OTAGO.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 717, 13 September 1869, Page 2

OTAGO.

The principal business men of the Teviot nre stated by a correspondent of the Tuapeka Press to be very unwilling to supply quicksilver, and to purchase amalgamated This is owing to serious frauds having been effected by mixing particles of base metal in the amalgam, in such a manner that it cannot be detected until assayed. It is stated on undoubted authority that in some cases the Banks have lost fully 16 per cent, upon amalgamated gold. As a matter of course, the Celestials are looked upon as the offenders. A melancholy accident, resulting in the death of a child two years old, the son of Mr Hugh Clark, Clark's Flat, Tuapeka, occurred on the 24th August. According to the Press, the child had been given a piece of bread by its mother, and had gone to a creek a lew yards distant from the house, it is supposed to feed some ducks which were swimming there. After the lapse of a few minutes, Mrs Clark missed the child, and proceeded towards the creek, she found that it had fallen into the water. With the assistance of her husband, the body was immediately taken out, but all exertions to restore animation proved unsuccessful. Dr. Halley was immediately sent for, but life was quite extinct before his arrival. A rise of several feet is reported to have taken place in the Molyneux towards the beginning of last week. The bank claims

at the Marmherikia Vere conseque flooded out, and work waa tempos t suspended. At Mount Benger the fIS had the effect of causing a Chinese to leave the district, greatly to «f regret of the storekeepers in that local t A rise is also reported to have taken nl in the Waitahuna river.—Otago Dt 9 Times, 31st August. a % The Southland Q-overnment has lost time in acting on the resolution recent!' carried in the Council with reference l the re-union of the province with Ota A letter was received yesterday from ft" Superintendent of Southland, dated & 24th August, requesting his Honor th* Superintendent of Otago appoint thW* commissioners to confer with three South' land commissioners on the subject of r ' union. Their report is to be laid, bef or the Provincial Council of Southland with, in one month of the date of resoluij 23rd August. —Otago Daily Times, 3u August.