OTAGO.

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

OTAGO.

We have our files to the 11th inst.:— A glimpse is afforded of the progress of agriculture in theProviee of Otago, by the following ex-

tract from the Oatnaru Times:—“ To all appearance, the farmers of the Oamaru district wiU soon be in a most enviable position, as regards facilities for the conversion of their produce into marketable articles of consumption. Considerable convenience has already been felt through the establishment of Mr Hassell’s flour mill which is always in constant employment. The flour turned out continues to give great satisfaction, and under the name of Oamaru Silk-dressed, is rapidly obtaining for itself a fair fame, and a good sale at satisfactory prices. There is some talk of another flour mill being established on the principle of a Joint Stock Company, but we are not aware that anything practicable has yet been resolved upon. Yet another flour mill, to bo driven by water power, will shortly be erected by Messrs Holmes and Campbell, at Totara. The machinery for this mill is understood to be on the way out, and it is stated to comprise all the newest appliances. The waterwheel will be a cast-iron one, six feet in diameter; and French burr stones will be employed. Many benefits to the community generally may be calculated to arise from the establishment of such mills in a rising agricultural district like our own.” The Daily Times has received a communication from Mr Hartly Jenkinson, of the Clutha, informing them that much uneasiness is felt, in consequence of Mr Porteus, of South Molyneux, not having been heard of since Tuesday morning last. On that day he went away without his coat, and without money to look for his horses. He is supposed to have got on their track, and wandered to the ridges about the Waiwera River, where being be-nighted, he has probably perished or he may have been swept away in attempting to cross the creek, which was very high at the time. Search has been made for the horses but without success. Mr Porteus had only been a few weeks in the locality. A requisition, is in course of signature to Wm. Mason, Esq., of the firm of Mason and Clayton, requesting him to become a candidate for the olfice of Major, as soon as intimation has been received of the assent of the Governor, having been given to the Dunedin Corporation Ordinance.