LYELL.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 57, 17 July 1878, Page 2

LYELL.

(SitOM A COIMIKsroNDRNT.) Tory 11 ttl"o- diniwio or oxoitomont i>p horo rlpoo my last lotto v r mining generally ling recoi'od n' ncvoro check o^ing to tho oxoroublo woathor, wo Imto had* : snowing tho last two months, • First it snowftd, nnd> Thon it mined; and Then it snowocl and 1 R'ainnd ngain, nod no likcliliood of it flensing. Tn fnct wo huvohnd so much wet htoly fclmt I tllink Saint Switltin must have constituted himself patron of tlio Wot Const. Tho Lycll deponding upon Woatport for its supplies hits rnn short of tho necessaries of life, th-anfcs-to tiho-nbib ninniigenienfc of tho Buller County Council,, who,, from Bomo unoxplninod 1 oauao, nro un«blo lokoop their portion of tlio- rond botwoon ■ LycM nnd tho Doo Kilt open.' for dtay trnfilo-, conßcqmcn<ly Lyoll District hnfy to dopend upon tho ownnrs of a couplb of onrgo boats fbr getting provisions up fromtown,, Tho boats hnvo been unablo to ninho bui one trip> dtM'ing' tlio- lash two months owing to tho continuous floods in tiro Bullet; rivor. Tho owncv of the boat»> lenowing himself to bo muster of tho position, hns raised tho prico of froighb from jEßfto jßlO'por ton. But ovon at tlidt prioe pooplo would willingly pay if they oouldt ' got provi.'fionfl up ;: but no, tho blookado by river and' rond if> ns effoottml ns if tho i R^ fl si an s woro bosioging us, although our ,mombor,.Mr Inglis> hnousodevory effort; !to indaoo tho BuUcr O6unty Cbunoil to 1 keep tho piooe' of ro^d 1 between Lyoll and Deo Hill open, for dVny trnfiib. l?ut no, that august body seem- moro intorcated 1 in bridging Dirty Mary's Crook, oi> somo othar ob* of tho way plnoo than ih keoping n< portion' of tho main rond opom A groat mistake ooonrrod in not having Lyoll taokod on. to youc County instond of tho Bulloiv and tho population horo would' only bo too gtad if such an ox« \ chnngo oouhl bo offootod, Now, I hoar your mombor, Mr Eiohnrd' Hooves, boing | req,,uoßtod by tlio- Westport people, ho procoodod to Wellington 1 and interviewed i tho Premier ro' somo assistunoe towards kooping Bullor road opon.. Ho sueooodod in getting £600' which is to bo exponded on a portion of tho rond known as tho | Swamp, which, has Intoly falloi* into disropair. "Mr ltoovos" prompt notion in in* toro&ting himsolf for tho Bullor County, shows by oorapnriaonv tho di^oronao botwoon himself and tho mombor for tho Bullor, Be Henry, who has takon so litUo inlcroHt m tho affairs of tho district that hift oonfltituontft begin to think it- is time 'ho-rosignod hissont and gnvo somo gontlo, , mon loss cnlloun, n chanoo' to> ontor tho political arona. Ono say, who is< throughly ooavei'so-iit with, tho wants of bhe distoiofa,

The Wnrdon hold tho usual monthly Court on tho JWlh June. And ono witnojs in giving oviclonoo in n civil caso about a dnm, omplusisod tho oxplotivo damn so ofton that his Worship fined him 20s for contempt of Court. Tho Licensing Court was also hold and nil applications nnd ronowals vrcro granted. 0. Broad, Ecrj., roducod tho accommodation houso 1 icon 303 alone; tho road to £5, taking tho humnno view of tho facts, viz., thnfc tho accommodation house hoopers have groat diflloulty in making a living owing to tho smallnoss of traffic caused by tho wrotohod stiilo of the road, His Worship made ono oxcoption, as ho charged ono applicant JBIO, and rhvo him a sororo lootu.ro for soiling bad liquor, or what is known as chub lightning in tho trade. Tho vending of bad spirits cannot be too strongly dcolt with os it has a tendency to fill our lnnntic asylums^ Wo httd Mr Gardner, the Inangnhua County Engineer up tho Upper Bullor, ho was laying off tho lon« talked of piece of now drny road, Ho has had" a rather difficult job to perform owing to tho denso scrub to bo surroyod through nnd tho fact of its boinfl wot tho whole time ho was. Hero ho )»n» avoided tho blunders oF Homo of tho cngineors employed lately in road surveying, namoly that of laying the road off closo to tho river bank, which scorns to have boon tho great error in road making. This piece, which ia about Mix and three-quarter miles, has boon laid off by tho .Engineer along n praroltoy torraco about a quarter of n mile from tho rivor bank, having plenty ot metal nlotift tho surveyed line whioh, will o'iuso this pioco to bo about tho least expensive road as yet constructed in tho district, and will nlso bo tho moans of avoiding tliroo dang'Tous crossings of rivers, namoly, tho Long Ford, ltibbrts, nnd tho Mntnkitaki. Tho roads in tho upper part of tho County nroiu fair condition so that the Humpden pooplo who contribute to tho County ro« venuo nbout £250 per annum, nnd have had nearly £2000 within tho last )2 months in their Kiding,hnro to thank their onorgotio niomhor, Mr Kelly, for tho in* torost that ho has taken in thoir thinly populated district; Several now quartz mining looses have boon applied for on tho Alpino Ilnnae, Xho Alpine Company aro pushing on with tho sinking of their shaft, in which tho reof is welNdefinod and about four foot thick showing fair goUl, but the water is somewhat troublesorao making tho sinking slow work. This Compnny is nlso pushing on with tho erection of lulliiionnl mnchinery, Tho other quartz claim owners nro prospecting for sorao of thoso rich loadors which are known to exist in tho Alpine Hibl. I hear that Mr Gardner, your County 'Engineer, in making it somewhat unploa--Bnnt for somo of tho road contractors by informing thorn tWnt until oortnin improvements nro rawdo in their soct.ioim ho could not pns&thoir contracts, although some of said contracts expired a month r»ga, nnd contructors hh%o boon mndo a sort of stocU subject lately for everybody's abuse, fro«> tho tounwter who drives a throe possum power team, up to tho editor of live local Fililuvtor. Imnwcßutoly v driver with niadcqiuatt* Uorso powor hn» a sloppngo by v moro than average pobblo choking against his wheel, ho got.s his fellow drivers, who on these occasions aro numerous, to sign n written btter to- a body of local martyr?,, known ns theCounty Council, who in order to nasungo tho intelloclunt complainants, they ordor their overscor to put high pressure on t)w contractors. \n instance of th-is occured some timo ago down tho filler lioad ono of tho enrtors bioko his n*lc" whtdv it wns said had boon iri< two many yoar«» Im* mediately a lotl or was wri temnmfl »i«ned by tho teamsters, condemning the Engineer, nnd informing tho Butter Cbunty Chairman that if tiro carting interoxt was not scon to it would bring wnirorsnl rum to iho district* However, thoro is no doubt but great improv«monU cottld bo oiFectod by widening tho road nlontf. the stoop »idclingß> niwlstho Inangahuft Cbunty Council should have fcho mutter brouight before tho Rovoimmoni; this sossion through our local M.H.B.'s in ordor *o get a subwdy for. doing this- necessary work, : lyoll, Bth July, 1878;