THE DUNSTAN DIGGINGS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 226, 10 September 1862, Page 5

THE DUNSTAN DIGGINGS.

Mounted Constable Eagcrty arrived in town yesterday afternoon fro.n the Dunstan D'oS'ngs, bringing a despatch from Mr. Inspector Keddell, the officer in charge of thj field. Mr. Keddell's report, brquglit dnwn by the constable, haa no reference to the goldfield or its prospects, being entirely taken up with police matters, but we learn that he !ns sent a report upon the field by the hand of a gentleman who should be in town today. The constable did not visit the actual workings, but as far as he could learn, the majority of the men at work were doing well. A large number hid nude no attempt to work, and had circulated discouraging reports. Hi stated, that, when o:i the way he saw great numbers of people oa tha road, g >in'» a i.i returning, the latter being in the min>rity. At the time ha left there was a sufficient "supply of provisions, flour selling at ls.Gd. per'pound, and sugar at the same price, aml-fr.iin t!u number of loaded drays that hi siw oa tho road, he anticipate.} that there will so >.i hi a supply in excess of tha de.mnd. The snow had all disappeared from thu* vicinity of the track, but the*road between the U,»p2r Taieri and the Ko:k aud L'ilhr ■ wai very boggy and all but i:npass-»b!c Of the character, of thU piece of road our readers will be best able to julgj by the constable's own report, which we hive been kindly p.'rmittcl to copy It-is as follows : — IViliee Dop.irt'nent, ~ , , Wu*t Taieri, M. S. ;;) t. 1852. Mounted Constable Ka-.-rty reports for tin* iiiforination ot hi.s oificer, that in roinjdiuivce with in«tr.ict;oiM having started from thu .station on the 2u i ln^'\> . , '"" ' !l"P^k li-Tsc, m'rou'e t.,-the Clntha g.l i-!id 1,. -Ui.-.t <iv the f-vsnin- uf t!ie ,')rl, from the Kolt nature oi th<; country, hi-s pack hor-se got «t»ck Hiilbcin- u<i:thl.j t^. procwd, he was cmnpcU.-.l t'> spi-iid tfiut ni-iit with ml footl oi- sltdu-r for himself oi-h-iiNts ; that on tho inornin-4'of-th«4th, havin-p:i.;.i(-d br>rli li,,r.sos, ha a.-.iiu Ktartul, but the coiwtrv .suu cjuunmti.^"soft :v.id uneven, the p:»ck liorse ra i.'ntdu-illy b tjumur cxhaust.j.l, until fma'.iy !io lav d-iwn, and it w:h only by t!i.' assiatauc« of a "p-ir'y of iii"!i, who were ji-usin^, thut lw wa.s enaM" i t> uxtricrtro him. Svinur the cxhau.sUr.-i n[»Ui ofthw ''.*"V* '! li tn''n I' iijU-'a "l ailvisible v, put a jKirt of ■ t tim 1 ja-lin^ on a dr.iy that win on iv way to the di.'- ---! |rit'tf«. and f-tidcaiMc- to proct.-.::! ■ with t!it- remainder, but a:t:r travelling wiui two or tlirce milcd further, I h-i utterly cxiitniaoil did the pack horse k-couw thru hy lay tiown with no other 10.-id l.ut the"bare packs. \ The trooj) h«»r-»e also appe.irin;j; fiuitiue.t, constable 1 Kasjerty hi'l w> nther altern/itivc thin to put tfir> niiiairiiii- jMi-t «f th': liix-i^ir on another «lr,t V ". an 1 h-avo th-.! pack.hi>i'st- at Mes,M. (ircy- a:.<l Tiirnbub's stiilion <a tv« Jlauiutisto i'Jaiti.;, whero tv: ussill. (Signed) Jkrkuuii K.ujKiiTi', Muunujd fon-tubk'.