OTAGO.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1698, 7 February 1862, Page 6

OTAGO.

Some portion of our Otago news will be out of date to all but those for whom monthly summaries are n priueipally useful — friends of settlers living in England, many of whom would otherwise get no information' relative to New Zealand affairs than that contained in the few scraps which the Home Weeklies publish. . . . By the Fanny A Garriques we have received intelligence from Otago up to the 7th Jan. 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 having been obtained by prospecting parties over an area of 15 square miles. Captain Woodcock of the Fauny A Garriques has favored us with an Otago Daily Times of the 7th inst,, from which we have extracted the following : — Commercial.— We cannot report much alteration in the general trade of this Port. Although there is a very fair amount of business doing, the supplies recently to hand and to arrive are so heavy, that any quotations of prices would be quite nominal. It is to be Loped, that there will be some check placed upon the large shipments at present being made from Melbourne, otherwise it can only result in a perfect glut of the market. The salesmen of stock and horses all report continued dullness at sales, and great depreciation in price*. The Cugtomt revenue at this Port

on Imports for the week' ending 4th Januaryfrom the 2nd instant, amounted to £3635 19s. 2d., vi«.: — January 2 £1579 16 9 " 3 1722 .0-10 r. ." >'• " '4 334 1 7 £3635 19 2 The revenue received on Exports (gold) amounts, for the same period, to £2874 3s. 5d., vist. : — January 2 £167 16 3 « 3 58 15 0 « 4 2647 12 2 £2874 3 5 HU Honor Mr. Justice Gresson arrived on Sunday evening, from LytteltonbytheGeelong. Sudden Dbath of an Old Resident.— We I 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 ennreying 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 I the Waiwero bridge, on the southern road, the driver of the bindermost 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 bad evidently gone over his neck, which - was dislocated. He attempted ineffectually to speak, and died almost immediately he was raised from the ground. Andrew Raltray, who was arrested on the charge of stealing a sum of money frp<n the road overseer, at the Taieri Bush, succeeded in making his escape from the lock-up on Saturday, while engaged in clearing out the cells, aud has not since been captured.