THE HUTT DISTRICT COURT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1687, 22 November 1861, Page 5

THE HUTT DISTRICT COURT.

November 19th, 1861. The acting clerk of 'the Court proceeded to read the appointment of Herbert Samuel VVardell, Esq., as Judge of tbe Hutt District Court, including Greytown. The Court was then duly opened ; but tbere being no business before tbe Court, it 'was adjourned till Friday tbe 22nd Inst., when it will sit at tbe School House at Grey town. — »

'4l*(er 4h ft'J-Bdnife ' gold &«fe. befell ffotind JhillsLLtuV . emphAtically." caution oilr reader's that nothing definite is known as yet, no official information having been received. We extract the following from the ' Daily Times': — The escort arrived last night with thirty-five thousand one hundred ounces of gold, aud seven prisoners. The roads were very heavy, and the horses much " baked." Thirty thousand five hundred ounces of the quantity brought down came from Tuapeka, and only four thousand six hundred from Waitahuna. This is easily accounted for. The gold receiving office had oniy been opened four or five days, and the Receiver was yet without the assistance of a clerk. Besides, there are no banks at Wailahuna, aud the store;, keepers are not able to purchase the gold offered. We believe the next escort will show a marked improvement from Waitahuna. The great event of the week has been the rusH to the Blue Mountains from both Waitahuna and Tuapeka. The rush appears to be caused by news that has reached Tuapeka of two holes having been bottomed with rich results in the direction of the Blue Mountains. A correspondent from Tuapeka writes us: — "Not only are the results, as a whole, in the highest degree satisfactory, but cases of individual success are constantly ooming to my kuowledge. -For instance, one party of four, engaged in a gully, to the right of Gabriel's, are clearing regularly £100 per week per man. The sinking is 60 feet," — rather a. poser this is to the flippant ' Argus' correspondent, who averred that deep sinking here was out of the question; Within the past few days two important rushes have taken places : one to the Blue Mountains, variously estimated at from 50 to 90 miles beyond Gabriel's Gully, and the other, three miles from Waitahuna. The miners at Gabriel's Gully not only continue to do well, but it is the opinion of experienced miners that the gully can be profitably worked for years to come. At Waitahuna the diggings are extending down the flat, aud the few who have tackled tb a ground - there, wet as it is, and crude as are the appliances, are yet generally doing well.