Original Correspondence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 90, 28 February 1862, Page 1 (Supplement)

Original Correspondence.

Tn the, Editor of the Tlatt.y Trims.

Sin.—Some t.imo past T nfl'Vesscl you nn the snl>jpet of "Hill Sinking' at this p'nee, when you will remember that a committee wat formed and eprfnm sums snTwribnr!, —in due form, tools were purohns"'!. men employe 1 rpvl set to wort:, throe different shafts sunk to tho depth of about 3fl feet, on the hill on the right hfiivl of what is called Mn-ori Ghillv. TTufiirttinatelv the men came upon soma loose drift which required slabbing. Tn committee, the question then arose, " What about funds ? " The Treasurer, in a low voice, said " very low." If no funds axe forthcoming fro™ head quartos, who was to rVfray the expenses of the timber? Th" Treasurer, with crreater emphasis, sair] he would head another list., —buta« storekeeper?, publicans, doctors, and diaaors, in sreneml are not domor si well as they wore, no one felt inclined to follow in the =<wis nf -the Treasurer. So. Mr. 'Editor, the Waitaninn Hill sinking stands in stntii nun. and must till the neces-arv mihsHv reaches Waitahunn, —when, I have heard nanv say, they will again chime in. Withremr'l to the Coal. A meetiner of the Wai-t-ihmia Cnal Milliner Association was held vfisterrlav oveninc n+- the Golden A<re Hotel. -D>\ Samuels in th° ch.vr. Cant. Balhvin kindly ntfended and explained that the Onve;-nment vers willing to authorize the Committee to employ efficient men. and fn-nish them with tools, kc, for a limited nfiWo-1. These oftVs were accepted and past, an'l I. helievo no time is to be lost, ii earrvine matters forward To receive Ca.pt. Baldwin. Was T beh'pvo, the real object nf the meeting ; for his (mod will and urbanity every praise is due. So, iifW Mr. Hickson, (our n"tin<r froM Receiver. I bolieve1), was pronosed by Mr. Hodges, a mrmbnr of the f!ommittep, with ft vote of th.iTiks to the Oommissionpr arid Chairman, tho Tnoetin-r a'liourned till this ovpninir, but boinc n biw rlny, find ovrin<r to the absence "f Cantnin Baldwin thron<rh inrlisnosition, little or nn Imiinpss wn= transactor!. Monday hein<r a sort of diex nnn with every onn but diwers, n fiillcnmmittpo is pxpnpfP'T, when tlif furnnne is to bo boated, and tho conl question nopossaviHl will lip .11 important oip. Tn mw'iision T must add that our crallant Siipprinto'donf has r.vrinH out his ndvnniyw to w> on lri« visit, as far ns laid in his powor. and as far as the enn's pt> : nrnit. T rlnre say, we shall hoar something about tho bill sinkinT. The. convmit.tpn snp.m to he. vorv anxious—tVirrulos aro in iron'l ohlp-—on dit, a tnorloi. TVnstinsr yon will excuse my trpsnaiiinT on vonr valuable time. I am, Sir, yours, kc. A Gaud. Waitahunn, Feb. 21st, 1862.

Tn the. V.Ktnr nf Cm CVrir.o Duvr TnfK«. ' Rrn.—T trust, yon will ex.-ns<? the lilvrtv T liav^ ; ttkon in tlm" vMrpwii" yon. Vu, fnv the welfare nf 1 the rtln.<^ to which T lieloncr T -wish to pxvosp. k, eras* i ininst.icß nrae^'K"' 1. not only on me tint fill sinmen ivho t arc stranser ■in Bnnolin. Ha vine lieen to thn 'lie- t (rincs sinno Smitera'|v>r. bthl not liein™ ■nicwrefn.!, I ' came ''ov.-i to tomi la<!t Thnrslav tlio ,tkl vra« •' compel'p'l f.t li«t t-> piirimvor to olnVur^ a slyp. T i fi n^pefi -) e 'l p.-, fnr a« tn nhfnin .1 pUuntion in tli^ 3 "Orin<!T>rirli"T." Trntpintin". tlirmmh Afp^sr?. T,l<vy.l £ an'l Ta^sfiTt, .Tottv-strpftt. Aftsr my si<rnine articles, s tli«»v ns'-'H mfi for R".. tVHit tooh^vl h"/!. _ 1 Another msn pn'leavor.vl to oV.!>in a si+natVn. lint J ths ahspnn" of thfl raonoj- cw*-rl him *o he rpiente^. i Now. Sir, it i= qii!+° an iiH'lerstUi"'l thinf, tlmt nil ] Cantab po.v tho shin'vno- n-vp.nf: for tlifiir tmnWe : < an'l th!a t>ot hfiin'r tlio fir* liv tw Pn tv times, T trust ] yon will civp. it- that unliiiHtv that it -m.iv m_pftt the ! ilepprts it rerpiiwi. Tnistins T have not ow.nnie'l too i much of your vrv'naMe snwe, I liare the honor to he, i Sir. yours most respectMl'-. ; At TTvwiHTtfNATE DIGQER. 1 Dtinelin.. Fehnviry 24th, 186.

