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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 16 August 1880, Page 2

The directors of the Caledonian Extended ! Company visited the mine about • w*** **<>» and made arrangement* with the contractors to crosscut. This work was accordingly pro* ceeded with, and after driving 9ft to the eastward, or the hangingawall side, brought them on to the weH«deflned track of the reef, and the indications are better than they have been at any time since operations were commenced. This work is being earned on from the shaft at a depth of 188 ft. and the present face is under the north bank, or op* 1 posite side of Larry's Creek, which has there* fore been crossed. The contractors are Fitch and party, four in number, besides which the company employ a mining manager and on« wages man. The present prospects of this company hold out very encouraging hopes for the future of the Larry** Creek district. Last week's returns from the United At* pine battery are quite up to the mark. The quantity of stone crushed up to Saturday twt was 140 tons, which yielded 280oi of amalgam, from the top plates. Intelligence reached n« from Boatman's yesterday that the wages men employed eros« cutting in the Just-in« Time wins*, 55ft from the brace, have cut the reef It was small when first met with, but has already opened out to 18in. Tbe stone is supposed to be the top portion of the stone showing in the winxe. At the batfctfv, the stone taken out by the contractors, Byrne and Curtis, during their fourteen days'notiee of recision of their eon' tract, is now being passed through. It is on'v some 50 or 60 tons, Owlmr to tbe many unavoidable interrnp* turns met with, it is thought that the con* tractor will bardlv finish the erection of the Welcome battery within the stipulated time. We learn from a gentleman who has just come orer the Hernia route that no snow has fallen there throughout the season, and the traok has been open all through the year for stock travelling. In the Warden's Court on Thursday last Metbleson and party complained against Morrison and party for interferring with a wgirtered water«race et Lackey Oullj, and claimed «io damages. After bearing the evidenoe the Warden made an order allow* ing the defendant to have the use of tbe race provided that he did not interfere with com. plainant'. working. John Connor applied for a water-race at Big Biver, Blackwater, which waa granted. Mr Wise applied on behalf of the Just-in-Time Company for a tunnel, and other righto, lately in Che occupation of the Boatman's Creek Company. Mr J, M'Gaffin lodged an objection on bebalf of the latter company, and after hearing the evi< deppe the application was refused. W, and

