ALEXANDRA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 404, 14 January 1870, Page 3

ALEXANDRA.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) On Monday evening last, a meeting was held at the School Room for the purpose of electing a new School Committee for the present year. A statement was read showing the School to be in a very flourishing condition with a small balance in hand, it was then proposed and ’"carried, that the Committee should consist of seven members, and the following gentlemen were appointed—Messrs Finlay, Theyers, Field, Gordon, Stanbrook, Chappie, and Ryan. The Committee as elected held their first meeting for the election of Office Bearers on Wednesday evening, when the following gentlemen consented to act, Mr. Chappie, Chairman, Mr. Field, Secretary, and Mr. Theyers, Treasurer. Some interest is felt as to the action of the present Committee, as it is fully anticipated that some reforms will be introduced which have been suggested, more particularly as to the advisability of procuring the assistance of a Schoolmistress for the girls and little ones. Our miners have now settled down to work in earnest, all the contracts have now been accepted for sinking the various shafts on our Quartz Reefs, and in a short time we shall receive the necessary proof as to whether our lines of reefs are to be of that paying nature that we have been so sanguine as to predict. The Molyneux is still running very high but work has commenced, some of the com panics have started to run off their top stuff, preparatory to winter paddocking. I am sorry to state that a large amount of damage has been doue at Campbell’s Gully by the late floods. Nothing equal to this has been felt since its first discovery, and it will take most of the claimholders fully three months to remedy the damage inflicted. At Butcher’s, Conroy’s, and Blackman’s, Gullies the floods have caused no damage, the tail flitches, bye-washes, etc., of the various claims being of sufficient strength and capacity to carry off the surplus supply. For the most part the construction of the various works in those places are of the most substantial character, reflecting great credit upon the skill and enterprise evinced in carrying out works of such durability. Kett and Co. have now completed the construction of two dams for storing water, which will greatly facilitate the working of their valuable claim at the Half-mile Beach. They are very substantially built, and now contain a large body of water. They will commence stripping in a few days. Blackwell and party, at the Manuherikia Gorge, have now remedied the damage done to their wee by the late floods, and have made a fresh start They fully anticipate their usual good returns. The Ovens Company have also repaired damages, and have got to work again. The Manuherikia Ground Sluicing Company (Brown and party), I am sorry to say, have not got over their difficulty. It is thought it will take them another week fire they have the water running in their race.