AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 505, 2 September 1867, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

(i kom or ;i O'VN o;i:i:i;s:v!xu!;xt,) j Fkom the latest accounts of the gold Helds| nothing further lias been received to; undervalue the truthfulness of my la.-i' letter. The reef belonging to llnut and j party is, as yet, all that can he dedred, and on Tuesday Messrs. Hunt and Wliite hit Auckland fertile Thames with part oi the necessary materials for working it. 1 believe that the Kaucranga is now connected with (he Coromandel diggings, to too northward; and about twenty miles .south of the Thames lias been thrown ■ ■pen. bunco the discovery of Hunt’s reef, other good prospects have been obtained, and, most likely, this will be an incentive lorn great many more to search for the auriferous soil iurther up the river. Since the gold iields first were opened, the weather Ims bevn such as to make iti almost impossible to work on the alluviali ground. A shaft of 3k feet, has been sunk, hut no bottom has been found yet. Since Sunday, the kolh, the weather has been very propitious, and, no doubt, those who are on the ground will have taken advantage of it. Last week Captain Enrgess was down at The Thames buoy iug oil' me channel. A number of buoys have been laid down, so that the channel will allow of all vessels, [drawing up to 9 feet of water, entering with safely. Shortlaud Town has been made a port of entry, and her. Wallace is appointed Customs officer. There is very little news of anything i L’iSO lO LliU OU. jIT LiSttICSS 15 jtlct about j the same. I suppose it will he a few weeks yet before things take a turn for the better. The English mail steamer arrived here on Friday last, the 23rd, but the telegrams had come previously by the Princess Al ce from mvtboui'ne. The society for the preparation of flax is progressing steadi.y ; more members, I believe, are being enrolled every day, and exertions are being made to provide more hackles. Mr. Mason, one of the promoters of this scheme, has also thought that flax mi~ht be w.-irt-pr) Unthread. a-nd has. therefore, provided a few spinning-wheels, and set some women to work, So doubt the result will be satisfactory,