REEFING ON THE COAST.
[" West Coast Times."] . ; There are a very large number of pentose; in Hokilika materially interested in Beeftaw,, and we are glad to say that the proepeofcaof the mining ventures there are looking up" coo- ' siderably. The Wealth of Nation* claim bam been languishing for some time, though for Of / long period one of. fche best enterprises erar / started there, from a letter before ue, receivedL in,'thiß'tawir,:W»:«re Tglad to say its prospect*. s|re greatly, indeed rapidly, reviving. A new reef hiia beon struck which offers excellent prospects. The quantity of stone crushed its bhe claim in two weeks o£ last month returned 3700z3. of gold. The battery at command in ■ too powerful for its feeders, inasmuch as it cant get through all the stone gathered in a week: in two da} 8. In about two months, however* the manager expects to have the mine sufficiently opened out to keep the battery at? work. As this will require about 800 tone* month, should thoae expectations be verified! there should be good times for shareholders. The writer is clearly in the highest glee, and expects " The Wealth " to again join the dividend paying ventures soon. The Moralight reef news is also said to be favorable, the prospectors having followed it about fifty feet into the hill, it averaging about three feet in. thickness, and showing coarse gold throughout. Those who have in any way been conversant with the Grey Valley will remember Langdon's punt on the old track. We are Rkd t» learn from the same authority we have quotetE. the above, that I/angdon'a reef, a find nude by that indefatigable individual after which ifc wne named, is likely to turn out well. It i» only distant about two milee from the coat pits at the Bronner, is reported as Bft. thick, and much of the stone looks like 2ozg, to tha ton. If this prove true, our Grey neighbours will not only have proved, coal mines, bufii pajable quartz reefs close to thorn. , The cjunt-y engineer has proceeled to e&e> Taipo reefs to lay off the track to the diime in that as agreed to by theCountjp Coaneil. . ' ' . ;:.v v ■■.•.-■■. - .
The Queen has ordered the Duke of C-eas bridge to express her entire approbation o£ the general efficiency of the, troops paradccL for her innprction rec JJfJy at Alder«hott. Her Maj««ty adds that it win a matter of spociaL. gratification to her to observe the admirebl® hearing of the men from the army and militi» rnerv, a, ' ■ ■ , ■
It may not be generally known (<ays ti&ft London " Eoho ") that the Duke of -Edfibbureh holds another naval command into® Best beaides that of the Black Prince. Tbo " Almsnach de Gotha" shows that he ie commandant of the second divition of tho Eusiita fleet in the Black Sea.
Ak iMPOETAin Qtjbstioh ahd ts& Answeb —What is the beet means cf foxtifjing the system against influences prejudicial to health, such as bad air, unwholesome water, sudden changes of temperature, intense coM or heat. The rational answer is—by sustaining and increasing the constitutional physical: strength, and thus endowing nature with the capacity to resist the influences referred te» To that pnrpoee, as well, as to correct tordfneies to diseifle, UpoHJHa Woure'at Scihiepaii.. AeoJtATJc yoasjkpjre ie liarfy adepted.—£Aim!.3
REEFING ON THE COAST.
Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4098, 14 September 1878, Page 5
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