St. Bathans.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1843, 19 November 1897, Page 4

St. Bathans.

(from our own CORRESPONDENT* v November 15th, 1897. RACING. / The St Bathans Race meeting, to take - place on Boxing Day, promicea to ;( be a. success. Subscriptions are coming la well, and an attractive programme will be waited in due course, Mr W. Armour of Ibis town - is secretary. MINING. The larger claims have bean undergoing a refit. At Ewing’s Kildare Hill, tons upon tons of boulders have been removed in--.-drays to give room for future, operations with the new elevating plant about to be . - • erected by Mr Wiikison, the local con* :, tractor. When completed it will be the - . biggest lift in the colony. - The M. and E. Company have just com*. pleted the erection of a new elevating plant ~ capable of lifting about 80 feet. This -, will enable the Company to work their ground at about 20ft deeper level than - formerly and the outlay in each pUnt will, - < there is little doubt, bring la handsome re- • turns. The new plant is working to-day for the first time, and by all accounts very satisfactorily. A pew kind of throat pjeea. • - is introduced, which claims an advantage . on that previously in use, in that by ite use- - expenditure in wear and tear ia lessened* In dredging, the,prospects are not quite*® dazzling.- Too much day has been encountered by the prospectors of some oelde and it is very improbable that dredges will be put on in these places. The smaller workings roupd about the district arc doing well, and aleo that extensive and well establish d Company, the Scandinavian Water Race Coy., whoee shares are always marketable at * goo® figure when at any* time there are »ny tor sale. Mr Kiel Nicholson manages these workings roost creditably. amusement. _ ‘ Angling, cycling, and training for Inn coming local races, form the principal times of St Bathanites at present. PKPABTURE, Mr C. Wiggins, the whilom enthusiastic footballer and secretary of toe local club has been transferred to the Dunedin Bank of N S. Wales. Mr Wateireton being his successor. , MEDICAL. .V The appointment of a resident dbetoe u on the tape.