HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH TRAMWAY CO. V. WELLS AND OTHERS.

West Coast Times, Issue 350, 6 November 1866, Page 2

HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH TRAMWAY CO. V. WELLS AND OTHERS.

(to the editor of the west ooast times ) Sir — Iv the confusion of voices, your reporter evidently misapprehended what Ml from ma in these cases, in the Wardeu's Court yesterday. I said that I considered the clause in the Goldfields Regulations referred to by his Worship, in his ruling to tiie assessors, was intended to bear a wider and more equitable construction. As the cases are only part heard, I can add no further remark at present, except that because of my clients' interests, I should regret being misunderstood. I am, &c, S. M. South. November 3, 186(5. .o. (to the editor or thk west coast times.) Sir — In your leading article of Tuesday's issue you allude to the large revenue our new Municipal Corporation may expect to derive from the wharfage dues. May I be allowed to ask how much of this amount will be required to protect the banks of the river along Gibson's Quay ? A. few months ago, I believe, a' contract was taken, and I t-uppose completed, for " protective works." What it was worth the late flood has shown very clearly. An attempt is now being mv.de to repair the damages— only again to show, unmistakeably, the folly of playing at engineering in this instance, by its being again sw^pt away the next time we have a " fresh in the river." I would suggest that the Council take advantage of the presence amongst us of t'lt* ablest engineer who evor visited Hokilika — Mr Millar, F.S.A. — and advise wirh him in Ihe matter. A fee of a few pounds would thus be well spent, as they will find when the responsibility becomes vested in them. I am, &c, Ob.sk itVER. Hokitika, Oct. 31, 1866.

The annual incomes of the leading American cantatrice, Miss Clara Kellogg, is returned aa 11,158 clollurs. So a nest of thrushes is worth, something in "lie United States. Mandbe. — An American author says, " No soil to which manu.e can be applied uver re* quires what is termed rest ; the soil never becomes tired of producing ; all it ttants is to be refreshed with tliose substances which may have been consumed by the plants it has nourished." N The Rev. Z. Barry, of St. Jude's, Rxud wick, states tjriii the only timber that can uiil-ctually resist the white ant, is tin Jarrali, or Western Australia mahogany. " This," lie 3ays, "ia nover eaten by anything, and never iLvay-s ia fcho ground." Sooner or later we must have it for posts and rails, for railway sleepdra, for wharvea } and for the ground floors ofhoijso?.