COROMANDEL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 354, 27 February 1871, Page 2

COROMANDEL.

[from our own correspondent.] February 25. During, the whole of this week the rain has pounred down almost without intermission, and work at the mines and mills has been at a standstill. At the Whakaroa battery a lai-ge lot of stuff from the Tokatea will be crushed as soon as the weather permits. It is to be carted to the machine site, and a good return may be confidently expected. , The rain has, of course, all but stopped public works, as well as private ones ; and as yet the long promised tramway has not been commenced. The opinion I expressed _\\[ recent letter, as to the wisdom of experimentalising here, where a tram is so urgently needed, seems to be very generally entertained. The new plan may, or may not, succeed, but why the authorities could not make this, our only tramway, in the ordinary way, and experimentalise at the Thames, or elsewhere, seems hard to say. A whale paid a visit to Kikowkakarere harbour this week, and was captured by the natives, who expect to make a good thing of it, as they doubtless will do; and "waipero" will be plentiful for a day or two in the neighbourhood.

Our new Warden, Major Keddell, arrived on Wednesday, but has not yet taken hi» seat on the Bench. It has been expected for the past fortnight that the Superintendent would pay an official visit to Coromandel, but His Honor has not as yet made his appearance.

The Perseverance Battery, at the Tiki, which has been at a standstill lately, is, I hear, likely to resume working very shortly. This battery is a general convenience to all claims on or near the Pukewau, and its permanent stoppage or removal elsewhere would have been a great loss to the district.