MARLBOROUGH.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 291, 24 July 1865, Page 3

MARLBOROUGH.

We have our files to the Pith inst:— The Marlborough Press of the Bth inst., says : —“ The Provincial Treasurer, Mr C Goultor, has tendered his resignation of the office he has held since the constitution of this province, he is we understand, to be succeeded by Capt. Kenny, who undertakes the duties of the Treasurer without salary, thus saving £l5O a year, besides doing away with inconvience that was often felt by many of the creditors of the government, in having to wait the regular monthly settlement of accounts." The same journal reports that a fire occurred at the house of Mr Purkiss, Rainbow Hotel. Blenheim which would undoubtedly have caused the destruction of the building, but for the prompt assistance rendered, and the close proximity of the Omaka. The first whale of the season was caught in the Sound by a man known by the sobriquet of “ Portuguese Joe.” The Press of the 12th says, it expected to turn out 4 tuns of oil. It appears that other parties had previously been fastened to the leviathan but were obliged to cut their holding. A correspondent writing to the Press from Havelock under date the sth inst. says :—“ The weather has been very favorable for mining operations. The terraces are being opened out, generally with profit to those who are doing so. From the nature of this kind of working not being affected by a flood their importance must be duly considered. I hear on all sides that the diggers are doing well. There is plenty of gold to be seen in their hands.

I have just heard upon reliable authority that Williams and party have obtained a prospect claim for a terrace they have opened about 15 claims which have all been taken up. It is said the wash-dirt will go an ounce to the bucket, sinking middling. 1 have seen a very nice sample of gold obtained about four miles from this. On this side of Wilson’s, the gold is unmistakeable quartz gold. If the people would pull together and start 'a party to prospect for a reef, I have no doubt that a good payable one would reward the outlay.” We have spoken elsewhere of the proceedings of the Marlborough Council. The province formerly made itself notorious by getting to itself two Superintendents, and could only settle who was pretender and who was king, by an appeal to the Supreme Court. Lately it had two Councils sitting,at one and the same time, in the rival townships of Blenheim and Picton, but the Blenheim party again found they were in the wrong. After holding several sittings in the Blenhein Court-house, to which they had adjourned, and finding that the other party, with the Speaker stuck to the legally appointed place, and were rapidly disposing of the business, being possessed of a quorum, they suddenly took flight from their self-appointed quarters, and returned to Picton. The reunion was not a happy one. They arrived just in time to prevent the third reading of the Appropriation Bill. . There was subsequently great fighting, the Blenheimites being in the majority. The termination of the session was not less extraordinary than some of its other features. To stave off a division which would have been adverse to Picton, one of its members, Mr Beauchamp, talked against time for ten successive hours, and then, having obtained an adjournment was ready to resume his argument next day. This was too much, so the Council adjourned till the 3rd of October. —Nelson Examiner.