The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5170, 12 August 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1885.

The success of the Cambria mine is bringbll the ground in that locality into favor. We are informed that the Maldon lioenee has been almost if not quite floated in Auckland. It is a piece of .ground certainly well worth testing, being situated on the south side of the Waiotahi creek, just beyond the Moanatairi Extended. Supposing the Cambria reef to maintain its present course, it will strike right through the heart of the Maldon. But there is a probability that in the ridge— of which the .Maldon forms a part, as the Prince Imperial, Saxon, and Queen of Beauty lodes are said by sonic to strike up the hills between the Waiotahi and Karaka Creeks—there is much richness. Lefc these be found in favorable country and a good record will probably be the result. The probability is, however, that to prove profitable they will need to be sunk upon, or driven to, 200 or 300 ft. below (he surface. As the Darwin has "a considerable extent of ground on the south side of the Waiotahi, it has ample scope for likely prospecting. The Tui workings are on the border of the Maldon, and the reef is Eaid to have been worth half an ounce to the load in the early days of the field. This part of the field is well worthy of being systematically tested, but unless people invest with the intention of paying a few calls to give the place a fair trial they had better leave it alone, as " wild cats " are *o bo deprecated. In such ventures as this the chances of great gain upon a small outlay are great. A j<hkt meeting of members of the Borough and Count;- Councils was held at the Borough Chambers yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering the requisition presented by a large number of residents regarding the extension of our railway, .there being present—Messrs Brodie (in the obaii I),' Coutts, Beid, McGowau, Wood, Benshaw, Steedman, Greenville, Pitkethley, Murdoch, Wileon, and To wnsend. The Chairman stated that the meeting lad been convened in res. ponse. to a requisition which had been presented to both Councils. He referred to the many advantages to be gained from the completion of the line, which he thought would ultimately prove profitable! and urged that immediate action be taken in the matter. .After some dißCuesioß, during wbi'b it was suggested that public meetings should be held in the various centres of population between here and Te Aroha» and forward the resolutions passed at each to Government, tbo following resolution, proposed by Mr Greenville, end seconded by Mr KenshaWj-was carried unanimously i-r-" That j publio meetings be called at the centes of population between here and Te Aroha, with i the view if impressing upon Government and j members of Parliament the necessity of com* pleting the prf sent portion of, and extending works upon, the Thames Valley Railway, and so completing the communication between the Thames and Te Aroha.'' It was also decided to affirm the contents of the requisition, and a 1 ,committee, consisting of Messrs Steedmau, 1 &£cGrowan, Brodie, and R«nebaw, was ap- ! pointed to communicate the opinions of the I meeting to Government. I A MAN named William Atliol, who will be remembered by a number of persons in this district, he having been otrplojed as a pattern-maker at the local foundry at Messrs Price Bros, some eighteen months ago, met with a fatal accident while working at the Calliope Dock, Auckland, on Monday afternoon, while in the employment of Mr George Fraser, of tho Phranix Foundry, Aucfclan . j While engaged some 40 feet from the level, £d j missed his footing and foil to the bottom, sustaining serious injuries, from which 1 c died at the Hospital yesterday. J Mr GbAN&e, Inspector in the Public Woiks Department, arrived last night from Auckland and this morning proceeded to Paeroa to meet Mr A. Aitken County Engineer for the purpose of commencing a tour of inspection of ! the whole of the works in the County being curried on under the provisions of the Ro^ds j and Bridges Construction Act. An accident of a somewhat painful nature, j but which might have been attended with more serious consequences, happened at Brown's tailings plant this morning to a daughter of Mr Marshall, of Tararu. It appears that she was getting a bucket of water at the plant, when by somes means her foot slipped, and her dress becoming entangled in one of the wheels, she wus borne round by it once or twice, &nd her arm broken. For* tunately the belt came off, or the result might have been much more- serious. Dr i Callan was sent for, and promptly attended to the injured limb, { Mb H. Kenslck. R.M, left the Thames this morning for the West Coast) to take part in the investigations of the commission appointed to enquire into disputes (of which be is a member) existing in connection with leases in the West Coast districts. The Auckland Harbor Board have decfel not to introduce the proposed loan bill in the Assembly this session j they also decided not to prosecute compensation claims for land at Meohanio's Bay against Government, but to accept the terms efferred by Government, namely, to reclaim pare of the Say, and band '■be portion of reclaimed land over to the Board.

A BEPOHT presented to the last meeting of tha County Coucil anent the construction of a i tramway from the Obinemuri river to the Karangnhake district, was to the effect that j tho tramway should start at the river near the Mill, at which point the navigable portion of the river ends* and then proceed by the nearest route to Karangahako without crossing the. river. The distance is about fivo miles, and the estimated cost of the work is £10,000. Tn accordance with a resolution of the Counoil, the Clerk, Mr Hollis, to-day wrote to the Hon. the Minister of Mines, and, the member for that portion of the country, Mr L. M. Grace, forwarding the report and pointing out the many advantages attached to the work being done. At this evening'i meeting of the Masonic Lodge of liight, 454, 1.0., an interesting ceremony, in the shape of the presentation of a very bflndsomerPasfc Master's jewol, will take place. The recipient will be Bro. B>. H. Foster, P.M. The jewel is the work of Mr J. Finlay, of Brown street, and refleots great credit on his establishment. v A SHBIOTTS accident happened yesterday tba ; man named Thomas Brown, employed in one of Fagan's bushes. It appears that the unfortunate man was engaged jacking bulk timber, when he was caught in the abdomen between two of the large cylinders, with the rosulfc that he was dreadfully crushed. A number of his mates at once brought him to Hikutaia, from whence he was conveyed to the hospital in Phillipa' coach. His injuries were found to be very serious, and the poor fellow is suffering intense pain. On enquiry this afternoon we learn that he is in a very critical condition. THE Eav. McKenzie Fraser, minister of St. Datid's Presbyterian Church, Newton, who died Bomewhat euddenly on Monday, was brother-in-law of Hugh Miller, the eminent geologist, and c ditor of the Edinburgh Witness, who married his Eister Miss Lydia Falconer Fraser, a lady of considerable literary ability. Mr Fra?er has been pastor of St. David's for four years, and at. the time of his death was 63 years of age. He was much beloved by his people, and his decease will be sincerely mourned. ; A PECEXIiB case was heard at the] Chriatchurch R.M. Convb yesterday. A man named Arthur Savage, whose sanity is doubted, was charged with travelling on the railway without a ticket. It appeared that he has a rDftnia for cheap travelling, as he recently went on board one of the steamers and took a trip to Wellington. When he got there be could not pay his fare, and he had to do seven days in gaol for bis imposition. As soon as he was free again he quietly walked on board the first steamer going to Lyttelton, snd took a cheap trip back again. At the end of his return journey he had another period of incarceration under the Vagrant Aot, as it was seen he had bo intention of paying his passage, and no lawful means of support. Inspector Pender said that most of the railway guards knew Savage as a man with a mania for travelling on the cheap, but occasionally he got the best of t em, as in the present case. He had previously been examined by two doctors, who could not agree that he was insane, but as Mr Beetham, R.M., thought his actions more like those of a madman than anything else, further examination aB to his sanity was ordered to be made.