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The miners ar the Blue Spur h ive been busily employed with v ork ; soaie nre ureoao« lluiues in lieu of thoae which were sometime :igo destroyed >>y Uio blasting, while others are aotively engaged in washing
the cement. Beat and Company's party will wash up in about a week, and anticipate good results. The deposit of tailings has largely increased in Gabriel's Gully, and some parties have had their residence areas damaged by the quantity of gravel, &c, deposited on them, notwithstanding the fencing and other contrivances used for the purpose of keeping them dear. One party threatens legal proceedings for injury he haa suataincd, and no doubt others will follow hia example. It would appear bard for one to suffer, but it is difficult to define who ia to blame, because every one has been lending a hand to fill up the c i;eV, and tbe oveiflow of water in new courses is the n suit. It would have been wise in the Government to have foreseen such a difficulty, aiur.-fi.aed to grant residence areas iv portio- s of land contiguous to the stream used for : he conduct of water in the gully. On Wednesday last the iibr.ran of the Athenaeum here burst » bl'o ■ ve--fl, and he now ia in a precarious state The Amateur Christy >i 'i>j^h-''l.H art entertainment, which was mimeiously at" tended.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 11
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228UNKNOWN Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 11
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