THE ARROW

Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 27 May 1863, Page 4

THE ARROW

(from our own correspondent.) May 22, 1863.

On Monday Evening, the Electors and others of this district were addressed by I. H. Moses, Esq., who offers himself as a candidate for the Provincial Council. Br. Douglas having been voted to the chair, he, in a short speech, stated the object of meeting; and the candidate proceeded to expound his views concerning the Land Question, Separation movement, and other matters of general interest. As, however, the views of the honorable gentleman have, been already laid before the public in your columns, it is unnecessary to state more than that, with a few alterations, his speech at the Arrow amounted to the same as that delivered at Queenstown. At the conclusion of his oration, several questions were addressed to him by miners and others concerning his opinion on various mining and social points,, all of which were answered in a lucid and highly satisfactory manner. The meeting was most orderly, and our lovers of fun, who went there anticipating a good evening's amusement and any amount of chaff, were seriously disappointed. I believe I shall not be speaking too broadly in saying that, as yet, the generality of our electors are decidedly in favor of the Israelitish candidate; but considering that, hitherto, Mr. Manders is his only opponent, this is not much to be surprised at. Canavan has again entered himself, notwithstanding his two previous defeats, to run on the 29th inst., (Royal Oak Day) a man named Herring, 100 yards, for £SO a side. No doubt, if this gentleman will take the advice of his numerous friends and backers, and rid himself of a little of the superfluous flesh with which he is at present encumbered, he will reap the benefit of following their advice. As will be seen by an advertisement in another page, on the day following the race, Cumberland Wrestling and other sports are to take place, when it is to be hoped

that more than one of the Queenstown sportsmen will be present "At last" a great benefit has been conferred on this district by (not the appointment, for that has been granted long ago) the administration of the usual oath to Mr. Beetham, who now holds the office of Resident Magistrate and Warden for the Arrow District; but still, to the disgrace of our "powers that be," stands that cold incommodious tent (12 x 16). As this spacious hall of justice will not, when crowded, hold at the most more than eight people, all witnesses, &c, have to stand outside. Bather farcical, is it not, to order them out of the Court ? Amusements, trade, and every thing else are pretty well at a stand still. In the latter, prices current rule much about the same as my last quotations. In the first item—amusements—Mr. Jim Hull, at the Golden Age, is the reigning sovereign. A late new local song of his, " Waxworks," is very cleverly written, and hits hard a few of our local celebrities. In order to show the deterioration in the value of property in this place, I need only mention that the Prince of Wales Hotel and Theatre, which, (were it paid for), could not have cost less than from £250 to £3OO, was sold by auction for £75 lam happy to be able to state as an addenda, that the flat of which I have before written, is being now most successfully worked, a nugget of 6 ozs. 15dwts. having been taken from a claim in this undoubtedly auriferous flat. Let them only have a fair trial, and before long property will rise high in value. The labor market will not be so crowded, publicans will rejoice, and once more prosperity will reign triumphant amongst this once flourishing community. [The foregoing letter from our Arrow correspondent should have arrived in time for our Saturday's issue; but owing to the messenger who was sent with it getting more than a " wee" " drappiein his 'ee, n its arrival teas delayed till Saturday night. Our efforts to obtain the latest intelligence from the outlying districts are often baffled by the almost entire absence of the necessary means of communication ; and until something like an approach to a road be made, our readers must not blame us, but the Government, for any of our shortcomings in that particular.'}