THE NORTHERN TERRACES, BULLER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 622, 13 January 1870, Page 3

THE NORTHERN TERRACES, BULLER DISTRICT.

, [WESTPORT TIMES CORRESPONDENT.] ] While enjoying ourselves during the Christmas holidays we had almost forgotten what was our real positions,' but on returning to our respective homes we soon realised onoe more that we were only sons of toil. • Those who did make a start to do a little on Monday looked rather suspiciously at the tools, but. l think the majority are satisfied that they have had enough of pleasure-making, and, once fairly into our regular routine of work, we shall be once more contented at home." Tuesday and Wednesday's flood lias ", played up" with the tailing-washers and the claim-holders who had dams in the creek. Some have lost very heavily, and I believe some of the damage is irreparable. I hear there have been some heavy landslips at Ballarat Terrace, Caledonian", completely squashing the tailing dams' and fixings, and in the Orawaiti, M'lntyre has 4iad- carried away a flood-box which he recently paid a good round sum for, and another considerably damaged. The same ill luck has befallen many others in German Creek and elsewhere, and a party in Deadman's Creek who had just completed a flood dam, worth about L4O, had tie' satisfactions of picking up parts of it at the different bends in the creek botween Rochfort and the beach. At Hatter's the same ill luck befel the tailing-washers. On the Ruby lead some have a slight tendency to " jib," tmt others are determined to prove the terrace thoroughly by ' driving further into the bill.