REEFTON.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1134, 16 March 1872, Page 2

REEFTON.

[iNANGAHUA HERALD, MARCH 13.] Reliable information reached town last night, that the reef had been struck in the broadsider claim (Frank M'Lean and party) Adam Smith's liner - r: -**?*■" Some very excellent stone has been brought into town from a reef struck between,. Larry's Creek and the Landing Creeft The line is supposed'to'bea'continuation of the Lyell reef. Intelligence reached town on Sunday that the reef had been struck in No. 2 south, Larry's. The prospects are similar to those obtained by the prospectors, who have rich stone in a reef two feet six inches wide. A full share in the Prospectors' Claim, Rainy Creek, changed hands oh Monday for LSOQ. The reef is. three feet wide; and has already been traced the whole length of the prospecting claim; and has been struck in No. 1 north and !Ho. 1 south. . A half share in the prospecting claim, Larry's, changed hands on Friday last for L 270. , ■■'■■?:*. : >\ Scrip in Anderson's is still quoted at L 9, at which price thirty scrip changed hands on Friday last. : An extrordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Westland Crushing Company will be held at the Company's office, Murray Creek, on Friday, the 15th inst., at 11a.m. ■„•■ '£< Subscriptions are being collected byithe residents at the upper end of Broadway to defray the expense of continuing tne dray road to the foot of the terrace. We believe that the sum already collected is very nearly sufficient to cover the cost of the proposed extension. : . ,; ; ' We understand that an application will be made to 'Mr Warden Broad for a racecourse and cricket reserve by several gentlemen who purpose establishing a Jockey Club and Cricket Club in the district. We are s;lad to notice that steps are being taken to provide the means of public recreation. These is some talk of a race meeting being held at Easter, which falls in the first week of April. ... A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on Saturday last, resulting in the death of a groom named; JphhvSheridan. The deceased was riding, and- leading a second 1 horse down the the river, when it is ,tmg%. posed that he got into one of the numerous holes in the river bed, and the horse he was leading refused to follow. The probabilities are : that the horse upon which he was mounted was swimming, and that the second horse shied and dragged the deceased, from his seat. Sheridan was known to be an expert swimmer, so that he could have easily extricated himself from his position, had he not unfortunately received a kick -on the temple from the. horse's hoof, which must have rendered him unconscious. He was for several years on the Coast, and came to this place from Brighton, where he lived with Mr Slattery.