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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 855, 2 July 1867, Page 2

The Meanee River rose on Saturday night several i'eet, slightly overtopping the bank in one or two places. The heat ol the day or two before had melted the snow oif the ranges, and caused this fresh. By next morning, however, the water had again fallen. The height of the river bed and the lowness of the banks are such as to create considerable uneasiness so long as the weather continues so uncertain as it is at present. Rumoubs fbom Pohui have again caused some little excitement in our very quiet town on the subject of the supposed gold field in the ranges. A resident at l J ohui, Avho arrived on (Sunday, statosthat the prospecting party are still hard at work, and sending in regularly for rations ; and that one of the party, in the occasion of his last coming, made the assertion that if ever there was a payable gold field they had found it. What reliance is to be placed on this, it is not for us to say, but, one thing is certain that the men keep hard at work, in most inclement weather, in or about the same spot. An Artesian Well is being sunk for Mr. McMurray, at the Shamrock Hotel. The boring party were 27 feet down on Saturday night, and came upon the clay at a comparatively moderate depth.