THE COUNTRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3119, 17 February 1873, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

Queenstown.— Harvesting operations have proceeded vigorously d} I *™# hlie week, and the weather has Veen, feally magnificent. There have, been sojne heavy yields on some of the fni'nis. Jfessrs Brown, Smith, Bell, and others fiaye. had fields giving SU bushels of wheat per acre, and 3V|v Bell, we hear, as high as GO h,\\sheJa But the average is not likely to exceed —if it reaches —4O bushels. So far as information goes at present, oats are light, the average about 30 bushels, which is not a paying crop, even at 2s 6d per bushel here. —We are informed that miners at the Upper Shotover are doing very well -especially some of those working the, river. Pat Walsh and party (four s\mrefiojttps) uve said to be getting a build t,° tyip paddock, one of which. eight days.—John Kpliey,' after much journeying and wM K f ring aboui in the Australia colonies, lias 1 fo' Qpeehstoyw, to take dp bis residence again,, tie aay9 that, after all, Queenstown hail, as good prospects, and is as healthy a plane to live in as any portion of Australia.— At the last meeting of the Town Council the following resolution was carried ‘‘This Council having been informed that an has been made to the Wast Lard,q BjWii'd, tof'ft' portion of the Plantation respectfully tliaf'thd'BoaVd will not sho iSurio' or ’aiTy other, as his Honor the Supei ifitehdeiit, eluting,' his. recent pyorilifeed to make the same. & Reserve, for the benefit of' %, of the town, 4 ' A. telegram having been, received, from the to. the effect that if proper application were made to, tho Defence Office the cprps would bo gifted, it was agi-eed at a public mooting Of persons favorable to Vohm|eoqns> to renew the application for the establishment of the Queenstown Rifle Corps.Mail.

UiiUESKiN.— The flax-mill is at a standstill on account of the holders having demanded a higher price for their flax. The proprietor of the mill will not meet their demands, and threatens to remove his plant to some other field, so tl\sVt Blueskin will soon be again what it \ya* spjife 2h years ago- a very de:ul-iUKl'aJi\*,piace, apd I am afraid your humble correspondent will then not be able to find matter fov a report. This vuiAuro between ’the settlors and the owners) of the fiax-mills is greatly to be tho drills keep ail the, young of mischief, and gives them, t$ tyke. home to their parents, ‘ipjtye things comfortable, ' IVasRPY.- The Energetic QuaitoijMhvng €wttpany are determined to develop otho Rough Badge reefs.' A trial having boon attended with satisfactory re£vdty» V*?. time, it is understood, will be ly/>t in, placing machines on the ground. n,p,' recis have been more unfairly treated than those ut Rough Bridge. Mismanagement, bad machinery, and a want of anything |t|m (tplrited enterprise, have hitherto damned what should have been always a fairly profitable, speculation, -When does Mr Pearce m<?au, tip, come up and berin his contracts. Mcp, are, on the ground waiting to get employment, and it is to be hoped that pft IyPS time will elapse before some gets to worty. Sir Ityiy, the, Otyef Postmaster, haa, what he no doubt cmvddorcd a good smlhbmg to, tlip au(l j 'Jhade Assooiation. Their directory, does not seem inclined to tyh-e then: wigging kindly, but are bringing the matter in dispute before the higher powers - Tho hot weather has recently brekou into storm and wind.