HASTINGS – A HEAVY GALE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) June 12.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3405, 15 June 1868, Page 4

HASTINGS - A HEAVY GALE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) June 12.

„i- i ._ ■ ""«« "8c mgnt by a very severe tents vr! r IJLtJ°5 ul •PPf 111 "*?, o ''- G^*t n«mber 8 of ntber dd ° Wn ia » 11 dfreotions, ud many «,r.w ere tom t0 sbrpdB J provisions and olothin* Jffi , t0 the fur y of the Btorm . t!) e owners with «I« ." H l m * kin e *hw way through the pitchy dark«JV° i he hofcel8 ' Blanket! and clothing are hung ouito-d»yxn gre»t quantities, but the provision! n* v e in most instances, been apoiled, or devoured by P>? a and dogs, with which the place abounds. Much mischief is occasioned here by these brutes forcing tfieir way into tenfcs-by day and night. Luckily for the vessels lyine here, the wind was from the to ' ,li befn otherwise, those beached in front w ? h " tel wmM h * ve BUBt « ne <i se»«*e injury. We have been startled from our equanimity by the report published in. the Evening Ntwa that 191b. troy weight of gold had been obtained from one of the olainw here out of 211b. itone. This m»y be true, but I have not been able to asoertain the partiouJar claim so fortunate as to produce such a a -i, The Golden Point iB yielding well, and will, when the machinery is put on the gronnd, return profitable results to the shareholder!. O n the opposite side of the creek the • claims are yielding gtone which, from the auriferous appearance of it, will compare with the best claims in the Karaka district. Until the means of crushing the stone is provided, the minerg labour under a disadvantage. The expense of transit to Shortland w excessire, but it is better to realise without delay than wait for some months, 9cwt. of stone was sent to Bull's machine on the Karaka, which yielded 14oz. 17dwt. Bgr. as per return from one of the banks there. This is not a picked parcel, but the average of the leader that hat been taken out of the claim. Mr. Fceat", with his usual enterprising spirit, has, by his assistance, induced a party of miners to prospect the range lying at the back of the township. The prospect obtained from the surface indicates the presence of a gold-bearing reef in the immediate vicinity. This is not the first time that this locality has been rushed, but on this occasion it is the inten- * ,*V connected in the enterprise to see it carried out, and it is to he hoped with uuccess. Mr. Warden Baillie has decided on the ground this morning the case of Posseniskie v. McMahon, arising out of the prolonged absence of the plaintiff from the Die-Hard Claim. A witness on behalf of the defendant gave evidence that the plaintiff had not made his appearance for some days. The Warden, though he h»d not given permission to the defendant to take up the share, gave judgment in bin favour, which appeared to give satisfaction to eyery one on