THE ARROW.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 81, 14 August 1863, Page 3

THE ARROW.

katert ftoni the Correspondent lo tbe WahaHp t-^ Mail.)

- August 8, 15G3. • Work lias been resumed to a great extent along the beaches of the Arrow and Some parties are reported to have metm h considerable success. In one claim wuh n vWo miles of the township, / ozs. .hopes again which we trusty iris footpath to the Big Beach, ™£^P_ K^tTtaCd cue, whereat al. practicable to do so The body of the unfortunate man ki led Ihe doovu f the earth in a &™lf££ «p "><e Arrow, is not likely lo be ccovered at present. Owing to re- ♦ J I landslips there now lies above him peated landslips, . calculate d at GO y ♦♦ ifrf nature of the material, it would STb IS7to sink o shaft without Tabbin" The expense would be enorand the result by no means certain. ST^itwill accordingly.* held on me body as it lies, evidence being taken of those Who saw the accident and were present at its fatal termination some ume 8f Two miners from the Shotover lodged 518 ozs. with the Gold Receiver on the 4. h Lt They belonged to a party of seven Shave just divided 11 lbs. weight of gold a man, the result of only two months W °/l3ves, Morris and party, who have lately returned from a prospecting trip to ihe\Vest Coast, have taken up ground on the terrace behind the New Orleans Hotel and -are sinking a shaft in a style not often seen on -these diggings ; it is some -6 feet by 5, and is well slabbed right down They expect to bottom to-day, and it is much to be wished they may get a good -prospect. The Arrow Township Gommitlee, congistii)"- of the following gentlemen— Dr. Douglas, .chairman, and Messrs. Marshall, Melody, Rout,Hanghton, Allen, Bun owes. Osborne, Spenccly, Grey, Dr. Fox, and Pain secretary— held their first meeting on Monday evening last, when the followresolutions were adopted- — 1. That having been /brnied into a conimittce for the bent-fit of the township it is expedient for us to ascertain atonre when the surveyed township will be sold. 2. That the chairman at his discretion request tlic secretary to write a letter in order lo carry out resolution No 1. 3. That a sub-committee be appointed to wait on the Warden to represent tiie piesent dangerous slate of the road to the Lnke. 4 That the chairman, Mr Marshall md Jk Allen be appoinlcd as a sub-com-nittee to wait on the Warden. 5. That the thanks of the committee be iresented to Messrs. Melody and Kenovan or their exertions in having a track made >ne and a half miles up the Arrow river. 6. That the committee meet every Monlay evening at 8 p.m., at the New Orleans 3otel. 7. That the sub-committee, already apjointed to wait on the Warden, be requested ;o bring under his consideration the ne:essity of immediately forming a track up he Arrow river to the Big Beach, and hat Mr Melody be appointed to the sub-' lommittee.