niVERTON.
April 85.—We have bad some very frosty gtghts here duning the last week, and the weather Continues- fine. The mountains in the new vicinity are capped* with snow, and have a very Wintry appearance. Old Bettters ikrthis district ■ay chat the harvest yield is. the besfe for many; Sears. Threshing operations are in full awimr.B&d the roads present« very busr appearance, and: Wmsiderlng.theamountorteattioaca-lii arsattßfaotory condition*
Kotthd Fttc.— The Bound Hill Mining Com•my have obtained the right, to- lift 40 heads of y»tec from.Deme'Greekwltb the object' of working Mnddy Terrace, Waikaia. Tha construction of Sn flfST te: emas ' thef IT ** er & estimated to cost MiNaas' Association. —At a committee meefeIng of this, society held on Tuesday evening, it teas decided to suspend protpecting operations until next Spring, the present prospectors' engagement to-be terminated till that season. Mr V. It. Hack worth, occupied the. cha ir. EHBSHuyATiON Iklbt,— The B.s. InveroargiH, which arrived at the Bluff on Saturday' night from P.e3ervation Inlet, brought a cake of gold tram thw. Morning Star clainn weighing, 10903. Several of the directors who. visited. tbiSi mine exprewed them-elves satisfied with the result— lOOoz b°it3g- obtained from 150 tons of stoae. "Mr WKxy, Government geologist, who has been, thoroughly, inspenting. the district during the past three months,, returned' by, the steamer.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 25
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215niVERTON. Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 25
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