ARRIVAL OF FOUR THOUSAND OUNCES OF GOLD.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1485, 14 September 1865, Page 10 (Supplement)

ARRIVAL OF FOUR THOUSAND OUNCES OF GOLD.

(From the Nelson Colonist, Aug. 26.)

The Wallaby arrived in Nelson on Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, from Hokitika and Grey rivers, bringing four thousand ounces of gold. His Honor the Superintendent returned with her, after an absence of three weeks, spent on the West Coast. Arrangements have been made for constructing a wharf on the north bank of the river, a short distance above the Canterbury landing at Greymouth. The wharf will be of considerable size, and as its immediate erection is absolutely necessary, tenders were called for from Grey and Hokitika only, as too much time would be waste " had tenders been advertised for in Nelson. When finished —and Mr. Blackett is busily superintending its construction, as well as performing the duties of Gold Warden, in which latter capacity he is highly popular with the diggers —the wharf will accommodate any vessel that can cross the bar, and she can lie alongside in deep water and discharge. A road—the main street of Cobden—is being formed through the town from the wharf up the gentle wooded slope on which the town is laid out, and we learnt that about 60 allotments fronting this street, with frontages 33ft to the street and 66ft deep, have already been sold. There is a strong feeling among those located at Greymouth on the Canterbury side to leave that town and come over to Cobden, and many are only waiting to effect a removal for the complete formation of the township and the clearing and making of the street. One important point, which tells in favour of Cobden, is that at the Canterbury side, where Greymouth is situated, the ground is sandy, and is frequently flooded in rains, while the sloping shingle beach, on the Nelson side, and the rising bush land on which Cobden is being built, always prevent such a catastrophe.

The Provincial Government of Nelson has shown itself equal to the occasion. Two buildings have been already sent down, one to extend the already existing Government building, and the other to be employed as a survey office. A lock-up and constabulary rooms are ready for shipment by next steamer, and plans and specifications for the erection of a bonded store and Customs offices are now being prepared, and the work will be carried out without delay.