ROXBURGH.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 268, 20 March 1873, Page 5

ROXBURGH.

(From owr own Correspondent.) His Honor the. Superintendent and Mr. H. Bastings, Goldfields Secretary, visited this locality on the 7th inst., and were received with all due courtesy. The Progress Committee were to have waited in a body upon His Hottor, but only half of them did so. The other half were not to blame, as they were residents of the east side of the river, and the puntman being evidently afraid that they would ask for a bridge, declined to put them ac-

ross, giving as a reason the very light wind that blew. However, those who did wait upon His Honor did not do so badly, and what concessions they managed to obtain, were mainly due to the exertions of Mr. Mervyn, M.H.R., who pleaded the cause of the district aa a resident manfully. His Honor granted without hesitation, £50 for the repair of the Campbell's track, which was much required as the said track is not in a condition to stand the large pack-horse traffic that passes over it. His Honor also promised that a road should be made from the Teviot road to the Whitecomb bush, while it will enable the Teviot, Manuhevikia j and the Dunstan to be supplied with ex- ! cellent timber, at far lower prices, and in ; less time, than they can from Tapanui. His Honor also intimated that a block of 2500 acres of laud, would be thrown open on the east side of the, river, and after a good deal of coaxing, both Mr. Macandrew and Mr. Bastings agreed to do all in their power to change the locale of the commonage. The present oommonage is 3 miles from the Teviot, and over the range, and it takes any person who has a horse there a couple of days to bring it in. It was proposed, and I think there is every probability of our obtaining, as commonage, the block directly behind the township, which is at present in the occupation of Messrs. Cargill and Anderson. This, I think, is about all his Honor did at the Teviot worth nothing. So far as mining; is concerned, we are getting on first-rate. The river is keeping low ; and as several of our sluicing claims are about starting work, a demand for wages men is springing up. If a few miners were to come this way, 1 think, they would find employment. The harvest is all n aid the people are commencing to think that a little rain would do no harm.