TEVIOT DISTRICT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 496, 20 October 1871, Page 2

TEVIOT DISTRICT.

(FROM OUR CORRESFOnEENT.) The unsettled state of the weather has again brought mining on the banks of the Molyneux to a standstill. During the whole of last week we experienced very heavy rains, and as a natural consequence the Molyneux rose to an unusually high level, throwing most of the claimholders idle, and retarding mining operations for some time to come. The season for active work in the neighborhood of Campbell’s, Potters No. 2, and Waikia has again set in, and the mountaineers are commencing to make tracks over the ranges. On Saturday last the Hit or Miss Company at Potter’s ; Gully started out to their claim, and I notice a good many more wending their way ' in that direction, some to renew operations in their old workings, others in search of ' new claims for the summer months. Of the many parties who stay in the fastnesses of 1 the mounrains, snowed in during the winter months, some few have commenced work, as yet, I have not received any information as to the amount of gold obtained. The gardens round this district are looking veryhealthy, the orchards particularly so ; during the coming season, the up-conntry districts will have no lack of fruit, as from here alone we shall be able to supply tons weight. Jam making will have to be gone into in a systematic manner, or we shall have to feed the pigs on the fruit, which to present appearances will overcrowd the trees. That distinguished artiste, Miss E ith Palmeston performed in the Commer- 1 dial room, Roxburgh, to a delightful audience on Monday evening last. Miss Palmerston is without question the most talented astiste that has ever visited this district, and she deservedly is well received. I see in your Tuapcka contemporary that our old friend Pumpernickle, like the dor mouse in the old Country, after coil- ■ ing up all the winter has again come out of ■ his hole. I cannot but think he has com; ’ mencod his criticisms on the C.C.C., before he is thoroughly awake, or else ho would not so readily throw his hatchet as he ' elegantly expresses it. Now, Mr Editoi *> I 1 I think that Mr. Pumpcmickle’s compo- ; sition is very pood in its own way, hut before he ventures on giving advice, he shiu d take the mote out of his own eye. Experi- ; ence teaches fools wisdom, and it is to bo hoped that as years, together with grey hairs grow on his head ho will improve. In my next, I will prepare a lesson for him to con. {