OTAGO.

Wellington Independent, Volume VI, Issue 1694, 24 January 1862, Page 3

OTAGO.

By the Fanny A Garriques we have received intelligence from Otago up to the 7th inst.

A new rush had taken place to the Waipori, and some of the parties are reported to be doing remarkably well. The new field is stated to be rather an extensive one, gold baviug been obtained by prospecting parties over an area of 15 square miles.

Captain Woodcock of the Fanny A Gerriques has favored us with an Otago Daily Times of the 7th iust,, from which we have extracted the following : — Commercial — We cannot reportmuchalter-

ation in tbe general trade of this Port. Although there is a very fair amount of business doing 1 , the supplies recently to hand and to arrive are so heavy, that any quotations of prices would be quite nominal. It is to be hoped that there will be some check placed upon the larife shipments at present bsing made from Melbourne, otherwise it can only result in a perfect glut of the market. The salesmen of slock and horses all report continued dullness at sales, and great depreciation in prices. The Customs revenue at this Port on Imports for the week ending 1 4tl» January fwm the 2nd instant, amounted to £3635 19s. 2d., viz.: — January 2 £1579 16 9 " 3 1722 0 10 4 334 1 7 £3635 19 2 The revenue received on Exports (gold) amounts, for the same period, to £2874 3s. 5d., viz. : — January 2 £167 16 3 3 58 15 0 " 4 : 2647 12 2 £2874 3 5 His Honor Mr. Justice Gresson arrived on Sunday evening, from Lytteltonbythe&eelong. Sudden Dbath of an Old Resident. — We have to record the sudden and most painful death of a resident long known in the province, Mr. John Mackenzie, brother of Captain Mackenzie. He was conveying some goods by bullock drays to tbe station along the. Southern road. There were three drays in all — he was driving the centre one. Just after they passed the Wuiwero bridge, on the, southern road, tbe driver of the hindeimost dray observed Mr. Mackenzie sitting on the pole of his dray ; sud denly the bullocks of the last dray swerved, and, on looking down, the driver saw Mr. Mackenzie stretched on the ground. He had fallen off the pole, and the wheel had evidently gone over his neck, which was dislocated. He attempted ineffectually to speak, and died almost immediately lie was raised from the ground. Andrew Battray, who was arrested on tbe charge of stealing a sum of money from the road overseer, at the Taieri Bush, succeeded in making his escape from the lock-up ou Saturday, while engaged in clearing out the cells, aud has not since been captured.