THE WEST COAST GOLD-FIELDS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 362, 29 March 1866, Page 3

THE WEST COAST GOLD-FIELDS.

(Nelson-Colonist, 20th v Marcb.) By the ».&, Wonga Wbhga which Arrived on Sun* day evening,'the' Egmont, which came in early yesterday morning, and the Kennedy which arrived yesterday afternoblr, we have newstto Saturday and.Sqpday. from.Hokitiks and the Grey. ; ' The Epnbnt brought 759d0z. of ‘gold for the New Zealand Bank, and 3300 for t,he Bank of New South Wales ; and (he Kennedy brought 6750 nz. for the Union Bank of Australia. Of ported from'Hokitika end thcGrey. The rush to Okarita which had, as was supposed! subsided, Kad begun, afresh in .of ilia discovery of a new ground behind" (lie township of Okarita. ' The news was received at Hokitika while the Kennedy was lying there, and she was immediately p.ut on the be*rtb, and took nearly 60 passengers 'who bn landing at Okarita last Thursday morning proceeded to the new ground and- peggedout claims and began digging at once, .Okarita jis again popular, and the opinion; now entertained of it is that it will prove a permanency. The first escort of gcdd .arnvcd from the Totara at Hokitika, with between 6000 and 7000 ounces. The steamer Eleanor, which we reported in our last as having gone ashore near Hokitika, has since become a total wreck, and has been sold for £7o' The HokitikaUhroniclc correspondence reports that:—“ On Saturday morning the steamer Thane made her appearance in the Okarita- oiling, and cast anchor aboyt 5 pan., When it was nearly high water, but turned again as the harbor-master would not hoist the fed flag for her to. cross the bar, there being'only eight feet of water bn it—a narrow strip, about ten feet wide. The harbormaster signaled- that if she could stand a good bump she might cross but as the Thane was drawing eight feet of water, she refused lb* try it. At high water, on Saturday evening she again made the attempt, tins time coining close in'shore along the north spit: as-she reached the point of it she stuck firm and fast, as everybody expected she would, she coming too dose'in shore. On Mon~day evening she managed to slew herself round, but I don’t think she has altered her position much for the better, passengers gqt ashore all safe. A good part of her cargo has been got out with little of no, damage. By >he Kennedy which, arrived at Nelson yesterday, we are glad to learn that the Thane had got off with the high tides, and was understood, to .be little; or no worse. ", The s.s. Challenge is still in her old positron inthe river; waiting for spring tides to release her from it.