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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 766, 21 January 1871, Page 2

The Suez European Mail was due in Melbourne on Thursday last, and would probably comt! to hand with its usual punctuality. In such case the telegrams vin. Adelaide, would be received in Melbourne on the 17th, and will bo brought on to the colony by the next steamer arriving at Hokitika. Mr O'Conor will address the electors of Bnller this evening, at Charleston; ou Wednesday evening, at Addison's; and at Giles Terrace on Friday evening. Mr Inspector Shallcrass arrived by the steamer Charles Edward, on an official visit to Wcstport, and proceeded by the above boat to Greymouth, yesterday evening. He will visit Brighton and Charleston on his return overland to Westport. A boy, named William Williams, residing on the Orawaiti road, met with an accident on Tuesday last, which was -very nigh being attended with fatal results. The boy, it, appears had been amusing himself for some days past with a six-barrelled revolver, and when the accident occured, it'was loaded with powder and an iron tack, the head of a lucifer sewing in place of a cap. The. boy was busily engaged looking down the muzzle of the piece when by some unexplained agency the pistol exploded, and a portion of the charge entered the boy's forehead, penetrating to the skull, the tack then passing upwards and finally out of the upppr part of the forehead. Dr Thorpe was speedily in: attendance, and had the sufferer removed to the Hospital, where he removed a portion of the tack from the biy's forehead.

A hut, at Giles Terrace, belonging to two miners, Alexander White and "W. F. Boag was .consumed by fire yesterday morning while the owners were engaged at the claim. Among other personal effects, a gold watch, and some small articles of jewelry were destroyed by the flames. Robert F. King, who was brought before the Bench, yesterday, charged with uttering a valueless cheque, was very promptly arrested, in Charleston, on Wednesday eveniug. King, it appears, crossed to the South Spit early on Wednesday, and later in the day London placed the matter in the hands of the police. The warrant was placed in the hands of Constablo Williams, who having learned that King, or a man answering his description, had crossed the river the same morning, proceeded to Charleston, and, after some trouble succeeded in arresting his man in the vicinity of Constant Bay. It is notified that gold mining leases will bo granted to Peter Ewiug and party, Robert Oxley and party, and Robert Tennant and party, at Giles Terrace ; to John Marshall and party, at Kochfort Terrace: and to George Foman and party, at Addison's Flat.

It has been, resolved, during the next session of the Assembly to hold a Flax Exhibition, in Wellington, and manufacturers are invited to forward to the Flax Commissioners, through the Superintendent of their Province, samples of the fibre, rope sacking, or other material, prepared by them from the New Zealand flax. The samples of fibre should not be less than 20lbs in weight, and ten or fifteen fathoms of each kind of rope will be sufficient. It is desirable that a statement of the process and estimated cost of manufacture should accompany the samples.

The following leases, for gold mining purposes, are to he granted in the Charleston and Brighton districts:—Buckley, Weston and party, a block of five acres at Daylesford Terrace, Brighton; Robert Taylor and party and Robert Whittle and others, each a block of three acres, at Candlelight Flat, Charleston, and to Thomas Kyne and party, Charleston, five acres at Darkies' Terrace.

We take the following bankruptcy notice from an Auckland paper. The Mr Nees referred to, formerly owned steam saw mills at Hokitika, and more recently at Charleston and Westport:—"A second meeting of the creditors of Henry Gottlieb Charles Nees, of the Tairua Sawmills, was held on the 9th inst. at the office of the Provisional Trustee. The liabilities of the estate are £12,426 9s Id; and nominal assets, £12,650. The assets are chiefly mortgaged. Mr Thomas Macfarlane was elected trustee in the estate, with Messrs John Batger and J. S. Macfarlaue as supervisors. An alluvial rush has taken place to some newly discovered ground, on the beach at Coroinandel, Auckland. The "Thames Advertiser" says:—"ln prospecting the mud flat at the Kapanga beach, gold has been found in almost all places that have been tried. Several claims have been taken up, and are being worked vigorously. Practical miners are of opinion that the whole of tho mud flat will be found payable. In one instance, wo are told by a miner whose word may be relied upon, that he himself saw on Saturday nearly half a pennyweight washed from a dishful. A puddling machine is to be erected, and the ground thoroughly tested.