NO TOWN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1209, 13 June 1872, Page 2

NO TOWN.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT. J ; " : ' ■''-■-'' '■'-'" - : - " : •'■'•''; '■ ■ ; June 10.; ] The late new rush of the left hand branch of No Town Greek has. hi 'pearly: every instance, proved highly satisfac- : tory, most of the tunnels being now in.; There' are. isome ; ten claims on really payable gold, and' alUthe parties' which have had a washing up appear well satisfiedwith the prospects before them for the winter. , Cockney Terrace, after, the many 'disappointments,*- will' prove to possess* a very good lead of gold. Those of the, high level ''tunnels which are in have struck wash froin'3ft.to 'iff; 'in, thickness/ , with ghld poking well, throughout j^and it i3. beyond doubt thiat some of ; the claims on this terrace excel in richness, any before known in this district; At MaPri Gully No. 1, there is very little change to report ; several shares have during the past few weeks changed hands' at fair i t prices, varying from L2O to L4O, and in the claim of Large and mate a find of loz ldwb 17gr was unexpectedly unearthed.' The sluicing claims at Abe's .are doing remarkably well, and the .tunnel of Roberts ami. party,. JLsooft long, at the foot of the gully, being cleared of the destructions caused ;by. the Februaiy floods has enabled them to reach the wash, /and are in full expectancy of getting gold 'this week; These parties really deserye everything they ;may get, it having been a long and tedious piece of work. Marshall's Terrace, which has been so often worked out, or said to have been, 1 is still giving fair returns; and the extended sluicing claimi of Sam Hall and

party, with the water they have brought to bear' on it will, it ia expected, give handsbfne rjeturns. About the Half-way many of : the old faces are daily to be seen cropping^upji preferring, it is presumed, a small certainty about No Town, with good beef at 6d, to the uncertainties of Reefton and its famine prices. Altogether the N^Tdwnifistric^ii mXWyf£mf more could, be jexpended in opening mp the back gullies, "arid less' in officialism, a different state of affaire would be the result: ;"--" '' ' ;;; ;■ ■; T"^ j '^ ; '"™* A report is current that one of the officers of the police force about to be, or is already stationed ia No ; Town, wishing a site on wWch /to ; buUd a family residence, not being able^tp find one to his liking, one day last week made application to anr old resident, MjGarthy, to induce him to sell his half -acre of kitchen garden^, well feuced and: with manure on the ground -for. the i coming crop, prettily situated at the foot of a terrace in close proximity to the township, 'within cooey of "the intended camp, andoverlooking T the, waters of No Town Creek. The l'oifM' refusing to sell his four or flveyears > 'iin« provemehts, the astute official, 'knowing the,secrets of his portfolio, had disepvpred I that a site, on the banks ,-.o£ Como fprbjß.L purposes would not be so suitable as 'the already, fenced-iri kitchen igardenjTanii^iiuij it could not be bought, it might! be jump able, and the owner, on going to "thft camp, for the date of his licensej was cobliy in-' formed by the,.wouldrbe < pur9haßer of the previous day that, as he. would 'not seil,, his. superior (meaning^^ the iWardenj had" given him authority to-iake it. < ..... :, '