Ohinemuri.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1980, 10 May 1875, Page 2

Ohinemuri.

MACKAYTOWN,

Saturday. The road from Puriri to Mackaytowh across the swamps has been made tip

\rilli mullock and loose clay from the banks on. either side, and after the first - shower of rain and a little traffic it is. almost impossible for man or horse to irade through the mud and slush. The. only way this can be remedied is to lay facines of ti-tree across the sea of mud to make it passable. The rain came down in torrents, last night, with occasional squalls or busters through- the; Gorge, causing panic to the inmates of calico structures, and shaking v ooden buildings as though they were ships in a sea way. Saturday morning came dark and cloudyi but turned out a fine day, which enabled. the occupants of the frail structures to repair damages. - When , a visitor from the Thames arrives here he is asked by many of the road party if he has seen Mr Mackay/pr Mr O'Halloran, or knows when there is any money likely to come, up to pay them. I hear some are making capital of it. They come to a place of business and ask for what they want, and after, getting it they say they will pay as soon f.s^fr^, Mackay comes. They are getting on but"' slowly with the road, owing to the great amount of cutting through rery hard country, which hat to be done to clear the river, which is now up and Tery difficult to cross with a horse.' Two horses, I hear, have been swept down the river, but were caught by the ferryman and safely landed. • Mr Bruce, of the firm'Brnce and Me* Pherson, butchers, has started from here on horseback' for the Waikato" for more bullocks. .1 don't envy him the journey over such a bad road. Bantan. — The shareholders in this claim are working away with a will; and they expect soon to cut the reef, which they are of opinion will be something good. A great amount of work has been done in this locality, and I may say, with, only one exception, the original peggers out of the different claims on this spur are yet working their interests and all apparently, satisfied with their shows. The one exception is a piece of ground taken up by McGregor and party next the Treaty of Waitangi and now called the Nil Desperandum. The new occupants have put three shifts on. They hare started a tunnel and they shortly expect to cut the Treaty of Waitangi reef, out of which they had a trial crushing that yielded at the rate of 2ozs 16dwts llgrs to the.ton, with a large body of stone. They intend to have a meeting of share*.. holders of the three claims on Monday for the purpose of amalgamation. If they can agree they intend afterwards to form them into a company. The Prospectors have came to the conclusion to have machinery, and they hare deputed three of their number to Bee after the purchase of the same.' A lot of shares have changed hands in - 1 different claims this last week or two. There are also a lot of miner a arriving here, a great many of them from Tairua, and setting into work here in different places. My opinion, and I may say vis the opinion of many, is that this will be the main place ere long. . " * Sunday evening. - ; A public meeting, convened by Mr Adam Porter, was held opposite Mr MeLoughen's store last night. About sixty were present. Mr Porter took the chair, and in a few brief remarks referred to the expense of working the mines under the present system. He spoke in favor of leasing. It was proposed that they petition the Superintendent to bring the leasing regulations of 1866 into force.' An amendment was moved by D. Hogan, . that it would not be prudtnt to alter the . present system, which was carried by : a large majority. Mr Porter ably compared the results of both systems.