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Otago Witness, Issue 847, 22 February 1868, Page 5

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pfj \P" (WpM^k CORKESPONDiaiaIiJift VJU6J g|V/;t^,-" ■ fibffi l yeathfr ,n^s hap p'ily chaniged ji^ne, reince', Saturday'ias^^^li °,^ce' rawain^um'fo^liave^etin! '„\The change £iß.mostop'pofluiie^ o !forV%ad'finewea'ther triiot set/in,,tlie agriculturists, must have jtlgen^Tuiued bytthe.loss'ot.^eir'crops.". It' liß^a 'very-f ortjmate 'circumstanQe.tyiat the is v a-lajel one'^ere, r6r",the/necesof.h^e/wbuH'have'been both scarce I'^'d/ dear. /vTKe^fiarvest^promise3 ' ;t;to' gßufnpient for want^/of 'tb?e! 'dist)-JLct and" ,' Tn'b^ onlyfd r am^gevdohe/tp"the, |r|ads,by"the HSoSS/pn^uesday', week'( la£t awKy' < Ij6^ j'.a jculveft .an^l. Sre.tSin.-ng wall lSiear <:the f' Arrow'Bluff/'The nfijury.is sufficie'ntto^stpp^all dray .traffic'; it' might b£ ?Hal£-!a"dozen mSi m.less,''th'an.a,week. r In ."fact",! had/proper |diligeKce'- r b'ee^ M us"e'd,'th J e s road, Bhould .fikWi^n-'onened' bjef ore this. • ~ } Tkjp losk to the r cpnununity r is^ye'ry 'serious, ;' tHe- .Wakatjil ' v 'inaccessible 'ior^^heele^'-^rafficVj'^ei^Q^'"* ,'7 ay, ;o|".TnvercargiU^or; Ddnstanw/ZBTad' !the waJf?nbw''destroyed!( be/e,fi built' '"Upon .the, solitl^rpck'^xnstead ','-of'"upon n 'a ' founfl' ation. oF,r^andJ' ;'it"' Vould \ not, ha'y c, been carried aWay^b'ut/like 'the' majority "'of "other rmp'e'dunenCs' to .locomotion,' it "must be attributed to imperfect,'constxu'cT, 'tipn. The crp^sing-place at the Shotbycr i is" in'-a-yery dangerous 'ata^e frbm' v'quick'- i saindsj and some very narrow 'escapes' occurred, till a solid//track, orrsoin'ething apprqacliing ip [ 7itj,' couicT be /.fo'ii n d." \. A' bridge is'badlv^wjtnted here," .as th^e/cross-/ ing-place,. from-the, 'Ijjtrge accumula tj.ori- of /tailings, comink^down'.from "the t sluicing .'claimsj gradual^' gets^,V6rse./ana.''-wp irse, i :aud there reallY ia'gr'eat danger to hunianl life." f . :^ The sale of th'^Wak^tip/ runs is, pro.ductive of considerable^ :diss'atisfaction', jri certain quarters/ 1' /' TKe'' matter,'^ \ not taken up veryl. 1' energetically-.' at.'' the, Arrow, but am;b'iigst the Queenst'own, folks" "itjs the 'real^excite'inent^qf" the';' hour." As things are at; present, good use-is made of .the runs," fand in' r some: .case's they" are, stocked tb thr§iS''Jimea 11 th'eir'.estimated' '"carrying capadi^ Ti,TK'e; ' business/ '/people look upon the Vale'( of 'the runs as' a jcerta^n loßs^.of .pQp'uli&^^Tliis/, is':;ajma.tter "which 'seriousl^effiecp/thein^and] 'as they, look upon itas'a'Bli;eadWd rch/ees'eVaitair;/".it -IB not to beiwo|ld|red'J^ jltat'liyj ltat'liy^ r proT posed;sale ha^a/p^se^'their^ahgejTl'.lri, the immediate neighborhood- o£ A ArrbVtown" and 'jQueenstown, extensive^com" Jmohage'accommodatioij,, is', indispensable, Especially now i&at so „hundreds,, hundreds, of acres of land"'are' under, cultivation?"/. A. Jmeetin'g of land/aSd! stock 'owners is/tp/Ve held at the ShatoV^'bnW/ednesday^next^ ■when. the •'ftubjec't'^pf //cpinmonage 'reservation will be jorpught -prdmirieirbly,' foxy A public übrAryo^abou,t- J ;peing'fprmedi at Arrpwtownja^nd ihe large|Su'm^oi L9O . ias. 'been subscribed,. i .Lo/Oxof'.ifwhich ,-is' alreadypaid,uga,^'irvSa^ lux* -\\i^'\^ - Mining matte^rs-'are 1 particularly "active/ ■There.are no cx t t'ra r large/ lfinds'!:to' record^' . lut, as a- ruley^enroughoutMhe district, ironingoperatio^s^Sfe /being/pVo^fecuted .profitably tb ■6hq^6Jnga < g'ed. I T^liefeare' iabout fifteen .CffiSese.locat^^ or^the 1 Shotr, over,: who app'eW,to/be^,/doing.' remari'ably; veil/ There.is'lgpol iox many t^ppsands. ''6f those indusJHpus Mongolians, ithe "liverbeaches ancfieiyabes in; thisfdistfict/ and -it'is reallji^omethiilgVextraordinaxy' numberjisiidiewj'/; v^T .l- v wx' /^\'°' '-' *-^rir/'p"'" - ri"!.:v.l)r i"!.:v.I) ,":/,., [.!