E. Seymour applied for a water-race at Bainy Creek, which wai granted, and the Court then adjoaraed. \ The following cases were held over from our Thursday's Court report: Brandt v Wright, summons for assault—Case withdrawn. Dowsing and Lines V. T. Williams, judgment summons, for £15 10 a 7d*Jid costs. Order made for payment of the iftinnt in instalments of £2 per month, ro default of payment, two months imprisonment Rosier v. Brandall, claim for £18 Os 7d. The Plain* tiff had served the summons himself, but attested the service with a cross, not being able to write, and the Magistrate declined to accept such a mode of attestation, and struck out the case. Union Company v* Lins'trom*. £12 10s, calls | judgment by default for the amount olaimed and cost Bamev. Harris, £1810$, c%IU| judgment for the amount and cost*. ITGuigan v. M'Oanatr, claim for £10 14s lid, amount alleged to be due t ease dismissed. Wolfe v. Donoliff, claim for £1, value of three turkeys alleged to ham been destroyed by defendant's dog. Case dismissed; Brandt t. Wright, claim for £1 4s lOd t adjourned till next Court day. Morris t. Daley, claim for £44 18s Bd. No appearance of defendant i judgment for the amount claimed and ooets. The Court then adjourned. We understand that the Carandini trottp will include Beefton in their present West Coast tow. The company, which includes Ifadan and Mi*s Marie Carandini, Miss Deaken, Mr Walter Sherwin and Mr Hut* table, is now performing at Greyveuth, and will probably reachhere by Thursday's coach. In the Warden's Court on Thursday last an application was made for an alluvial right at the Big Biver. This is, we believe, the first application of the kind from that district, and we trust that it may prove the forerunner of many others. It goes at all events to show that the locality is attracting the notice of miners. tt leems unaooountable that defendants in undisputed cMI cases do not more frequently avail themselves of the prfvaefe of confessing judgment. Sitting after wsfa*M th*afagisj trate'e Court there are nambers of petty debt cases called on, only to be recorded by the Bench as settled by denutt of appearance on the part of thY defendant, Or, if he should be present, by admission of the debt The bearing or Court foe in all suoh eases is from 6s to 10s, whichthe def ndant has to pay, whereas by making with the Clerk of the Oou't, at anytime up to the morning of hearing, a confession of the debt, the bearing fee is saved, at well as the exposure of bavmc the ease called out in open Court, to say nothing of the waste of |^e^^«»ghjg^t*otti »he Court, waiting for the case to be called. We are induced to draw attention to this matter for many reasons: firstly, because • neglect of it heaps up the original debt unnecessarily, needlessly swells the business of the Court and lastly, but first in importance, because we should then be spared the visitations of defendants with begging applications, after the eases are in type, to M leave them out" the increase which has just been made in all Court fees makes a goad opportunity for mentioning Ibis little matter, and if defendants after this hint continue to pay the Government for the luxury of having their names called out in open Court, they will henceforth have to pay us for the luxury of" leav fag (torn «ityH^>W"*ffM fc i^ : After the Publio Works Statemeiit was delivered on Friday, a short discussion ensued in which Messrs Andrews, Hall. Ireland, and Oliver took part, before the discussion ended Mr Barron moved, that subsidies to local bodies should be paid during the present year. Mr Pyke concurred, and said Government should «ive information on tike matter. Mr M*Lean asked where the money, £275,000, was to come from. Major Atkinson said it could only be obtained by doubling tbe property tax. Mr Pyke said the money- should be paid out of the land fund. It was a gross breach of faith to stop the payment of these subsidies. Major Harris said that abolition was carried on the distinct understanding that fire yean subsidies were to be paid. The House adjourned at 9.15 p*m. until Monday. Amongst members generally, and especially amongst Government supporters, a good deal of disoontent is being manifested at Government not introducing a bill to give effect to some policy of local government in lieu of subsidies. The House is evidently getting into- a. bad temper generally, and exhibiting great impatience to bring the session to a close. There is an agitation among members to suspend the Standing Orders requiring three weeks' notice in the local paper* of private bills affecting local interests. The object is to hasten the dose of the session. Mr Tole's Law Practitioners Act Amend* ment Bill provides that any member of the Legislative Council or House of Bepresentatlres who is now or has been engaged in the study of the law as a pupil of some barrister of the Supreme Court, or who baa served or is serving under contract in writing as clerk to a soliotor of the said Court, or any pupil or clerk who shall become a member of the Legislative Council or House of Representatives, shall, for tbe purposes of qualification or admission as a barrister or solicitor of tbe said Court, under the provision* of the Act, be entitled to compute the period* of the sessions during which he shall have been in attendance in the General Assembly, and also,. the period witbin ten days respectively from the commencement and termination of such session, and such periods shall accordingly be so computed. » is understood this bffl is inbodue^ *» the express purpose of enabling Mr De Lautour, who is studying under Mr Bees, to qualify at the earliest possible date. The Grey Biver Argus of yesterday says « The newly*purohased diamond drill arrived on Saturday, in the s.s. Grafton, en route to Goldsborougb, where it is to be used in sinking through the blue reef. Tbe engine is rather a heavy looking one, and is fitted up so that it can be moved from place to place on wheels. The drill itself ig simply a steel

cylinder, into which are inserted rough Cape diamonds, which act with a rotary motion at I the rate of 800 revolutions a minute. It is I calculated that the depth to be bored will be I about 600 feet, but the boring rods' allow of I the bore being carried to a depth of 750 feet. 1 We hope that the experiment will prove 1 successful in discovering the existence of \ deep leads. The drill is in charge of Mr \ Carter, the engineer, who brought it from Sydney. The Sydney Evening News of July 12, in reporting the arrival of the barque Qrasmere from London has the following ;— On the voyagt, on July 5, an apprentice named William Crank, while aloft, fell from the mainroyal yard on to, the deck with severe force. He was picked up unconscious, and every effort made to restore him, which was successful The boy shortly afterwards stated he waa uninjured, and wanted to get up, but Captain Kenley insisted on his remaining in bed until the ship's arrival in port. Immediately on the doctor boarding the Gratmere the boy was examined, and it was found the youth was quite uninjured, < without a bruise, but the doctor advised his keeping quiet for a time. This is one of she most miraculous escapes ever heard of. The height the boy fell was about 120 ft, and his descent, was watched by the captain lit is described as a most wonderful acrobatic performance, being a series of somersaults from one portion of the rigging to another, happily eaoh time striking on his stomaoh. The ship was running 12 knots at the time. Tbe rate of one shillinf in the £on the rateable property on the valuation ro u o f County of Westland, struck on Wednesday by the County Council, supposing the whole to be collected^ will only bring in 1860 12s 4d, so that the payment of rates goes but a very little way in swelling the County revenue, which ranges from ttIS.OOO to £17 000 per annum. Yet the Westland Council at one period of it* existence petitioned for the abolition of the the gold duty.