OUR KUMARA LETTER.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 March 1901, Page 3

OUR KUMARA LETTER.

[our own correspondent.] The long delayed"' permit for the Kumara Jockey Club to use the totalisator at their coming meeting on Easter Monday and Tuesday came to hand last evening. The permit had evidently been mislaid as it was dated February, and this date crossed out and March 2nd inserted. This settles the matter of racing on the abovo date as far a 3 our loc *1 club is concerned at any rate.

Mr Peter Hagarth, not' Hogarth ' as printed, is the lucky holder of third horse in the sweep on the Newmarket Handicap For once at last the prize came to one in need. The win was decidedly popular hero sinco Mr Hagarth was one of the fortunaies who went under in the cram that followed the great Melbourne land boom some years ago. Mr Edward informed me that he ex pects to have the electric light aglow on the Greenstone Junction dredge to-night. Under the personal supervision of Mr Hopkirk who arrived from the Rockland? yesterday. Thej'finishing touches are being put on the above dredge, so we may expect to hear of a start being made in a few clays time.

Whatever one may think of the wisdom of Mr H. Adamson in starting opposition to Mr Rugg in the coaching line on the beach road, one cannot but admire his pluck,

Som9 mystery seems to surround the boring operations on the Greenstone Gold Dredging Company's claim. No bottom has yet been found bo far, as it is small wonder that local shareholders are getting dissatisfied. It is not the depth of the ground that stands in the way, as bores 50 feet and over have been put down in quito as difficult ground in this district. The truth seems to bo that the plant is too primitive to go beyond 25 to 30 feet. Several holes have been lost now and it looks as if a small mint of money is to be frittered away when an efficient plant would have done the work long since. Somo alterations in the tables of the Greenstone Creek dredge have caused delay, and lack of ironwork for tables. Otherwise the dredge is ready.