PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1721, 17 July 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

New Bills., Wellington, Last Night. The Juries Act Amendment Act, introduced into the House,: 1 has for its'object the abolition of-gcand juries, and declare! that any juror who shall be summoned, and who shall have attended I'lit1 ' lit- the Supreme Court to try '.civil issues or issues of damages shall, be entitled to receive, if the jury be a special one, and whatever be the riumber, the sum of 15s a day or fraction of a day he shall be in attendance. In the case of common, jurors in civil cases and jurors in crimi? nal cases, payment shall be made by the Registrar from the Consolidated Fund at follows :— Jurors residing within the' city or town in which the, court is held, but not beyond seven miles from the Courthouse,'los ; jurors residing beyon£jfeyeh miles, and not b. eyond twelve milesßrom the Court-house, 1 la ; jurors rcsidin^beyond twelve miles, and not beyond 20 miles from the Court-house, 12s. Mr Fish's Licensing Act, 1981, Amendment Bill proposes to abolish the elective committees and substitute committee! nominated by the Government in lieu thereof.

Latest, Arrivals. Messrs Whitaker and Sheelmn arrived from the North yesterday, and took their seats to-night. ■■' ■•

Te Aroha Goldfield. The following highly satisfactory report, re Te At oha gpklfields, has been presented to Parliament, and has attracted favourable natice :—: — I'hia is as promising a goldfield as there is in the North Island at the present time, and ono that ,is likely to , give far returns as soon as the mines . are fully at work and the tramway completed for the conveyance of stone from the mine to the crushing battery, which is expected to be about August next. Quai tz reefs containing payable gold have been traced on the surface for a distance of nearly three miles in a northerly di« rection from the Woirongamai town. The thickness' or the reefs varies from six inches to eight feet, but the average may be set down as about three feet, and so far as they have been opened out the show of gold is fairly distributed through the whole of the stone. .There .have been ninety-one mining claims taken' up, containing 1216 men's ground, and about £15,000 have been spent in prospecting and opening up the mines.) Very good stone has been obtained from some of the claims, but there lias never yet, been any of the quartz crushed, beyond a few specimens to test their true value, and until this is done, and the reefs developed to a much greater deutb, the permanency of the field cannot be said to be established. There are, however, sufficient indications to induce a largo amount of capital to be expended on the field in order to thoroughly test, it. Messrs Firth and Clark, of Auckland, are so satisfied with the prospects obtained from this field that they have erected one of the largest and .most complete crushing plants there is in the colony to crush the quartz from the various mines, and have arranged with the clnimholders that the maximum cost of same shall not exceed JOs per ton. This crushing plant consists of forty-one head of stumpers in nine batteries, eight of which contain five heads, and one head is placed in a battery for the express purpose of crushing specitnensi Each battery is fitted with an automatic self* feeder, which is now largely used In Colorado. The battery is driven by two turbine water^wheels, constructed by Messrs Price and Sons, of the Thames, and the proprietors have on the ground two additional turbine wheels, con* strncted by Messrs Leffel and Co., which are largely used in America, to connect with their machinery if found requisite. The cost of this plant, including water-race, etc., to March last, was about £15,000, but before it is completed and a larger supply of water brought in, the works for which are in course of construction, it will probably exceed £'20,000. In conjunction with this crushing plant the Piako County Council are constructing a tramway and self-act-ing inclines to connect it with the principal mines. The tramways are constructed principally with 401b iron rails, having a guage of two feet nine inches, and are intended to be used for working a a light locomotive engine, or as a horse tramWay if found to be equally economical. The total length of tramways and inclines is 2 miles 66 chains. When these tramways are qompleted, they will enable the quartz" to be conveyed to the crushing battery at a minimum rato of cost. These tramways, together with the, large; crushing plant, will give such facilities for working the mines^ «s no other new goldfield ever had in the colony, and will therefore be the means of the field being properly tested. The tramways and self-acting inclines, when completed, will cost about il4,ooo,'[of which £6000, and the line of 401b irflL/ rails, have been given by i Government.

Sawyers are wanted for the Hukanui f v bush. I , Mr John Knox will continue the sale of drapery, See., &c., at the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday next. ■ ' ,', >< , Mr D. Kempt, surgeon dentist, will be at Cambridge on the 24th, and Hamilton, on the 25th inst. • J, _ -w''- (< ; J• t ' ~* Persons claiming compensation for land taken fori, Cambridge .railway station are requested to serve their claims sit the Public JYbrki Office, ' Auckland. ' " » - - Messrs W.Jf Hunter and, Co. ,yill sell at the Ohaupo yards on Thursday next," 00 Hereford cattle, yearlings and 18 months old. mucd Ratepayers, in <the ; Eirikiriroa Road District are ordered to remove gone from road* adjoining their property within pne month. Mr John Knox will sell on 'the premises, under sheriff's writ, the household furniture of A. t W., Ellis, Taupiri Hotel, Taupjri, on ,ThurSda>/tWlOthins f t.>,SiUo^ 'A Ui f .J I B^ts'aot) MjgE;f-If ,tq-ae-strby tKem get » 'packet of Hill'sMaoic Vermin ;^iL£K^itvpacket3,'6d, 9d; andl»', to be obtained <M all^stofekeenersi -otj&om Ti^B.' Hi,u.fby<enclosing an extra starap.v 5/ } !-i ' l**f'' ' ', 'cjpuer;?'' asked : j, a- f board ;jsch"qol,.teacher,