COLLINGWOOD.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 110, 9 November 1858, Page 2

COLLINGWOOD.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] Ist November, 1858. Eight . Ounces Fourteen Pennyweights is the weight of. a very pretty nugget found at Rocky River,:by Stephen Kirk, last week. I have already described the country about the river; it was in one ofthe flats which renders this stream different from any other that has yet been worked that this nugget was found. The finder has been offered 10 ounces for it by some Maoris working in the'river. Judging from the character ofthe gold found at Rocky, it is evident that the flat 3. on either side the river are auriferous, and will pay for working as well as the river bed; and -as* they are very extensive there is plenty of room for a large population—coupled with this, the Inspector of Roads reports that he has found a.spur which will bring the stores at Rocky within-five miles of Washbourne's.Flat-—-that the country is so favorable that it would be possible at a trifling cost to make a dray road the whole distance. He has already cut a track twenty feet wide and two miles long, so that we shall hear no more I hope of knocked up bullocks or impassable roads; besides, the cost of carriage will be greatly reduced. The manner in which Mr. Higgins has carried out the orders of the Superintendent is commendable; he has had to attend to the trunk, line as well as the present undertaking; there is one thing in favor of the Collingwood folks— we don't quarrel about our lines of road. Our Wairau friends are not very unanimous as to the utility of the Waitohi Road, although vast sums have been spent and another thousand or two will be sunk on it shortly. Our country requires opening ; all kinds of expedients are adopted to save the bullocks—for instance, we fill sacks with bottled beer, and I know of no district where the expenditure of .money i 3 so certain to yield handsome returns, to the province, or where it is so much needed, as this same Aorere Valley. 1 don't know whether it is consistent with official etiquette, but it would be very acceptable to many to see in the Government Gazette anaccount by his Honor of what he saw, &c, &c, during his late visit to Massacre Bay. This official recognition of the importance of the district as a gold country, following so closely upon the resolutions of tbe Chamber of Commerce, would possibly induce the bonus committee to do the same. If they are not prepared to subscribe the full amount promised upon the plea that the advertised conditions have never been complied with, let them at any rate acknowledge the existence of an available gold field, and give something to somebody, or- for some particular purpose. If I remember rightly, you told me I must not la guilty of any offensive personalities in my correspondence. Well, I have no objection, but I must, say I ought to have the same privilege as the writer- of the letter signed " A Working Mau," in yours of the 26th ultimo. From what I can gather from it somebody here, " Waikaro Mumu" at Takaka, and the Motueka correspondent, acting under a society called Would-be-aristocrats, are skirmishing with the Superintendent. As there are only two papers in Nelson, tbe person he refers to here must be either myself or t'other fellow; I am not prepared to defend his Honor through thick and thin, as a " A Working Man" seems to be, and I am much mistaken if, by this time, he is not fully alive to the difficulties of his position; and I doubt whether he will be overpleased by. seeing this indiscreet epistle from a working man, and apparent supporter.