WAKATIP.-Mail.

Otago Witness, Issue 1476, 28 February 1880, Page 11

WAKATIP.-Mail.

The oommittee of the Irish Relief Fond have collected £150. £20 more U expeoied to be obtained yet Rumours of quartz discoveries in this district are very plentiful just now, The Martin's Bay expedition party experienced pleasint weather. Their tr>p, though rough and exciting, w*s a p!ea»ant one Twenty eight vo unteeru were sw<»rn in as the Skippars contlrgent of the M Battery of Artillery by Captain Finn last week. The body ot Peter Dymond was recovered about 20 miles from the place at which he met his deatb, At the inquftst a verdict of accidental death was re urnod. At a meeting of the Irish Famine Relief Fand Committee it waa meml.ned tint the sum in hind way £13763 6.1. A. Pr 'spectmg party oa the ha >tover oime acroia a 1 rge|>rorißtone lode, and also one of copi.or, but they p»id little heed to them, being ia search of tho more prcciou* metal | {The Mountaineer has just adopted a new whistle, made by Messrs A. anil i\ Ban, <A DunHdin, after the principle of the Amerio*n fog horus. It cau bo heard ten miles ofl Tho following officers have been elected by ths Skippoi a continent of the M Battery of ".niHety:— Vol Fr-d Kvans as Actiag-.-ieu en .ut, Vols Oeoijfo Symes and Robert Hanison as sergeants, and Vols B. Rogers a.d J. us corporals. la answer to deputations. Mr Rollerton. while at Queerstown. said ho ihovht Government would deal unfairly with other Couticils-if thay remitted tho lonn it would also bo prejudicial in future <:itse3 of a similar chiracter. Mr R Heaton, in atiswsr to a deputation in reference to the Qiieenstown was of opinion th»t the present pohca qnarttrn and lock-up were quite unfit for tho purpose intended. Be would report upoa the maVer a"* strongly as possible, an'l get them something better, although ho did not sje thn a large bu.lding was required. In reierence to land at tho head of the lake, Mr Rolleaton said that the Government would bring into tho mwhet about 1000 acres at once to start with. M> - Finn suggested that the land should bo brought under the agnculturalleasuiff ajstem, but Mr ttollo<ton was in favour of giving tho deferred payment system a trUl.

Two large nuggets have been discovered on a tribu, tary of the Shotuver. The first weighed 2oz 18 twt and was found by two pro-pectors amorg other rough gold A ttorekeeper t'iolc a turn at the same p pot, and after about half an hour's exettionhe brought to light the largest nuptg-t yet found on the Shotover, and wtighing Eome fifteen ounces. The piecs is said to resemble a heart In shave.

In a caeo at Queonstown in which the bill had been rendered by vliintiff once a year, and Interest and compound Interest add^d from joav to year, the magistrate stated that whon an account wag allowed to ruu on for several yearn without beiug rendered, or these chvgfcd Rdiiod, only flight per cone' on the original amount could be allowed by tho Interest o-i Moneys Act, 1868 ; bus when an account was leaderod by a creditor, an«l not disputed by the debtor it must bn considered that interest commences from tho date of rendering same.