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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 712, 26 August 1869, Page 3

Falling- oev in the West Coast Tkadk.—-Messrs N'. Edwards and Co., of kelson are withdrawing their business and steamboat agencies on the. West Coast, in consequence of having lost severely during the past year.—West Coast Times. Hokitika. —-A correspondent of the Evening Post writes as follows, under data 10th August:—Our port, until the last day or two, has been inaccessible for five weeks, excepting to small steamers with a very light draft of water, and even some of these had been detained, bar-bound for days together, and those at the wharf com* pelled to remain there. At the time I write, several vessels, freight-ladeL, from, Melbourno and inter-provincial ports, have been lying at their anchors in the roadstead f or from two to five weeks. It would afford ibod for laughter, if it were not so serious a matter, to read of the jealousies which exist between the co-nmunicy of Hokitika and that of Greyrnouth. Should a vessel be unsuccessful in its attempt to cross the ilokitika bar, or a steamer touch the bank, the fact is proclaimed in Q-reymouth, and there is much exulting thereat. Should the same occur at Greymouth, which, however, very seldom happens, then do the people of Hokitika raise the cry. A stranger, to read the shipping columns of the opposition journals, would be led to believe that the entire prosperity of one port depended altogether upon the closing up of the other. Yet nothing of the kind could happen. Both towns are the centres of large interests, which will exist for manyyears, in spite of the bar difficulties and river vagaries. Both towns have suffered equally from a most destructive fire which lias occurred in each of them; but as in the one so in the other, the two huge gaps are rapidly filling up with new buildings, indeed, Greyrnouth has completed her part and Hokitika is fast following suit. The joint losses, now that they have been accurately ascertained, quite reach £IOO,OOO

Ciiabcoa.li BdBNINQ. —it may have been noticed that a week or two since Messrs lienochsberg and Co. called for tenders for charcoal, in large quantities, and we that but one tender at a sufficiently low price has been received. As, however, between 4,000 and 5,003 bushels of charcoal will bo required per week for smelting purposes, and the parties tendering not being able to supply that quantity, Messrs Henoehsberg and Co. will nave to get charcoal burners from outside the Province,, that they may keep their furnace at work. VYe have brought this subject before tha country settlers, for them to consider whether it would not be wise in them to take up this new industry, for by producing largo quantities, at a moderate price, they comd reap the benefits without strangers coming to participate. (Should anyone wisii further information on tho subject we tun sure Mr Henoehsberg will aiioid them all the particulars they require, —Taranaki Herald.