THE ARROW.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume I, Issue 31, 15 August 1863, Page 5

THE ARROW.

I (from oub own correspondent.) August 13,1863. I The weather still continues unsettled and threatening, with frequent storms of snow and sleet. Last night the wind rose suddenly and roared over the township in a manner most alarming to those who experienced the unroofing of the June gale; however, fortunately no mischief was done, but it is | time we began to emulate Queenstown in I erecting more substantial dwellings than the I present calico frames, so unfit to cope with ! the vicissitudes of this by no means genial climate. The Township Committee met on Monday evening for the second time. The only resolutions of importance passed were one to I the effect " That it was desirable to call the | immediate attention of the Government to the urgent necessity of having a Warden and | Resident Magistrate appointed to the Arrow;" and another, "That a sub-committee be I appointed to draw up a memorial to the I Government, stating the present isolation of I the Arrow Township through there being no I road from it to any city in the Province, and j begging immediate consideration of the proposed plan for a dray road to the Dunstan." I The secretary also reported to the committee that Mr. Beetham, in reply to the deputation l who waited upon him according to the resolution at the last meeting, said that he had ; already been instructed by the Government to ascertain the probable expense of repairing the road to Frankton and had advertised j for tenders, and that as soon as possible he would direct the mining surveyor to survey a bridle track to the Twelve-mile Creek, along the course of the Arrow, so that it might be made useful from its commencement to its termination. Very little gold has come in this last week, although there are reports of considerable success at various points along the river. At the Twelve-mile Creek a considerable increase of population is reported, which looks as if ! some good was doing, but the enormous price of provisions there from the high charge of packing, render this locality undesirable for a man without some little capital. A meeting will be held there on Saturday for the benefit of the Hospital. No signs yet of our new Warden, Mr. Hardcastle. The letter from the Arrow, signed " A Digger," in no way represents public opinion here on the subject of his appointment, nor to my knowledge has the j subject been at all canvassed amongst the in- | habitants, much less a public meeting conI vened. We must suppose •' A Digger " has I a "protected" claim, and having nothing to I do rushes into the tapster's paradise—abuse j of constituted authorities. Mr. Tom Fawcett made his second appeari ance here on Monday evening. Owing to the | inclemency of the weather the attendance I was very thin. The performances were distinguished by the same care, attention, and : study which we noticed in our last. The j music unfortunately is not at all up to the mark, and on this occasion failed entirely in I the finale to the Swiss Cottage; the violinist, I or perhaps in this case " fiddler" will not be ' an inappropriate name, being found missing when required for his part. The performance j for the benefit of the Hospital was postponed j until this (Thursday) night, in consequence j of the absence of so many of the townspeople, including the leading members of the committee ; it is to be hoped there will be a full house. % August 14. I Snow began to fall thickly last night, and 1 this morning it lies a foot deep on the flats

around the township. As it continues without cessation it is to be feared that we are in for a change of disagreeables by being isolated in this happy valley, and cut off from all communication with more civilized regions.