Vot, lioro p-i-Sn^i.l : "iv b'i~in'>-3<- ii this State

AfaTces me a loolter-on, here, in Vienna." • Rfn,_To t.lifw! ii til'". Oolnnv who nre merplv , lnoVbn.-on. the Rin"iilar aptthv of *he • with re-"""1 to the internes offtn "ild drrewnr notvilatm, nntwirs vorv itna""onnHl>V, while t« thos» wlwso welfn-e ii more directly involved, it seem? tot.illy inexerisahle. , Dnrir.ir the earlier period of the diVtrine". Tim- J ■risions. &0.. were at nitnusly liisli -nricfis. nrisiTii . from the hal ma'ls. ail cnn-fliunnt flifflci'tv "fear- ' risw. >mt wiHi sr> rir-h a cu'lv n<< Oahrifil's. riiiK-nrR , or.ill t^inn affWv-1 fnrrli nricna, whiV ffovnrnTnnnt o.mM ' not >ie Wnmi»'l fnr Iwl rnvH. th^viMi it i* vory qne«- ' tionaWfi if it *ms in-lici"n« to niililish the rtisiovory of nH''-lieM in rt'« miliiln nf win+er: lint't conW ] hftpllv Tie oxn»"^'l tiiat tV sikVHtkj oolmv nou'rl . keep a secret wliirli an oMer pettlenent lri'srlit liave be«n temnte-1 to tnaVe known. ev>_n tfioneli it was certain to 1-vr to tlie inconvei'o.nce nf the raany, an'l tli« art/irtmrlizitmrnf: nfthn fp.to. Smi'ner catnnin-Ine j (vinrso. n.Tvl rirv ron-ls hi^- an effent in loworhiT tli? . nrice of ioo'lb. Tint to t!ie aniazemp^t of all wlio •10-q't knon- tlie color of ™>-l tape, nn-1 Tint'vitlist-an'line , official, visitation*, little or notliinschf.--i b<yvn flnnn t-o ! fit the roa -1s for trafficntramrt the en«'iin.<j winter. ot\A ( there is evorv nrpSTiw*. of T)ri«ni heini as hieh thi-> ( winter, while the r?<>M of ccoM is fle-.rear.intr at t'n- 1 { same time, which w'll prn^iWv Ifiirl to lioth snffcrin.l nnl crirof: Whnt has heen , done to ail an'l ene/mra-rc. an interest v/hicli hafl advanced the noTonv fnr'hnr than rwnf'.v vpa« of " nwts'-p') immiq-r.nt'on' an'l " p^ctenrle'l Hun'lrß'lV' enuM hive flonp "i Ha« n coo' dray road benn maoV ' No. some (rnttprs have hefn bHflsre'l oynr, an 1 thiH» i sometli'iiirtorn vnnnar oonntrv. Ts them a flailv Po«t ! to the i4ohlfinVls ?—not a hit of it. ho^v can m»n ■n-'io brine1" wealth to tho Provinnn, an-l fiml <r^<i in itexpoct the same oonsinpration a"> an " old res'ilent " who mavhave Grown fat from fnrcr of c>rrin>v>t'ir>rx: and how fin n contract wh'n'i w entered into before thi». o-old dis?overv he intri-fererl with ?. ■\Vn» an early and vv'ic'ons consideration triven n* tntothft pxt"tit of" Claims?" —Xo. Rut I need not n*k what bus not Iron done,but whathas hepn donp for thp n'lvan^"-" and f.onvnnicne^ of dia-crnT'<!. T)icrr« ¥rhave surely 'lone '.rood to Dnnedin in ra'^n-r the value of prnnertv there. —to th" revenii" by incvasT o' Cii"tnm<i nnl exeis". Gold TJntv, and Miners' Ritrbts. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Gold Rep.p. February, 1800.