THE LAKES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 369, 21 May 1869, Page 2

THE LAKES.

(from our own correspondent.)

Arrowtqwn, May IS.

Society was rather astonished here i on Saturday last by the appearance in ' the Wakatip Mail of a sort of political | address from that twenty times unsuccessful candidate for legislative honors Mr. Henry Mandcrs. The apparent object of this address is to acquire political capital at the expense of Mr Julius Yogcl, who Mr. Manders intends, by means of a public requisisitiod, to call upon to resign. In the # Lakes distinct it may be easy to get any petition or memorial signed ; but 1 very much question if, in this case, success will crown Mr*. Manders’s efforts, for, although Mr. Yogol has not visit d this por:ion of his constituency, it is very generally acknowledged that he has not been unmindful of the interests of the district. His opinions in the matter of public policy have not of course always coincided with those of Mr. Manders; but then has Mr. Manders always been right? or is public opinion in Queenstown only represented by him ? This is very questionable, and, if Mr. Manders is bent upon ousting Mr. Yogel out of the House of Representatives so as to make room for himself, I fear the attempt is exceedingly Quixotic. We have nothing to praise any of the goldfields members for, and we. might almost as well have been entirely unrepresented ; still Mr. Vogel has not been the worst of our precious .trio, nor has he been an absentee from the province ; and, considering that the ensuing will be the last session of the present New Zealand Parliament, Mr. Manders may just as well spare us the expense of an election and save himself from popular ridicule into the bargain. Mr. Manders publicly expresses his intention of forwarding the interests of Mr. Haughton to the utmost of his power, but I fancy that the latter gentleman is quite able to take car*of himself, and is not at all likely to need the assistance of Mr. Manders, whose advocacy can only tend to damage his cause. Mr. George Fache held a sale of cattle, horses and sheep on Saturday last. Hairy cattle realised from 71. to 12?. ; steers, fit for the butcher, 61. I Os. to 71 10s ; hacks 10?. to 20?. ; brokenmouthed ewes, 3s. each. The low prices for cattle and sheep was owing to the keen competion between the butchers, mutton being now sold as low as 2d. per lb. From this out meat must necessarily be very cheap in this district The number of stock held, both of great and small cattle, is far above public requirements, and therefore to effect sales low prices

must be submitted to. Bread is now reduced to Is. for the four-pound leaf, so we have nothing to complain of in the shape of dear living. This should induce population to come and settle in the district, which, as I have often said before, possessess very many and varied advantages. The bed of the Arrow river, which has been a sealed book for more than four years past, promises again to become a busy scene of labor. A party is now forming to work the river bed just above the gorge, about half a mile up from the town. It is said that gold was found there in fabulous quantities, but the ground has never been touched since the first migration of the population to Hokitiki.