THE LAKES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 334, 18 September 1868, Page 2

THE LAKES.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Arkowtowx, Sni'T. 15. Tlu> wither has been very line of lute, the days quite warm and sunshiny. Tin; snow is fast melting from the ranges, the volume of water in the rivers being considerably increased Straugc to say, Lake Wakatip continues very low. This is a great lor.s to the district, as the flour mill at Frankio.i is, from thb cause, rendered inopuratirc No corn his been ground there for nearly three* months, aad stocks of Hour ;i\e exceedingly low. The farmers are all busy putting ia their crops, so there are but few people idle, and little time fur grumbling. On Thursday list Polio:; 0 instable Hunt, while endeavoring to arrest a j prisoner (a dangerous lunatic), at thy Cardrona, was stabbed in five places. A Mr. Colc'ough, who was assisting I Constable Hunt, was also similarly j wounded. The madman war,, how- ■ ever, happily arreted, and restrained ; from further mischief. Constable i Hunt and Mr. Colelough, though ' suffering scver!y,are, J am glad to siy, rccovcri g from their wounds. Lunacy appears to lie Ik coining unpleasantly . common of late, Some ten days since a miner, sufferiing from abbcrat'.on of the mii.d, wandered from the Cardrona to Arrow town, and has never ;inee b en heard of, although hj >rsetnen have lwen scouring the country in every direction. On Saturday last Mr. Richmond Footham, K.M., District Coroner, held an inquest at Macetown upon the body ot a man found dcitd near | the 'now Uivcr. The deceased was oe.e of a party of miners known r-.s ; " rim Twelve Apostlo." It appeari j thai, he had been drinking, and while j in a state of intoxication bad fallen : over a terrace, and was either killed , on the spot or died from exposure. I The litter is the mo.st likelv. A j verdict of "Found Dead" w;us ic ; turned. In mining opcr.it ions there is nothing i fresh to report. The supply of wat?r ! <s everywhere ample, and the goldI produce kecj* up the usual average.