TELEGRAM .

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1630, 23 November 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAM .

(FROM OVR OWN COKRTjSrONDBNr. )

, The Thames County Chaiw&Q and Mayor of Thames forwarded the Hon. Mt Larnach, Minister of Mines to-day the following telegram r«-sp« i ctin^

Professor Bl n oVs vi^t,:—** Everybody here with the Professor's lrctures and clasps. Tl«? pnblic interest evinced is the strongest evidence of the ww'oiu' of the Government in aiding mining in this direction The results Si*ak better thau anything that can ho said." Professor BUck wired yesterday on the same subject :— " Success over- | whelming ; classes ftU day long of most intelligent students, ahead of myself in many powits of assorting and testing. Thames is the plac« for a strong School of -Miaes." To day Professor Black again tfle« graphed the Minister of Mines on the subject of a Soliool of Mines:— You mnst give Thames a School of Mines : the classes :^« e crowded. Great intellig»>nce and yuthusiusin displayed. Im« possible for Montgomwy and myfl«lf to dml in the shortltime nt our disposal with the rich funerals sent to us. As the mineral are now, and re<i<tir« time for thflMrtKly it s^enia essential to luiv c a pjaVtnrat School of Mines. It wiJJLjfe^Jo * n take Montgomery away Tham«s till some permanent scKonii^ eptab lished here. Country full of silver and lead, and minnra don't know them when they sen them. Instruct me to ro-arrango prngniinme so that Mont-guu.-ty may be Inft here. Enthusiastic meeting last evpning. Comisiipy taking the U i ad. Never saw such earnoßtnPsg a*nong maragf rs, miners and all con. coined." Mr P. Com'^kfV Ims also t*«lp»rap'ipd the Minister: — "Following up the excellent work being done here by Professor Bla<;k a committw hi* been

formed for the purpose of at once establishing a School of Mi' eg here. Most important that the enthusiasm existing should be kept up. Will you i-außo thin movement to take practical form by appointing a couipetont instructor to take charge of this. Montgomery available. He conld lay the fonmlMtion of and continue uninterrupted this excelleut work which is sure to produce good results if only attended to now." Tin* Minister of Mines then replied to Dr Black congratulating him on his cufr'.ess, and agreeing to his suwgestiou. Mr Larnach has giveu Dr. Black authority to re- arrange his^.o^raiiiiuti so as to leave his a.o&i.stant Mr Montgomery, at th« ThamHs', ."tatiiijj; that the matttn.is too important in tbe interest ot tii*» miuing iudnstry and Co!o«y to admit of dfhy. The eUbiiw Timarit left this uftpr* noon for Mo^ihinni with about 1200 lengths of rail way .,dsAk*nd locomotive foi M kiiiimii Coi\l company. iSLVCILLkXTi, 21. Th»« result of the sm»'ltinj?of 50 tons of ove from th? Crown mine at Kiirangctliap* by La Monte, !proceS3 is gold and silver worth aboni £400, h-ss the co tof smelting. Tbe net return is

£211. which is confiidi'iN-d disappointing, p'urtlwi* tests will be mad*.

Bj.enheim, 21

An information has been laid against Captains Manning aud Eckfoid of tue steamers W;tihi and Mohakft res|-e tively, for not carrying mast h'iid and s'de lights <>v the night when both stnauers came into collision in the river near IJh nlieim, and cauaiug the Piniang of the Moh;il<;i.

1/UNKDXX 21

Bishop Ntvilla hag offered to give i'2ooo towards paying oiT t!i»* dobt on All Saints Church, provided the dumb is devoted to c.iLiiedral piirpost's.