THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1864.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22744, 3 December 1935, Page 2

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1864.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

The Ministerial crisis is at an end and the Governor now rejoices in a new Ministry, and one with which it is to be hoped he will be able to work with some sort of unanimity. ... Mr Weld, the new Premier, is one of the most able men in the Colony, and will carry with him the support of an influential party. For the post of Native Minister he is perhaps as well qualified as anv man in New Zealand. In the Stafford-Richmond Cabinet of 1860-1 Mr Weld gave evidence of statesmanlike ability, which, no doubt, the existing crisis will call fully into action. . • . , , . The Assembly will, no doubt, adjourn after deciding on the course to be taken with regard to the natives, and settling the position the Colony is to take with regard to the Home Government.

Our correspondent at Mount Benger states that a splendid nugget, weighing Goz 12Jdwt, was found by a miner named Anderson within three miles of the head of the Teviot. It was purchased by a gentleman, a resident of the district, who purposes forwarding it to the forthcoming Exhibition. The following curt report was forwarded by Mr Warden Worthington on the 26th ulto.:—“Water has been very scarce at Waitahuna during this week, and many miners have in consequence been comparatively idle.” The following extract from the “ Oamaru Times ” is suggestive of the progress of the District: —“We beg the attention of our readers to an advertisement in mupresent issue calling a meeting for the evening of Monday next, in the Northern Hotel, for the purpose of consulting as to the advisability of forming a public company to purchase a small steamer suitable for the requirements oLthis place. It has already been found that a steamer which only calls here occasionally, and is often nearly loaded up with cargo for other places, does not provide sufficiently for the accommodation of the district. The new Jetty, which will soon be erected, will add greater facilities for export and import; and if, after due consideration of the expense and probable profits, it should be considered that a company can be formed, and the traffic thus kept in the hands of a district proprietary, the advantages of such an arrangement are sufficiently obvious.” From the Lake District good accounts continue to be received. • ._. AtNokoraai the population is increasing, and most parties are doing well. There was a report that two Cornish miners on the Shotover had obtained 3120 z. Arthur’s Point continues to maintain its reputation for richness, and sluicing has been carried on to a great extent behind the Eastern Township, and is said to be paying well. Good accounts continue to be given of the Arrow diggings. At the twelve-mile large capital has been expended, and the parties are just beginning to reap their reward, as much as £4O per man per week having been divided. Taking the average population at 200, the estimated earnings are about £7 per week each. The prospectors of the Arrow Quartz Reef have commenced sinking a shaft, and have gone down about 25 feet. The result is said to be very satisfactory. The reef affords indications of considerable thickness, and the stone is estimated to yield, with proper machinery, at least twenty ounces to the ton.