their employer went to them for tha purpose of stopping the outbreak, and ordered a man who bore a knife and used most threatening language to the other to give up his weapon. The ferocious savage rußhed at his master and stabbed him repeatedly, leaving him disembowelled upon the floor of the hut. Medical aid was obtained as quickly as possible, und the Stipendiary Magistrate visited the sufferer, who gradually sank under his frightful injuries. Mr Holden was (he son of a clergyman in England, and had been at Oxford. Considerable sympathy is j expressed on this sad affair. I The Hon. 1\ Whitaker delivers an address in Auckland on Tuesday evoniug next anent tun recent Annexation and Federation Conference in Sydney. At the annual meeting of the Adelaide Bußhman's Club held on December 27, the Governor presided. The institution is doing good work and ia financially healthy. At the inquest on the bodies of the four men killed at the Duke mine, Timor, lately, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Jones, the engine-driver. A serious disturbance occurred at the the Brisbane races on Boxing Day. About a hundred Kanakas attacked the Europeans I assembled on the course. They were eventually dispersed, but some were seriously injured. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. Tee shipping returns for the port of Auckland for the quarter ending December 31st show that 71 vessels arrived, that the total tonnage was 38,393, and their crews numbered 1,799 men. Outwards there were 58 vessels, of a total tonnage of 30,885 tons, and crews numbering'l,sß'2 men. During the quarter, 1,529£ adults arrived in Auckland, and 533J adults took their departure. Ladx Bkauti*ibbs. —Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks, and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics of France, or beautifiors of the world, while in poor health, and nothing will give you such rich blood, good health, strength, and beauty as Hop fitters. A trial ie certain proof. See. Wjeixs' "Rough on Cobnb."-—Ask for Wells' " Rough on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts bunions.—Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, Q-eneral Agents.