OUR ARROW LETTER.

Evening Star, Issue 4045, 12 February 1876, Page 2

OUR ARROW LETTER.

The;' Wakfttip Mad' devotes aleader to the advocacy of the continuance of the commonage system which has been proved by the testof expe lence to heed construction and ahoex presses surprise that I should favor a change. Jie admits, however, that assessments have be n systematically evaded to the great losb' o toe revenue, and also "that portiowj of the comrnqnage-are only fit for sheep,' also rng that the municipalities are quiescent in the matter, while he ought to know that the Arrow Corporation has a.plied for 40 000 acres of good cattle country for & permanent commonage. Thi* applic; tion, if granted, will in my opinion be found to be sufficient for the requirements of the Arrow district, with another reserve n-ar Macetowri.7, The remaitder, if leased to' sheep owners, would return va uftb'e rey&mes from an at proseutunprcduc ive source, tend to settlement and besides remove the cause of much litigation and many losses from Bheep trespass. ; while, I honestly believe that iV is the WBh of the large majority of resident?. '.■'< The Universal will at last <*Wt piunping this wesk. The United ojv taking, active legal action to tfjeefc a' troublesome 1 neighbor, and it is hoped will soon be -ible to Btart with the Ui.iver»ai The MaceWnre fs are looking up. The next claim to the proapectors jn the Hall and gymbnd'g jeef ha* opened on Bplendid stone, and wty start sinking at once. The Miners' AseooiatJon is agitating for a track to, the' reefs. . Accounts from the Skipper sfceefs are h-gbly satisfactory, and. aj» sobnairain enables the, batt-iiies' to start agam some more rich. atoneftill be puttbrcugh. Theaopaunts from river claims on theSubtoysr ar> devoid of stirring. items. [ The prin, cipal claim, the New Chnnol Company, is however, putting out its strath in on* more effort to work thegroun<i. . The diedge at the sandhills is laid.up, and its pwrers aie slu'ioW 1 thetetraces. 'The Kugget ; and'o6rujah Reef ■ Comp»ny is sHI : driving . bopefullv ah«idw A good patgh_ Ja being' worked", by Boy e, and party,: next.iq the Shotover claim; it ies at the back of Boyle's, and near the boundary of J;he,Shotovi-r"Claim, and is in dep ground." I ain gk'd' (jo'lea n, on the au tho4ty of Mr A, Suienson, gkti.f era. (fc.t MH. tagor, who, was reported a*: .H e U':at t.113 Palmer, is alive and v;ell, *n<t QOgage! in pack n* between the diggings fend Oboktown.' '' : The T, M Morran, has b-eu actively . looking up owners' of horses for s, ; and trespassers on Crown Lands for teacher in of reservfs, One person. was nWcf 15 I at the ( E-M. s Court ta-day for the latter offence.

Ihe Golden Arrow Lod*e, 1.0. G.T., contwius ia a sound condition; "Volunteer njpvemt nt W claiminj: great; attention, and the Mioers' Association gjyes evidence of renewed activity.' , " ~" V / ' . '