THE ARROW.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 19 October 1863, Page 3

THE ARROW.

(From (he Correspondent of the TFakaUp Mail.) October 10th, 1803. A sl'ghfc agitation lias been made on the subject of Sunday trading", one or two " unco' gnid '' individuals wishing to enforce a compulsory suspension of business on the Sabbath. I think, however, they have been convinced lhat under present, circumstances it is not advisable to let tlieiv zeal outrun their discretion. The fact is, although our storekeepers make as little outward show of business as possible they are not prepared to shut up shop altogether. There is hardly a soul here who would not bail as a boon tho one da3 r 'srest, if ho could obtain it without inconvenience to himself or cusomcVs ; but so long as our present scattered and unsettled popula f ion, are compdied, by force of circumstances' to lay in their supplies for the week on the seventh day, so long must our traders be ready to serve them. Whenever our miners become a setsl-sfl population, they will no ck-übb willingly adopt the good o d Victorian custom of finishing the'week's work at noon on Saturday and devote the rfternoon to marketing,— »-but at present, I.am afraid, we must submit to seven days' labor, as one of the nereis lry evils of fields lif . I3y a friendly combination, however, an arrangement could be easily made to suspei.d business during the hours of afternoon or evening service, which won 1 1 be one step in the right direction. The "Wesleyan Church, which was dismantled during the late gale, has been repaired, and the necessary precaution taken of rebuilding the roof at a lesser elevation than the former one, to,, avoid the strain caused by ihe h-eavy winds, to which (he building is much exposed. It was reopened tor Divine service on Sunday, No important mining intelligence has come in during the last few days, miners still withholding the : r gold from tie market, and only realising cash to the ex tent required for current expenses. The claimholders on ths Flat are progressing rapidly with their new dam, which promises from all appearance to be now an effectual barrier to the rebellious stream. Up the river the utmost activity is prevailing, every one pushing on their works now the fine weather has set in. Unfoitunately, many of our diggers possess an uncontrolable disposition for petty sqnabbles, rushing to the Warden to settle the most, trivial disputes, thereby losing much valuable time, and giving themselve and neighbors an infinity xif trouble to no good purpose. At the Twelve-mile there has been an influx of new arrivals, many of whom are now prospecting 'he outlying gullies and unoccupied spots on the ri er, with a fair chance of finding ground that will at least pay them good wages. Two individuals who lately held a claim there brought in 100 ozs., the result of four months' labor, after paying all working expenses. A man who had been in a compete state of " hard-upishness," showed me ai)out 13 dwts. of coarse gold, which he found whilst " fossicking" in some deser'el holes. He declined stating the exact loc »lity, as he anticipated another picking from the same place. Two diggers, just arrived from the Mount tda, do not give a favorable report of the rush in that dirertion. They state that only about twenty claims were bottomed and the prospects obtained were in each instance very poor, except in the prospecting claim, They put down two holes of six and ten feet, from which they obtained only 3 dwts. of fine gold. ■-> On Sunday morning, about 3 o'clock, some unknown individuals maliciously threw stonesat the windows of the Digger's Rest Hotel and Reaver's store, breaking several panes of glass and destroying the framework. The injured proprietors, as well as the other residents here, who support two night watchmen by subscription naturally ask why these guardians of the ni»ht allowed the perpretrators of these mischievous pranks to go unchallenged and undetected. One of the members of the Q,ueens,towu

fm'prove^irelit^on^mitfee 1 macle" V'deciSea 1 " lapSu^J^gitm, or jelse; spoke very much at ranUpnlthe oilier evening when he observed that the HArrowy;C6mmittee, f had _^on^ hbilhinz for Vheir township .but' talk? f&tf iatVue they have not niade any heavy demands on ihe'pbcfeets of their 'townsmen, fcliQ uncertain tenure of business. sites precluding any attempt^ at improvement ; but a very casual perusal of the reports of 1 their proceedings ia "your' columns will convince any ttupreju diced reader that the Gpmmitteeihayejcjaietly and unobtrusively cai'ried out several important measures for the public benefit-^in :fact,' performed a :fair amount of work for the timethey have been in office, without- .indulging in the loud words and froihy vaporings that have sooften been the distinguishing features at meetings held by the Q,ueenstown fraternity. ■■"■'■ : '"" ' ; i!; ' *' '