MINING NOTES

The sum of £2,000 has been deposited in the bank on behalf of Messrs L. D. Nathan and others, of Auckland (says the ' Westport Times'), for the purpose of recommencing work at the Great Republic Company's mine, Stony Creek. It is proposed to eventually float the property on the London market. .The secretary of the Otago Gold Dredging Company, Limited, reports 250z sd\vt of g( Id for five days' dredging. The Otago Stock Exchange report that the Keep-it-Dark Company (Reefton) obtained 1740u of amalgam from 117 tons (top plates only).
Post Office Notice.
Mails close at the Chief Post OfSco, Dunedin (subject to any necessary alterations), as under:— For Northern Ports, overland, daily, at 10.30 a.m., C.P.O. Late letters, mail van, North train, at 11 a.ir.
Tuesday, June 30,

For Northern Ports.—At 10.30 a.m. (to connect with a steamer at Lyttelton). Late letters, North express, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 1. For Northern Ports, New South, Wales, and Queensland.—Per Waihora, at 1.50 p.m. Late letters, guard's vau, Port train, at 2.30 p.m.
Mail leaves Sydney for Noumea 2nd July. Mails for Raratonga and Tahiti will close at Auckland 6th July, at 4 p.m. (Signed) EnM. Cook, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office. June 29,1896. •

THE THROUGH TRAINS-Passengers This Day.
