PRESERVATION INLET,

Western Star, Issue 1571, 17 June 1891, Page 2

PRESERVATION INLET,

The following petition, signed by 60 miner’s at Coal Island and Preservation Inlot has (says the News) been forwarded to the Minister of Mines:— To the Hon. Minister of Mill 's. — This petition of the undersigned miners and prosp etors of Preservation Inlet: humbly sheweth : That the goldfield of C>al Island and its neighuourdoo 1, though it hr.s not yet proved very rich, u believed by aM o.vperienc ’1 miners on the field to bo only the outskirt of a rich and extensive alluvial deposit, probably derived from rich reefs in tho vicinitv. Thai this opinion is strengthened by the wtll-knowu fact that a number of creeks an 1 small rivers entering tho sea between Puysogur Point and the Waiau, some of which have h.■•en proved auriferous, take their rise in the ranges bordering the Inlet on the South. That the work of prospecting for the said deposit and reefs has hitherto been delayed by tbe inclemency of the weather, aggravated by an abnormally wet summer and autumn, but that a number of parties are prepared to c mimenco prospecting as soon as the weather become i more sol tied. Tha t the country is exceedingly rough, and difficult to explore owing to the almost impenetrable thicket of dwarf pine with which the ranges are covered, rendering the cutting of tracks a long and tedious work, and adding immensely to the difficulties of conveying provisions. That seeing that your petitioners are prepared to spend time and money in prospecting for n field which would prove of benefit to many others, and indirectly to the whole colony, they feel that they are justified in asking the G ivernmont to render them reasonable assistance by continuing the present monthly steam service for mails and provisions, and also in causing tracks to ho cut from favourable points to the interior. Your petitioners therefore beg that you will take steps to obtain tho required assistance in the manner indicated.

A separate petition is also being forwarded to the Hon. J. Q-. Ward, Postmaster-G-enoral, asking that the present monthly steamer communication between Invercargill and Preservation should be maintained.

The population of N.S. Wales is 402,655, that of Victoria 271,500. There are 102,000 more people in Melbourne than in Sydney, but there are 122,000 more people in the country districts of NS. Wales than in Victoria.

Mabel : “ The man who tnan-ies me must have a good big bank account.” Ethel: “You don’t mean to say that you will marry solely for money?” Mabel ; ” No, not exactly ; but if anyone swears he loves mo I shall require a deposit merely as an evidence of good faith.” A man who marries a frivolous, showy woman, and fancies he has buug a t inkrt round bis neck, soon finds it a millstone.

Tho sleep question is again exercising Continental journals. Sleeplessness is supposed to he peculiar to this fenorish age—for it is a time of incessant mental activity, which, say the doctors, drives the blood to the brain. Dr Preyer, of Jena, used to advise people who could not sleep to keep a limb outstretched until it ached no matter how painfully—after which the brain would be relieved of the flv.v of blood from it to the overstrained muscles. The great traveller Von Humboldt never slept more than four hours a day. It was quite enough for him ; he never complained of “ insomania.” Frederick the Great never requires more than four or five hours’ sleep.

Two days after tho Tongariro left Plymouth a sc omit named George Bartlet t fell from tbo topgallant yard, cSO feet, to tho dock, an i died a few days after. On Sunday at Wellington the steamer's carpenter, bo Bras, fell from the deck to the wharf, and was seriously injured. He is now iu a precarious condition. Mr .1. W. Bryant, who was born on tha Potouo Reach, Wellington in ISI'J, and tha third white man born in the colony, died ors Sau.lay from the elfocts of a buggy accident. I'ltßvt* is Mm didereneo between happiness and wisdom ; lie who thinks him.-olf the happiest m in is really so ; nut ho vrh - ’• ; -nsclf the wisest is gener , . , >.. ae _ Uudm’i t gentleman); “A appy New ( ear you, sir, and if you want any ay lino this year, X ’ope you won ‘. Pm get me,”