AND GOLDFIELDB REPORTER & ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1573. "MEASURES, NOT MEN."

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 265, 27 February 1873, Page 4

AND GOLDFIELDB REPORTER & ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1573. "MEASURES, NOT MEN."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE English mail via San Francisco will close at Lawrence at 7 a.m. oh the 12th proximo. Stanley confidently anticipsitas finding the descendants of the lost ten tribes of larael at tTie. Taieri. In the last Provincial Government Gazette, | appears a statement of Provincial transactions during the quarter ended Dec. 31st 1872. The revenue is shown to be £122,943, and the expendjture £67,542- 12s 8. We iemjnd intending tenderers for the construction of th_e bridge over the Mojyneux at the Beaumont, that the time for receiving tenders, expires on the Ist March. THB quarterly licensing meetings will- be held on Tuesday, the 4th proximo. Babbits are largely increasing in numbers on the Waipori Ranges. The monthly cleaning up of the Gabriels Gully Quartz^Mining Co. takes place on Saturday next. ■ Owing to the Phoenix reservoir being empty, operations in, nearly all the claims at Wetherstones, are compulsonly.suspendod. Some plums growji by Mr. Hopkins, Evans Flat, have been forwarded to our office, and duly consumed. They ate of exceediugly large size, of splendid'flavor, and speak volumes for the soil in which they were grown, and -for the care bestowed in their cultivation.

