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Kumara Times, Issue 1713, 27 March 1882, Page 2

H. A. Stratford, Esq., Warden of Kumara district, came up this morning on a special visit, under instructions from the Government, and an arrangement had been made by Mr Gow to have certain miners present to hear what had to be said to them. The Warden has telegraphed to Wellington as to what lias taken place, and a reply is expected to arrive here this evening. Full particulars will be given tomorrow. By a special telegram it will be seen that Mr Seddon has lost no time in reaching Wellington. He was at New Plymouth at 2.15 p.m., and, in company with the Hon. Major Atkinson, is proceeding on to Auckland to meet the Hon. Mr Rolleston, Minister of Mines. The Hokitika coaches were crowded with passengers this and yesterday mornings, and again this afternoon. The roofs of the vehicles were covered with swags. The fencing-in of the Camp Reserve is now being proceeded with, the work having been let by private tender. The sculling match for the Championship of New Zealand and £IOO a-side, between Hearn and Messenger, which took place at Wellington on Saturday, resulted in an easy victory for Hearn. Hanlan, the Canadian oarsman, has gone to Newcastle. He will row Boyd on the Tyne for £IOOO aside on April 3. A London cablegram of the same date (March 17) states that the racing boat which Edward Trickett, the New South Wales oarsman, brought with him from Toronto, and which was built upon the lines of Haitian's boat, has been smashed by a collision on the Thames.

The monthly inspection of the Kumara , Rifle Company will take place to-morrow J evening, at the Adelphi Hall, at eight | o'clock. Regarding the Woodstock rush, the West Coast Times reports this morning : "There are now six or seven claims opened, which show good payable prospects. Another was added to the list on Saturday and we may expect at least four or five more claims to be bottomed this week. Roberts and party washed 3| loads from their claim last week, and the net return was loz. 17dwts., being over an average of half an ounce to the load. This, with five feet of wash, is known to every prae* tical miner as being a highly payable claim. The last thirty buckets washed by them gave 9idwts. The prospectors claim, when in full working order, is supposed to yield a better return than that of Roberts and party, while others may possibly not reach more than four or five pennyweights to the load. The belief is that the lead will run more in a southerly direction, and, in consequence, numbers of claims have been pegged off close to the Ross road, on both sides of the road.