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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1476, 28 April 1873, Page 2

The sittings of the Nelson Provincial Council commence to-morrow. The local members, Messrs Guinness and Pinkerton, intended to have been present at the opening, but were prevented by the s.s. plaud Hamilton passing this port on Saturday. Messrs Reid, Guinness, and Pinkerton intend to proceed north by the Charie3 Edward. A correspondent writes, wanting to know whose duty it is to see the bye-laws of the Borough of Grey mouth enforced. He says :— r " There is one which states that steamers, going up or down the river, shall go at halfsteam. The Charles Edward, to-day, and others steamers at different times, take no notice of this regulation — through ignorance I hope -to the serious loss of the ratepayers and banks of the river. The loss is greater than at first may be supposed, owing to large portions of the bank being washed away by the non-observance of this regulation. lam forced to ask this question, living in close proximity to what is every day drawing nearer to me— the river." The Mining Conference met on Thursday, at the Oddfellows's Hall, Reefton, and after having elected Mr Carreras chairman, and Mr Davie3 honorary secretary, proceeded to draft regulations for the conduct of quartzmining. The Conference met again on Friday, and will probably not conclude their labors before Tuesday next. There was a alight rainfall at Inangahua district on Friday, but nothing calculated to afford relief to the many miners now remaining idle for the want of water. TShe Tuapeka Times says that Mr Fleming, the rejected suitor of Lady Fergusson, will sue her for L 50,000 damages, for breach of promise, on her arrival in New Zealand. The extreme mildness of ihe season is shown by the second flowering of fruit trees in Mr John Dragkicavich's gardens at the South Spit, Westport. He has there an apple tree in full healthy blossom. The sea is still steadily encroaching at Westport, threatening the safety of other buildings. Particularly it will necessitate the early removal of Gilmer's Clarendon Hotel, and consequently "more expense" to that firm. Only recently their Post Office Hotel was removed, and since then it has been transformed into an extensive and sightly building at the upper township, and on the opposite corner to the several Government buildings. The new hotel, which is rapidly approaching completion, contains over twenty large sized bedrooms, several spacious sitting-rooms, bar, kitchen, trad the numerous other conveniences, to. be, found in a well ordered first-class hotel. ' Writing of the building trade in Wellington, the Independent says .--"The present high price of timber is interfering very much with building operations in all parts of the city. Six or eight months ago timber could have been purchased at 14s per lOOf, but the quantity taken up by the large contracts has so increased the demand, that the price has gone up to 20s for totara, and 22a for rimu. There is no desire at all to attend to small orders, and the consequence is that the erection of many buildings which would be immediately proceeded with is deferred on this account. The simultaneous erection of a number of large buildings in Wellington just :

now, has completely absorbed all the labor at command of any description whatever. Carpenters, painters, and plumbers are at a premium, and in none of -these branches of industry can assistance be procured, even with wages ruling at the rate of lister day. f Plasterers ani paperhangers can find'inough work for 16 hours every clay." -. -• - The Superintendent of Nelson received a letter from the Superintendent of ; Cantorbury on Monday, iv reply to the telegram sent by the Inland Communication Committee. Mr Rolleston was in Wellington at the time of writing, but was to returi home iv a few days, when he would immediately bring the subject before his Executive. The presence of Mr Yogel in Auckland hat doubtless been the cause why the Committee have , received no l'eply from Government^ . - A meeting was held in Charleston on Thursday last, the object of which! was to induce the Provincial Government to complete a dray road through from Cliirleston to Addison's Flat. It was decided to forward a petition to his Honor the Superiitendent asking that LISOO, owing by the General Government to the Nelson Gold Fields, should be expended on this particular work, and. a telegram was forwarded to liis Honor stating that the petition referred.to was in course of signature. In reply . tojthat telegram the Charleston Herald sajs another was received from Mr Curtis to the followiug effect : — " The funds will not permit of making a dray road, from .Chdfleston to \ddisoa'3, but a horse road sbftl be made at once ; meantime tender iot repair of Cape Foul wind road, has already been iccepted. " The latter w^rk has since been conmenced. An inquest was held at Rocie'ft Hotel, Westport, on Saturday last, > blfore R. J. LaNauze, Esq., J.P., Deputy Coroner, on the body of George White, wh»so sudden death occurred near Mr Thiele's store, Addison's road, on Thursday last. Death had occurred from heart disease, and i verdict to that effect was returned by the jury. The deceased was about 50 years of age, aad a native of Glanmire, County Cork. He was buried at the Cemetery, Addison's road, the new rules of the Orawaiti Cemetery Board precluding the burial of a corpse there without payment of certain fees, by' friends or relatives. Mr Surveyor Hall and staff, says the Grey Valley Times, enter upon the detailed survey of the Amuri route to-day. The proposal, at present, is to merely frame specifications for the formation of a cattle track. from Matthews' to the head of the Aniurr 'Saddle, but should the Government determine upon the construction of a dray road' no i additional survey of the line will 'be required, tnefipresent one furnishing all necessary data fpr the m«re. important work. The survey camp' has been pitched at the head of Napoleon Plain, whence the line starts to the Ahaupiri (Coupera), and thence for the most part up the course of the Ahaura river to the dividing range. A dinner was given to the late popular landlord of the Foxhill Inn; .Kelson, by his friends and neighbors, Mr Gaukroger having given up the house and being. about to leave JNelson. Some pood and important intelligence has been received from the terrace diggings to the north of the Buller. At Giles's, gold is said to have been found in the lower level near Christie's lease, and a similar discovery is alsp reported to have been made in Barj clay and party's tunnel claim at Rochfort. Heretofore all the gold found on the terraces has been on the upper levels,; and if the discovery now reported is confirmed, a speedy the long dormant glories of .the terrace i rasa may be again soon resuscitated. The prospecting party at the Bald Hill, back of Caledonian Terrace, are also said t.o. have struck good ground, but definite particulars are yet wanting. \ The publisher of the Marlhorough Press has been served with a writ at the suit of Messrs Tripe Brothers, by which they claim the sum of L3OO damages for an alleged libel said to have been published in that journal: 1 At the Excelsior claim, Lyell, a sufficient quantity of stone is now ready for another crushing, which may be commenced before tie end. of the current month. The manager, Mr Dickinson, is now, says the Westport Times, employed putting in an uprise from the middle to .the upper level, and a few days ago he struck a good body of quartz of reddish appearanoe about 3ft thick, which leads down to very clear white quartz in the floor which contains some very good gold. Thoro is every peftaon to believe that this is the main reef . < .. ■•. ! :■ A party of sealers went from Westport a few days since, in a cargo boat, to the Steeples, aud were successful in capturing several young seals, one of which was brought alive to Westport. From indications it appears a numerous school of seals locate themselves on the Steeple rocks, and valuable captures might be made there during favorable weather. The following paragraph will be read with interest by those who own or cultivate sandy land : — There is at present growing in the Government Domain, at Christchurch, a specimen of of a yaluable'grass — the Cynodon Dactylon, commonly called the "dool," or "doal" grass, which was accidentally brought frem Sydney along with some other plants, and which should prove valuable to those settlers who possess loose or sandy lands. 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