ON Tuesday, the 11th inst., a petition #•-"! by a large number of residents of Wetherstoues, was presented to the Warden by Mr. W. D, Morrison, praying that all applications for agricultural leases pn Wetherstones Flat, be refused. The Tokomairiro annual races take place on Thursday and Friday, the 6th and 7th March. The handicap for the. Switzers Handicap appears in our advertising columns. The spirited sporting men of Switzers have come out splendidly this year, and we trust that the prizes they offer will be well competed for one on the 13th and T4th March, and that a large assemblage of spectators will be ou the course. The first annnal pic-nic of the Tuapeka Sunday Schools will be held on the Lawrence racecourse, to-morrow afternoon. The children will assemble at the Grammar School, Whitehavenstreet, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, and will then march in procession to the scene of the, day's festivites. Parents and friends are requested to attend to, help the success of the day. There will be lunch at the racecourse at halfpast twelve o'clock. The popularity Mr. Thomas Muirhead has gained in Taau'eka found visible expression in the crowded house that assembled ia the Commercial Hotel on the occasion of his farewelt benefit. List Friday evening. ATaut of space precludes us from more than barely noticing the entertainment. We must content ourselves by stating the benificfare acquitted himself in the manner which has made him such a general public favorite, and that those who assisted him also performed their various parts Ito the satisfaction of the audience. Encores > were repeatedly demanded to the songs given, and other manifestations of approval wcra emitted by those assembled. Mr. Muirhead during the course of the evening thanked those present for their attendance in a few well chosen words. A PIC-NIC for all th© Waitahuna children is. to be held there to-day. It was intended that they should join the Lawrence children tomorrow, but the fear of whooping cough makes, the parents unwilling that they should come to, Lawrence. The making of the road dojaai Hurrays Flat is being vigorously proceeded with by the contracters, Math,eson Bros., and by those engaged by the Government. About twenty teams are! employed, and the contractors expect to finish, in six or eight weeks. About 130 chains are still not contracted for — the only tender re-, ceived being considerably over the provincial engineer's estimate for the work. If this park is not completed before the winter sets in, the. rest of the work will be rendered to a great degree useless— the missing link will render the chain of little working value. The gravelling of the road from Duff's store to the Camp is also, being proceeded with. Four teams are employed' on this job, and it will be finished in about six weeks. Mr. Hammond, well known in the Teviot district, has built a large house, intended for a, hotel, on his farm in Murray's Fla.t^ The Provincial Council will meet late in, April. Skctions numbered from 1 to 39, 52 to 58, 65, to 70, 78, 80, and "81, block 111., comprising! 4375 acres, Glenkenich district, "will be open for selection after Match 20. On Wednesday, the 19 fch inst., on the motion, of Mr. M'Coy. an order was granted by Mr. Pyke, R.M., for the winding up of the Devils. Creek Quartz Mining and Crushing Company, Registered. ' Mr. Henry M'Cay, of Waipori, I was appointed to wind up the affairs of the! Company. The annual soiree of the Lawrence Con-., gregational church is announced to. take [jlace on. FtiiLiy, the 7th. proximo, in the Athenasuin. The lev. Thos. Rosehy of Dunedin, and several clergymen and laymen will addi ess the assem-" hlage. Tea will he on the table at half-past 6. Should the weather be propitious, we confidently anticipate a. very successful slithering. In our advertising columns appears the prospectus of the Hexaudra Steam Dredge Company, to be registered under ■ the Mining Com-" pauies- Limited Liability Act. The capital is to b« £5000, in £1000 shares of £3 each. It is intended by the projectors to procure an iron dredge on the- ladder and bucket principle, fitted with a 20-horse power steam engine, to r work the au.rifer.ous deposits in the bed of the' Moiyneux near Alexandra. The names of the 1 directors is sufficient guarantee of the bona fide nature of the enterprise, and we expect to see the list of shareholders rapidly completed. Applications for shares are to be addressed to the! Secretary, Mr. J. C. Chappie, Alexandra. PROSPECTING operations are being pushed for- ■ ward on the claim of the Wetherstones Reef Quartz Mining Company. The working manager reported to the shareholders on the 21st inst. as follows : --Since commencing work I have been driving along the course of the reef, which runs east and west, butasyet, I have not seen any, gold. There is, however, a well defined, rubbly reef.consistingofquartzjspurssindslate. Eighteen inches of this formation have been taken for the back of the drive. Since beginning, about 38 feet has been driven through a blue and grey slate, intermixed with quartz, spurs. This ground has been lost ; and where 'work is now, proceeding- is, composed of blue slate, intermixed with milk white spurs running horizon- • tally, which, I am. inclined to think, will probably make another reef running ir. the op-, posite direction. A preliminary meeting of the Clark's Hill Prospecting Company was held on Tuesday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, at the Victoria Hotel, Mr. W. Jamison, in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. M'Beath regretting his inability to attend. The hon. Secretary, Mr, H. L. Squires, reported progress up to date, a,nd produced maps and plans shewing the. course of the prpposed tunnel. Copies of the deed signed by Mr. Gilbert Clark, conceding the right to mine over his land, and also of the. deed of -transfer from Mr. Frederick Trayes, were laid before the meeting. The subscribers list shewed over 2000 shares applied for: Mr. J. C. Brown moved, and Mr. Arch. M'Kinlay seconded, "That this meeting adjourn to Tuesday, 4th March, at the same place, at 8 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of electing a manager and permanent directory, and passing the necessary rales for working the company." On the motion of Mr. R. Williams, seconded, by Mr. Kofoed, it was resolved, '* That in thfc meantime, Mr, H. L. Squires be authorized to, collect deposit on allotment, to receive further applications for shares, and generally to carry on the husiness of the company, till the appointment of permanent officers." At a meeting of the Tuapeka Jockey Club on, Saturday night, Robert Reay. the jockey who. rode Tambourini in the Tuapeka Jockey Clvb t Handicap, was disqualified from ever riding or running a horse in Tuapeka. in consequence of having jostled Atlas off the course. A jockey, named* Malone was disqualified for a year, in consequence of breaking his engagement. The wonderful feats of Madame Cora, the famous lady magician, are drawing crowded houses. Every night there is a distribution ofvaluable presents, including silver tea and coffee, services. Jlfadame Cora will remain in Lawrence till Saturday night. Presents will be. distributed every night of the entertainment. We continue our report of tKe case Clayton. V Motrison and others. It is the most impor«. | tant mjning case ever heard-in the colony.

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