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Dunstan Times, Issue 250, 8 February 1867, Page 3

(We Jo not identify ourselves wttli the onimYn: t-ipiesocd by our correspondents.)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUNSTAS TIMES.

Fir—T am glad to find by your issue b'f the 25th ult., that you are fully aware to our wants and grievances, and the ne cessity of prompt and judicious action for their redress, and having thus taken up the cudgels, I trust you will not lay them down until at least a portion of your Claims are recognised, and the recent grant voted are in a fair way of being expended for the benefit of the districts for which they are intend d , those sums in active circulation just now, would produce a very beneficial effect, so it it to be hoped present circumlocution may at once come to an an end, as the favorable season for the economical prosecution of road works &c in thes parts is fast speeding away. I saw that the Clyde Council called for tenders for kerbing and channelling the streets, several parties tendered, and I now briar that the •work will not be proceeded with at present, our L'unstan Solons must manage matters in a more business like way tlian this, or they may find-a difficulty in getting contractors to pay any attention to future advertisements ; men iu these times cannot afford the time trouble and expenee, incidental in giving for jobs, when it is doubtf 1 whether there is any intention on the part of the Council of entering into bona fide contracts. I spoke in my last of the prospecting grant, I hope you will not allow that matter to sink into oblivion, nud I may also mention for general information, that there exists in the neighborhood of Clyde, thousands of acres of payable sluicing grcimd, the nearest point being, le«s than one mile from the township; 1 speak from actual experience, and am confident, that iny statement will be corroborated by many of your readers, some of whom have, I know pro pelted over the same ground, the ont

ly drawback being the want of water, but as the possibility of bringing in a monster race from the Upper t lutha, is only a question of money, I have hopes that ere long we may tee such a plan in operation; the i nmeiise bo'ietit likely to accrue to Clyde from such an tinder a'riug might induce the inhabitants to rouse themselves from their apathy, and give the matter a little serious consideration. In the pleasant belief that I may some day awake to find some of these ideas taking -root. I remain &o. VIATOR Cromwell, 4th Feb. 1867.