The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4790, 16 May 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1884.

OwiSGt to pressure on o.ur space our leader is held over until to-morrpw.

In tho R.M. Court today, a number of caseß on the civil list were dealt with, hut owing to our columns being crowded we must holdover a report of tho proceedings until to-morrow. The important case of Smith v. Stone, on action taken for the r-icorery of £30, dampges done to property on the bank of the Kauaeranga Biver by tho defendant's flsating logs and debris, was decide I in favor of the plaintiff for £22 15s and coste £7 3s. .

Ths two-stamp Elephant Ore Crusher, now erected afc the Moanatairi battery, is excitiDg considerable attention amongst our miners, and the various trials are watched with interest. A trial was made late yesterday aiternoon, when a speed of 200 blows per stamp to the minute was attained, and during a run of slightly over balf-an-bour half a ton of quartz was reduced, which is ten times as quickly as tho ordinary stampers crush. Another start was made this morning^but the eelf-feeding apparatus not working well, it was taken off, a shoot put in its place, and. a fresh trial Btarted this afternoon. The ordinary gratings have been u«ed so far, but extra fine , ones will be used to-morrow. The machine is compact, and as the stamps, are worked by oraoks on the main shaft, there is very little waste power. The power requred to drive it is equal to five horse, but it is claimed, and so far the trials have borne out the statement, thafe it will do ful'y as much work as ten ordinary stamps. It will be very suitable for out-districts and rough country, as ifc can easily be transported, and the cost is only £375, while the ordinary methods of saving the gold are used after the quarlz leaves the Btamperboxes.

The Te Aroha footballers ore anxious to again try conclu°ionswith the Thames Club, and a matoh will be played here on Saturday, the 24*h inst. It therefore behoves our men to get into as good condition as possible by that date, to that they may be able to uphold the honor of tbe district. A scratch match will bo played on the Waio-Kiraka Plot tomorrow afternoon, whon all mambera are requested to attend, as a selection of a team to contend with To Aroha will then be made. A meot* ins af the Committee will bo held at C. McLiver'a to-nighfc at 8 o'clock, ■'.

-A/wiUXE,-60 feet long, was stranded on 'Wednesday night on the beaoh inside Bluff harbor.

- A riBE occurred last evening at Christ* church, by which threo empty shops and a number 'of. bedrooms aboyo them w t ero gutted. The total loss is probably not much under £LODO. The hotel and detached shops belonged to Gr. S. Ma-shall, who had insured the buildings in the Standard for £5000, and the furniture in the National for £2000. The cause is su. posed to bare been accidental.

A POINT of some .considerable interest to publicans generally has been raised by Owen Humphreys, landlord of the British' Hotel, Auckland," who has refused on principle to allow the City North Committee to inspect hia bouse. Mr Humphrejs replied, on ihe Committee visiting hia premises, that on principle he would not allow them to do so, the inspection provided for by the Act having already boen made by the police. No provision, he said, was made by law for an in* spcelion by a comtnitteej hence his refusal. The Committee did not persist in their intention, bafc retired.

Thb sale of jewellery announced by E. B. McGregor for to-morrow should attract a large number of bidderc The g.ods, which arc on view in Brown street, are- choice, and will bo iold regardless of cost.

Thb topsail schooner Awaroa, lying at Go'oda wharf, baß now been discharged, and to-morrow morning she will probably be taken up to Read's mill at Kopu, where a cargo of timber will bo shipped for Qamaru. The Endeavor, which left here on April 20, arrived at Lyttelton on Tueediy, and the brigantine Lapwing, now in Auckland unloading, is expected here shortly, to load at B. jgnall Bros, mill.

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