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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 4, Issue 20, 14 March 1893, Page 2

The Nelson papers announce the death of Mr John Rochfort, an old and well known colonist. The Queenslaud relief fund now amounts to a total of £40,000. A Wairarapa contemporary says;— Glad tidings reach us of an astounding rise in the London market of from £25 to £36 per ton for tallow. This will mean an enormous profit to the Wellington Meat Freezing Company if sustained. The Pelorus Road Board have been instructed by the Mines Department that a sum of £l5O has been placed at their disposal for opening out a track from the most suitable point of the Wakamarina over the range into Long Valley. We trust the work will not linger until bad weather sets in, as small parcels of gold have repeatedly been found on the Kaituna side of the range and a good track would encourage further prospecting. As showing how suitable the Kaituna is for growing good oross-breds, Mr Herbert Reader billed a lamb last week weighing 641 b. dressed.

A good story is told in Germany of a letter which was returned to the General Post Office with these words written by the postman on the envelope “The addressee has banged himslf; present address unkown.” A number of good records of wool production have been published this year, but we think that of Mr John Borton, Duntroon will about top them all (says an Ashburton paper). Sixteen thousand sheep, comprising pure Shrdpshires and Leicesters. Shropshires and Leicester crosses, and. Merino, clipped an average all round bf lllbs clean wool, for all of which except the merino per lb. was offered, at the shed. A report was received in Havelock on Sunday that a young man named Thomas was drowned in the Waihopai River on Friday last while crossing with a horse and cart. We believe two women were in the cart at the time but managed to get ashore in safety. Five athletes from the Nelson side were in Havelock on Sunday on their way to Blenheim to take part in the sports there next Friday, St Patrick’s Day. The heavy rain on Friday caused a flood in the Mahakipawa Creek and all the claims were flooded out, but there was very little damage done in other respects. ' • We are pleased to be able to state that the busy hum of a flax-mill will again soon be heard in our midst, Mr J. Robinson having brought through all the necessary plant, which will be erected near the site of the one at work some years ago. This should make a considerable addition to the steady increasing production of the district, and we wish Mr Robinson success in bis venture. The s.s. Waitapu which should have arrived here on Friday did not arrive till early on Saturday morning. It appears she had a cargo for settlers in Kenepuru, and did not leave that part of the Sound till midnight. She left for Wellington at 1 o’clock on Saturday, taking a general cargo, 100 sheep for Mr Black; of Nor’-west Bay, and six passengers. Part of the cargo consisted of 20 bags of grass-seed for Messrs Redwood Bros., of Akaloa Bay. News from Waikakaho looks more promising, Thomson and party got good gold on Wednesday last, and Hill Bros have also got good gold, although neither have yet reached bottom. Hill Bros are now driving to get to the bottom without the labour of removing the large boulders in the creek and to save the excessive toil of pumping. The bottom is in no case expected to much exceed 25ft. in depth and they expect to strike it rich. We trust their expectations may be verified as their is room for hundreds of men in the right-hand branch. It has not, yet been prospected. . We call attention in another column to an advertisement for the Globe Marine Insurance Company, who are so well known throughout the colony that it is needless to say anything in their favour, but we would point out they offer most favourable terms to those sawmillers or settlers who wish to cover marine risks. We call special attention to the unheard of prices the Auckland Clothing and drapery Company are parting their goods for in Blenheim and Nelson as shown in advertisement over our reading columns. A special meeting of the Havelock Town Board was held on Thursday evening last when the following tenders were opened for the earthwork and bridges across the rushes:—bor the bridges, C. H. Nicholl & Son £3lB, R. Hutcheson £BSO, Barton & Son £248, accepted; for the whole contract, Barton & Son £733. It was resolved to call for fresh tenders for banking, allowing tenderers to get the earth required either from the mudflat or from the hills on either side as they thought best. It" was also decided to accept 5 per cent as deposit instead of 10 per cent. In the billiard match Roberts beat Peal by 635 points.