THE LAKES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 413, 18 March 1870, Page 3

THE LAKES.

(i'UIJJi uu« |)\VS LulillE. roNJ). K’i. Qi'KE2CS>TmVN, March 14. ‘The exp rim«nt of navi,:itiny rhe Kauaran near, between the Fulls aim itwoi.s’ punt, has r suite i ia failure. On Friday last Mr. ibovartii, the owner of tiie Victoria, look his steamer down u little way Is'low vitrs Shotovar June ton, and, while Bunging mi ml tor the purpose ••£ r nrni ), v.n hj r on to a sandbank, whore she now ios hard mid last, anil must o *« until ih tic is a tu-e in ib« river. There is Hoi much li.nii.t i>ut that the Violoria could successfully stem tliu current ; but the navigation is of a wry dangerous character and the risk would he very great.. Air. Ilowar.h has therefore decider! to bring hi - ' boat back again to ter home on the W. ka ip. The la o land sales have not been by any means a sure s. Mr. '‘poncer, the district simv.r, admirably fnliillod his duty aauctioneer; but want of giving the sale sufiieb r.t i n ’ lieity few people came to buy, and tbe few lots unit were sold went off at very low prices. It, would be much better for the (Jovnrnmcnt to advertise their salein the local papers and avail themselves o a professional auctioneer, whe would tak prper measures to give them all dm publicity. On Turns ay last our Ilesidenf Magistrate (Mr. 11. Beet ham) gave a very important decision in a case of alleged damages sustained through the plaintiff's having had his horse driven some four miles from its k usual run by the defendant. It was prove' that tbe defendant had knowingly driven the plaintiff’s horse from Frankton to Queenstown in company with other horses which ho was driving ; that he took no means to yard the moh, although be had p’entyot opportunities to do so, and that the plaintiff lost the services of his horse for the space of one week iu conseouerco, besides loss of time in looking for it. Tbe Magistrate gave a verdict for £4 damages, and costs (amounting to about 30a.) J, On Saturday evening last, Constable Hunt, who has charge of the Police Station at Arrowtown, made a very clever capture> 1

while riding into Queenstown, of a man named Alfred Nightingale, charged in Dunedin witn embezzling moneys, the property of the proprietors of the “Evening Star" newspaper. From the description of the prisoner published in the “ Police Gazette," Hunt male sure that he had the right man, and his surmise turned out to bo,correct. The prisoner was brought before the Bench a id remanded to Dunedin. The terrace workings on the Upper Shotover continue to yield very large returns It is said that a party at Skipper’s Point have realized £(iOi) a man for the last fortnight’s work. Moke Creek and Moonlight are also turning out well, and some one hundred anfifty miners are locatod between these two places- Judging from the escort returns the miners must be doing well generally all over the district,