ALEXANDRA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 445, 28 October 1870, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

(from OUR own CORRESPONDENT.) The Hitt or Miss have been idle for this last week owing to a disagreement with Messrs. Oliver and Knowles, respecting the water, but I believe everything is arranged, as the claim was in full work again on Wednesday last. Simraonds and Knowles has had to suspend the working of their claim at the junction of the Earnscleugh, owing to a rise in the river, they were very anxious to bottom a pa dock this S' ason, to test the value of the claim The maim bottom in this claim as yet has never been * reached. The alanuherikia Company ar in full work at their paddock near the coa pit and as far have managed to beat the water, with two pumps, ami I hope will continue to do so, everyone being anxious to see them reach the bottom. The whole of the dredges are laid up for the season, with the exception of the Alabama, she is prospecting on a flat beach at the mouth of the Fiaser, but with what result I have not heard. The parties that ■ hired llalloday’s and Gordon’s shares in the Galatea are not likely to derive much benefit from the rich claim they discovered, I | am informed that it is not the depth of water that prevents this uredge from being , at work, but the quantity of tailings that Inis commenced to run with the rise of the i liver wluii iil the hole as last, as it is

taken out with the spoon, which is an unfortunate affair for the lessees. At Butchers Gully, the miners are in full work, I visited several of the claims in this gully since my last, the claim belonging tn M‘Guinness is considered to be the best in he gully, the last washing 'icing the best for a long time, which I was pleased to learn, as M‘Guinness paid nearly £I,OOO to Mr. Dunn for this claim about two years since Roeendale and Gish are working shallow ground on the tewace behind Napier’s store, running their tailing?, into the creek by means of a tail race, and doing very well. Stancombe is constructing a new tail race to work the flat on the East side of the gull above Napier’s store, it will take him some time yet to get it up to golden ground The next tail racenwnedby Parker Brothers, they have a good way of working; but I cannot say how they are doing, as I saw neither of them. Adjoining them is a party of Chinamen, they have the neatest race in the gully, and a good face to thair work, most of which is solid ground, I tried to enter into conversation with them, but all the answer I could get, “no savy.” I believe they have been working this cl im for two years, and have done very weel, and that several of them intend visiting their owu country after Christmas. Jeuking’s and Murphy and Wilkins's claims are in full work, but neither of them will wash up for some time, 1 did not travel farther up the gully, but was informed that Simmonds and Mailings’ claims, farther up the ereek were in full work, and were working good ground. There are several other claims in the gully, both above and below the claim have alluded to, hut could get no information, and ha 1 not time to pay them a visit, but hope to do so at a future time. The Ovens Company are in full work. Their race is full of water, and I believe they are doing very well just now The Town Council have taken the goat nuisance in hand, and have given to the Inspector of Nuisances instructions to destroy any goat within the municipality that was not upon a tether after the 24th iust. Those who owned gnats they were not milking, or who kept them for the sake of owning them; took the alarm and transported them to the opposite side of the Manuher'kia, and, should the squatters not interfere, we may expect goats to supersede sheep on the Kno’-y Ranges. On Tues lay Constable Morkane had a day’s shooting. What number he bagged I cannot tell, but I saw the children c rrying hame a great many dead young ones. A goat may be very useful where there is a fami y, and, in fact, many sickly child in this district owes its life to the use of goat’s milk ; but, at the same time, goats are a pest* A memorial has been going round for signature, having for its objsct the establishment of a Circuit Court and gaol at Clyde. Many of the inhabitants declined to attach thoir signatures ro it, giving very vague and insufficient reasons fer their refusal. Mr. Dunning, after some four yearr’ absence, has returns I to this place. He has been engaged in the construction of the mo ! el of a machine for raising water from the river on to the terraces. The principle is highly spoken of by scientific men, and and Mr. Dunning is very confident of success. Should the machine answer the expectations of its inventor, a great want will be supplied