NOTES FROM THE NEVIS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 25, 4 May 1870, Page 5

NOTES FROM THE NEVIS.

(From our own Correspondent. )• Nevis, April 2Dfch, 1870. There is scarcely anything astir on the Nevis of general interest. The Chinese are leaving in quest of a warmer climate, or perhaps a more payable field. Nearly all the new arrivals have left. Those who had been induced to visit the locality from reading the newspaper reports were very much disappointed in the appearance of our diggings. A very speedy capture of a Chinese goldmanufacturer was effected last Tuesday. It appears “John” had passed off some of the spurious stuff at the Oardrona, and he was tracked to the Nevis, where, before he had had one day’s rest, he was taken into custody, and then conveyed to Qieenstovvn. Such quick work on the part of the police is very creditable to them. The trooper and Chinese interpreter, who accompanied him, were on the ranges till near midnight before they ma le the Nevis. The Rev, Mr Drake has visited us again, and it is very likely we shall subscribe for the erection of a more fitting building to hold his meetings in. It would be available for all denominations, and if your town and Clyde were canvassed for subscriptions to carry out such an object, I think we might collect sufficient funds to begin and finish it before winter sets in. Perhaps the Government might be induced to subsidise any funds we might raise, and all Christians, I am sure, would assist for so desirable an object. Mining matters are very dull. It is no use of talking of “an ounce to the dish there are many claims that have washed more than that for one dish, but are scarcely payable when the waste, time, and expenses are taken into consideration.