THE COUNTRY.

Evening Star, Issue 3314, 3 October 1873, Page 3

THE COUNTRY.

Tokomairtro.— There was a large attendance at the horse show yesterday. Seventeen horses were shown, the prizes being awarded as follows: —Clydesdales: A. M‘Laren’s Young Watty, Ist; Hamilton’s Marquis, 2nd; Blues and T)uthie’s Young Major, 3rd. Blood horses: Carson’s Stormbird, Ist; Water’s Young Leo tard, 2nd. Mr Capstick offered several of them for sale, but they were all withdrawn. TUAPEKA.—Mr John O’Brien, well-known in the Manuherikia and Dunstan districts, expired in the Dunstan hospital last week. We are informed that the deceased had been suffering for some time past. Mr O’Brien had resided in the gorge at the foot of the Old Man Ranges for a number of years. During.the early days of the rush to Campbells and other gullies at the other Bide of the Range, O’Brien was the means of saving the lives of many who had lost their way in the snow, and who but for the pluck of good-hearted “Johnny O’Brien o the Gorge, would have found a grave on the mountain amidst the snowdrifts which, during the first winter of the rush, cost so many rash men their lives. Mr O’Brien leaves a good property, which we leam he has bequeathed to a nephew in Victoria.-Mr Logan, telegraph inspector, visited Tapanui and Switzers last week to make arrangements for the extension of the telegraphic wire to those pl^® B * A 3 a ,' s the lino between Naseby and Blacks is finished, the Tapanui and Switzers one will be started, large percentage of Jamba has pesn lost by

the runholdors this season—the inclement weather during the last month has been the cause. It is to be hoped that the price of wool will remain at a good figure, so as in some respects to compensate the squatters for their heavy losses. —A large vein of antimony has been discovered near Coal Creek; the exact locality has (not been made public. The prospector has sent a small quantity to Dunedin for assay.—The pheasants on Cargill and Anderson’s station are thriving well; they are gradually spreading over the district, some having been seen at the Beaumont recently. Mr Kitchiug, of Moa Flat station, has sent to Victoria for some hares, which he purposes turning out on the run.— Times,