MOUNT BENGER.

Dunstan Times, Issue 497, 27 October 1871, Page 2

MOUNT BENGER.

{from our correspondent. ) Naturally the recent sale of fifty thousand acres of Moa Fiat Run in a single block excites a good deal of excitement and comment I believe all classes are unanimous in their condemnation of the unblushing effrontery with which the miscalled “ Liberal” government has falsifi°d the most solemn pledges. As to the actual injury done to the district by' the transaction, I must frankly own I believe it to be very' much overstated. Moa Flat and the made spurs running on to it arc the only portions giving much promise of auriferous wealth, and as the agricultural block included these, the miners were bound to be losers whichever way it went. Still there is no doubt the people of the district have been tricked, and that by men in whom they' placed the most implicit confidence. The only' pity is that their indignation appears likely' to waste itself in speechifying and memorial signing. Something likely' applying a blister to a wooden leg. Until action of a more decisive nature is initiated there is little hope of any' improvement in the system of government. Among the floating rumors current is one which appoints to the office of “ local traitor ” —a seemingly indispensable functionary in the minds of the Mount Bengerites—one of our leading public men. 1 believe the report owes its origin to trade jealousy, at any rate I have good reason fir declaring it utterly and entirely-unfounded. 1 have no particular admiration for the individual in question—a political opponent bye the by-e—but my ideas of opposition are fair play, and claw for claw, as Conan said to the Devil. The weather for the past fortnight has been very unsettled. We have had a succession of severe gales from the northward, and as a consequence, a considerable flood in the river. The crops look thriving, I believe most of the farmers are busily engaged potatoe planting. Shearers are beginning to knock round. I understand Messrs. Anderson and Cargill intend commencing operations the beginning of next month. The district owes to the enterprise of Air. Mr. M ‘Cartin', Dunbarton Rock, a valuable addition to the number of its draught stallions. Young Blaize is a magnificent animal, very different from the worn out veterans, or ponies on stilts which are too often foisted on the up-country districts. It is to be hoped Mr. M'Carthy will have better luck with this venture than he had with hia former speculation of a similar kind.