SWITZERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 11

SWITZERS.

Mining news for the week ia dull, the fe'oara h-wina interfered with operaiions, j especially m the surrou'tdingnoighbourhoods. j Nfc^r Ompboll'a C'eik the ice was suiii- j c ;n nt.y firm to carry horsemen, and at -,ne Wnueeomb seme of the cLima stoppr-d ia conscqacDoo uf the fr >ji At the Dome, a'so, vie mrneis were fr z n out. Fiota V/tiuinkf, vhe ivoori. on the whole is f;ouu. B.ibiry's par<y, consisuu,.,' of i' 2 sh .rch .1-vrs aro work i>g ia Wo tacts aV.ut ha'f a mile 'ipnri. an.i ie 13 said w h sa'is-f.-if.tory r< u'ts, I^his p-.rty — .<.r> :vrn&!s_''*.m--i'on i'l 'Iwkii'a 'tT'^i..,'! i^crty :i d K.ria'y's — po r st; is <i c ipit'il race, carrying ; ovat teu hrads o; wate ;icd corrected with h is as live a puco of ilinmn^, bWout three q'lrtrcers of a roi h loui^, us is to bo see • m the p--o-vince, I I>eiu,ve. On Shepherd's F : ?t (W .•>- kik ) tome of the claims are reported as j o(>iu w ; v?i i.\ Inhere is plenty of grcuud uli.'uobed "»8 jrt, ard an ample supply of wato • on the il >t. Wrikaka, I am i iuiormc^ is au'vst a 'jow countiy. Iviuch of i" li»s di'vci' t.c'fn prospected, and no far as is knovn. would giv .•kvro.ge wagvs co miner.", vc\t,h, of coUi-3,., the caat-e of a ''n c," for j"C".rn to -some. Mr Hm tor, the s o'^kee'jer, i-vi'lfifiy •> -s faith m the place, ju>s»int; by bis plon.;hirL, sud putting — generally good oLns of --» down. J?ro:j M'l-itvres, the news is not so good this w j ik. though qnaiG are ma-kmg pretty t'ood w^,;cs. P.y%ble prospects h:.v« been obtained iv n^w Lrou\>d up the Waikaia, in tho vic'aily of Gow's Creek. On S^:'z rs propoi 1 , with re:pc-ct to milling, 1 h've not h* \c& of anything rew rtunri'' "he wvek. Several miniu^ crigng have beeu i' <sju heated on. in one ot which I'lrj fKvin, 'a pefjn < -&iou of the (Jou-j, r:<jfct-d a« ple-idi r ;or a party, '-::.i was S'leCv >,siui il gaining the c so. Tins is fliV.eiing *t a b.'g)i>i'cr, sad perhaps may lead to tho establishment of two pleadeis instead of Mir only luvin^ om Sme of she business men v ere brought to bookfor neglecting to takeout or renew their licences, and were duly mulct, d tor their neglect. Whenever a decis.on on a cr-se, civil or otherwise, is given, I presume it is a loser'n privilege lo growl st it. S"me folks up hrre wili growl so loudly one of these days, if n>-t more careful, that they will hive the privilege of continuing the growl under the kindly o re of our j-ergocni. Applications for mining certiricates were granted to Ah Man and party, Muddy Terraces, for an extended claim, and a dum ; ako to Vjfessrs Lynch and Fou ties, tor a two r c c extended claim on the ea^t side of tho. Wjikaia, opposite Davulsoa's Hotel, and for a water right for the Waippro us well. Aboui SUO acres of land for agricultural purposes have neen selected in our neighbour^ od, and some of the selectors are just now busy ploughing. Much uneasiness is felt at the reappearance of the scarlatina here. The late frosts, it was thought, would have froed us f-om it completely, but it still hanus about. Two or turee cases of a mii^ form have beeu reported of late, and tha patients, who are children, are stated to - c raoidiy recovering. A tine child of Mr M'Gregor's, fourteen monihs old, got severely scalaed yesterday, thnut;h a bucket containing s, preparation for yoat.'. falling cfF the li c, the contents , oir.£ over i.he htclj one, who was lying on thi lloor at the time. On Sun.ui.y morning lust, a fire wis discovered in thp ceiling o£ Mr \}. Malheson's kitcheu attached 10 hn, s ore. h-d the discoveiy i f^ii delayed a few minubOS, the wht'Ati btore would have gone. Th' r«-r.d to the .ownship proper, W:*ikaia. is faar b'.-ooming idip»km-!, 1 10, throui h the d(-posi-bionof slu^g^andtailir;c/n,wh:chareconbtontly comint' ciovvn th« ciet k, and bpveading all over us il.t, dosiroym^ the road. T^etirst heavy flood that comes do^ n ti~,e creek will either swamp ouu or w\B.h. away Utting'a btore on the ro^daide, and wen there will i c a compcm a: on case. Tlie ro'id h?is ! een diverted twice through tlie sludge and tailints, and will have to ; e .ig^m. Something ou^ht to be done to preveut as bi-ing destroyed, if possible, as it is a ream road. On Wednesday we Lad a stoaily hoavv rain of some 14 flours' auraf-iou, v h'ch must have put a good strain on the raced in the iliacnct, bnt I have not heard of ai,y having given wjy as yet.