ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 261, 21 October 1862, Page 5

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

{To the Editor of the Daily Times.) Flu.—Will you allow me a small space in your paper lor the jmrpose of caUuir th-- attention of the harbor nut oritiea to the inefficient manner in which the channel between the Port and Duuedin is partly bu.>yod. Smviy, wit vi the large revenue now received by thi-j Province, some small pmtiou of it mi^ht be appropriated for placing a fow more an I luryer buoys, or, what would perhaps be bet'er— be:u ons, in th? intricate channel between this place and the Port. At present there are several .-pits, projecting som? distance, and not indicated by either buoy or bvuron, which uirdves t!io navigation difficult, enough in broad day ight, but at iiigiit-timwit becymwexcessively ;o—it being nexr ro iujpo^ibio io male out tho present buoys, until a ve^S'-l is nearly on top of them ; J. woul'l, therefor!', respectfully Mijig'stthat larger spnrbuoy^, or what 1 imague would be in;>re u-iefui. beacons such as have lie- n erected in the Lower Clv.nne', bu placed at fac.h end of the (.Jross Channel, !K-t\yeeu this sinil ths Poru ; and nor. less ihan six feet above hi^h-wati-r mirk, —such beacons would- be visible suHicurutly far off iv a -nioderittely clear starlight-' night to indicate th.; cliauiici, ami would al-o l»t' useful jo run a warp to, for the purpose of heain^ a vp.s'-cI olf. sh uld she ground oil the opposite t-ide of the channel. i With tlit: present «innH buoys in some, places, and \vaul of tiiem altogether iv oiher pi ices, it is ex..:eed-ing'-y diffi"uif to ina^e out the channel at night. A vessel ar.iv'mi;; at Tori. Chalmers too late for the daylide, on S;ifcu dyy, i* oM, ier oolite 1 to -v.dt tiiere (as we dare n<it trot underv.v'jjh on Sunday without incurring a lu-uvy penalty) un'-il Monday to t.lic great disgust and incouvoiiiimic! of naiiS'.'iigers (to .say nothi:iir oi the sU'ppi'r); or etac our way up in the dark, and run ihe risk of gifam,'' stuck fast, and oi remaining ho tor (lay;-, if the tides happen to be takiii" off. TruKtinp: that 1 shall n*-t have occunied your space in vain, but that so >efliitig will speedily be ''otic to facilitate the better nnviga-iou of the Upper Harbor, I have the honor to he, sir, Your most obedient servant, A Coasting Skiiteii. Dunodin, October 2!). 1802.

{To the Eilitor of the Daif.y Times.)

Sir, — I\\U).\- w.fi sx short .space in your paper to answer" Ouservr " Li tliy fii.sf pl;tc-, Smith tod m».* \ thf vfast'.i h" hud no money was that he leit DuneJiu '. bef'.ro ill-; hank opeiuM, tiiei-ei.y meaning the b;u;k in J>uiie<ii:i. '! his ymi wil; find 1 stated before both : Cuurts. ) t-an nl>o inlo'-m' 'Übsurver'' that I neverdid, nor never tO.'ou'd h:;vn cas-hcl a ch-.-qne i'ui- any man drawn on We'lu-i.stonc's but Smv-h distinctly s^'ni 3>uhediu. I v'- ish'jilsu io inform "Oo.vorv«jr" that but 'i j short time Ivt'ore Mnitii wii-< taken otl" he .-li-aiufi- nc Pi.it (..-h;t ui'ji-s on a chetjiKiuivcn to Amiorson a. Co., on the WouuTst'iic Ba'.ik. and refcurtn-d '* 1;.6.V. ' ! Also, dia'u \!e-sr;s Suiiih and Ward had not been doing isu^inesH for- some months before at Wuthei6tone's ; and at the lime Smith jrave me the chfque he hiitl ii"i half 'he amount of the cheque m the bunk at Wuiht-.is'oiie's. In coisclu-iou I wmlu say that Judue Gresson Ins always had tiie niiine oi a v ry lonium judge, an-t I see noro^oj) for rhinkiug thut he acted any way prejudiciaily lolhe prisoner. I wish al--o toi-tiitu that the manager at "Wetherp'nrc '- id not say he would cash a cheque headed Pn'-nri}..- but would return it to the drawer for alteration, Yours truly, John Hobr. Dunedin, Ortfther 20th, 1362.