THE KUMARA.

Evening Star, Issue 4248, 7 October 1876, Page 2

THE KUMARA.

We are pemiittod to make the following extracts from a letter dated September 21 from a late resident in South Dunedin : The road up from Greymouth to the new town" ship is very g< ,od, though hilly. Coaches and drays were bviuxiug up passengers ard swags, while the road from Hokitiba was alive with people bringing' on building material, kc. It is splendid timber couu' ry all the way up, and lots of fine water. After crossing the Teremakau, w« made a quick turn up a windiDg part of the road and found ourselves looking along along, straight avenue in the bush, on each side of which trees had bees felled and houses, bote's, smith's shops, restaurants, and innumerable tents had been plaoed in the centre. Another street leads down to the diggings, ami for more th. n a quarter of ft uule it was built on like a town. A sawmill is at work, but it cannot supply timber quick enough. Oil theso two streets miners crowd, looking around them; bill.; are stuck up on all prominent places iutifiiatf uij the opening of banks, and balf-erected stores are doing a good business. Bars and barmaids are plentiful. As to the success of the field, I may say there are over 2,000 men hanging about Qr running in advance of the few, who are sinkiu:r riiafts—every one of whom is undeoided what to 'io. The orthodox thing is to peg off as near ai near as you oau to somebody who ha,s p\r% down a holo on jfold op who Ja, putting down one, and shepherd your claim till you know if it is likely to be on the lead. Nobody seems to be exciting blwsair, and a stranger might wonder what all the peox>le here intended to do. The tact is, whatever comes out of the rush, for the present there are

io«Mtibraur.M orowded round the plaoe with so ol i. B ? M ftS *° ld tbanyou hate in £??& 7rhe^ rho l e a^» n « hM to be proved yet. The holes vary from 18ft to 130 ft. I may Bay. for the information of any who may b« a king about the rush, that in the opinion of old dizgers it is quite unprecedented in some respects. Comiug np we met no croakers going back; in fact all we saw £oing down were empty coaches, or coaches full ot sheepskins. Everyone seems to think, no matter how good it tarns out, some months after tniß will be soon enough for people who have nothing in their pockets.