WEST COAST NOTES.
(SPECIAL TO "THE I'RESS.") DCXEiJIX, January 16. The 'Waiterson's-Ahaura Company report . tl.at there is little change in thfe ground, though th 9 go.d eseined to be improving slightiy. A face 'our chains wide was being worked, and with uasontide weaiher they locked to surpass their previous best return. The Cornwall Company ltport having had trouble with flcoJs and drift, the weather experienced being the worSt since starting, ■and the floods lasting longer than usuai. TLe dredge has passed the mouth of Mosquito Creek, and n face one chain wieffcr than usual 13 bair.g worked, as the wash seems to be making en the ilosqu.io side of the cut, where a- decided iai"provemer.t has taken place. Ihz Aldinya Company report that the wash is improving; a fr.ee of 2-J chains U being •.vorked. the depth varying from 22ft on the-south-west aide to 9ft on tbe nerth-tast side. The Trafalgfir Company do r.ot expect a return, tiiis week, »a the peddock waa badly t£t«d up by flood.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11484, 17 January 1903, Page 5
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