MARTIN’S BAY.

Evening Star, Issue 3274, 18 August 1873, Page 3

MARTIN’S BAY.

A miner from Martin’s Bay named Morrison arrived in town last week. He is at work at Big Bay, and reports that there are only six men employed there, who are making small wages. Water is scarce, and the ground difficult to sluice, owing to want of fall. They have sufficient provisions for present wants, but feel the necessity of more frequent and regular communication —the last visit from the outside world being in April last. The settlers at Jamestown are break ng up ground for the growth of wheat and other crops, and those engaged in mining are also taking up land for agriculture. Morrison came by the Lake Harris route, but is forced to take the Greenstone track for his return, there being four feet of snow on the saddle by way of Lake Harris. He speaks hopefully of the prospects of the settlement. “ A Martin’s Bay Settler ” writes : “It was not until April 20 that the Nancy came back to Martin’s Bay and came in over the bar before daylight, being piloted in and out by Mr Williamson, it being dark both times; so it does not seem as if the bar was such an extraordinarily dangerous place as reported. But what was most astonishing to us all was that she had only about 12cwt. or 14cwt. of flour on board for sale, and two or three bags of sugar. We number about thirty people, and with 1,4001bs of flour divided among us for six months, would have been worse than we were last winter. We think, when the Government pays a vessel to take provisions to a place like this, it is only proper that they should be looked after, and bring something like a sufficient supply instead of only bringing about five weeks’ provisions.— Wahatip Mail.