THE RUSH TO THE HAAST.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1613, 6 October 1873, Page 2

THE RUSH TO THE HAAST.

The merits of the recently reported discoveries at the Haast are still a mystery, but such rumors as have been received indicate that the rush has been unjustified,,, In consequence^of-rthe^ex^ traprdiriary weather which has prevailed since the rlishft'o'bk passage by the Titan and the Waipara, commu-nication;-froin?the south . : by^^sea has^beeri 7 impossible, and -therdifficulties of travel by the beach have been almost equally greatj -Thusi we are up ;tp the present without reliable information of the fortune of those who .proceeded to the Haasfc } althdugh' there' 1 is eVery reason to suppose that they etfcburiWe'd 1 ih6re ! ' adventure and discomfort than! they had anticipated. Up to, the, hour, of .the telegraph office closing' here last night, no information was received of the return to Hokitika of either theTitari : or 'the Waipara, but the probabilities" are that they arrived last night, and to-day there should be some more t knowledge , of the . prospectß .of ,the place than at present prevails. The Titan, it is , said, had to put into the Peringa River^frbtri which the Reported diggings are almost as accessible as from tlie Haast, buit itiwpuliiinpt.be convenient 'Or, profitable for the~present to land cargo there, and she ; subsequently proceeded to the JHaast} where, it is said " on reliable authority," she, landed iher i cargo', and 'passengers "." all well " on Wednesday last. The only other information 1 as; yet 'to hand is hearsay, and it is unfavorable. It was brought to Rossiibyjithe-Okaiiitb.-mail-imari.-! According ~to-Ws "account^"and"that~of v the correspondents*i6f';'Jth'e'i;R<Jsstlpaper, no further intelligence from the Haast has reaMd Ok'arkb -'direct, W it ; was ? saM that, a, number of , tnen who had. started overland^for^the ! Haiast were 1 dissuaded from proceeding -'oy- the diescription given ■^^• J i^« B 'W*ii&d w |ffii^^ i;^llfr- was making his way back* to | 'Gmeis^ie's. Beach. A r cc6rding ! 'tb''hh accbun|^ a man of the first batch ;pi sixiy "or seventy who,, hj.d.gope'so^th from Okarifeby sea had remained on Ihe; grpuud, "buY had returned to the port. to. re-ship. It is also stated that .he ; and; ;pthers; had tried the creek .near the prospectors' claim, .but r thajb none of) them. j, had .procured:. . anything payable.,;; The: rpr,esumption:, from his .account ;generaliyi^ -has, ; sol fax> been, a .wild^gpqse chase,, but a few, hpurs^. more . should ; -place, : us; in- po3 - ;- session of something like -reliable inf or 'mar tion. ; ( Barring accident^ ,l)pth \ the; Titan and the Waipara should have been able to have left on Saturday or .yesterday, and so should Mr Tizard' haye l beeri^able', in -the interval of ■■■their; detention, to visit the ground and 1 confirm or contradict; the representations of; the prospectors.