IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY AT THE HAAST.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 239, 3 October 1873, Page 3

IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY AT THE HAAST.

We take the following from a late 'Hokitilca Star' .i -;. For s'omdays past a rumor of an im.- ; portanfc discovery of auriferous ground somewhere to the Southland that a prospecting claim was about to be applied for, Jias been current in town, but it was thought by all, excepting a few favored ones, who were in.the secret, that it was one of the' - many reports that obtain circulation without the least foundation, and prove baseless oninvestigation. Happily, in this cn'se,'rumor for once has spoken truly. Yesterday it was known that a messenger had arrived from Okarifco to a firm in town, .with information that a prospecting claim had been applied for afc that place for ground found at the Haast; that the applicants produced -a- large quantity of ;gu!d in evidence of the bona fills at their application ; >:and that . the Waipara had been chartered by the Warden, and was to leave for the Haast—the scene, of the discovery—yesterday. Later in the Hay, a letter was received by the County Chairman from Mr. Tizard, Warden ot the district, confirming the above in all its details, and Ave have been courti on ly permitted to'copy," for publication, all .Lose portions'of the letter that relate to the find. It is as follows :

OFFICE, Oearitcj; - " September 20, 1873. Sib.—l have the honor to state that a Prospecting . claim for some ground inland in. the neighborhood of the ilaast lias been applied fox* by Messrs- John Marks, Simon Munro, and William 11 arris. They. have also. applied for the General Government . reward of £2OO, and a county Government reward of £SOO, for a -gold' discovery. ; They:-pro-duced about forfcy-uve ounces of coarse gold, iucluding nuggets up to thrco. ounces , in weight, which they state are the product, allowing for lost time, of about a month's work. . . . The. Waipara sails at nine o'clock^to-morrow and I will forward a report immediately after visiting'tlie ground. " I have the honor, &c., " C. J. Tizard, " Warden." ,

The exact locality is riot generally known, but it is sorae twelve miles inland up the Haasfc Valley, -and the prospectors have tried, we hear, terraces for about half a mile, all of which have proved payably auriferous. , The country has been described to, us by a gentleman, —whcse description may be reiied on.—as in every respect identical[ with that of the Grey Valley: long flats nlongside . the river banks, alternated with high terraces, and as being "easy." At no great-dis-tance from where'the gold was found is a large lake—Lake Wanaka—and from this I to Lake Wakatip a good track has been i cut, which can be easily widened into a dray "road. Steamers run from tdwn to,the head of Lake Wakatip, where the above track" joins, so'that.it will' duty local Government to see tliat, should the rush assume the dimensions it promises to do, communication is kept

j open coast, cither by sea or or ijy both. ; *therwise, the-enter-prising Oiagans will surely cut in and divert the trade, of whicii is so mucli in-want; whieli is : hers by right, and which she should struggle hard to retain.

The ' Bruce Herald 5 /says " One of the finest plantations of blue gums in the Province is at --the.- farm of Mr. * jSTeill, Forest Hill. These trees, which number ih^twe-en pr ,400 3 : were about eight years ago, and have now attained a •height of.,betw.een tvrejQty-.and s thirty-- feet, with proportionate diameter. Singular to relate; ;thcy- have never been, affected by even the..most severe frosts. At present they form,a s.plendid avenue, and afford capital shelter."

- Once, more the -Legislative Council has signalised itself by rejecting a measure that would have tended:more than any other, proposed, during the session to localise expenditure, and facilitate the development. .ofjtlie ,country. -This is the third time these men have refused-to"recog-nise the right to throw the cost of cons'ructing works calculated to improve their p« - n estates upon the public. It is time that they were superseded by persons educated in i,iic necessities of the times and the. principles of justice, ilmorigst the O "magnates figure prominently. We See the names Campbell, Holmes'," Miller, and Patterson. ; It is unfortunate for the Colony when' men are placed in irresponsible positions who are so. blinded by prejudice or by self-interest "as to "sacrifice public utility to their short-sighted notions. But so it is ; there is but 'one .permanent remedy; these wornout politicians must-'give' place' to" abler ni'en.— 'Star.'

The latest addition to'the advertising vocabulary liai 1 s from Philade] phia, wherein wc are informed that a certain actor willtragediate.'" We midlife as well, burn our dictionaries atbncc, and a''wait philological chaos with the apathy, of despair. A. Showman descanting on the fiabits and ferocious,cliaracter of th c alii gator, having represented the one on exhibition to be twenty ,-fee.t ia,length,- .when,; in truth, it was but severffeet, a wag said it reminded him .of the .Western orator's response, to his opponent, " That allegation is " false, and the allegator ,know,s it." .. A. military ,officer, one day while review" .iflg- his_ coinpany, happened to be thrown from his horse, and as,he Jay. sprawling on the ground,' said to.a friencL to his assistance, " I thought I had: ini-proved-in horsemanship,but I-find Iliave fallen off."

- The rage for embroidery on' dresses,"instead'of being on.the decline, is decid'edly on the increase. All this exquisite Tt.ork is done by hand ; f at what cost to eyesight may" be guessed, and. what cost"to the pocket. But it is very beautiful.' An American paper, in noticing a new steamboat, says " When loaded diewill draw less than a foot of' water. L; In case the river becomes perfectly dry, she will run on a heavy dew, or of a wet sponge secured on her - bottom." . One or-the saddest sights in is to observe a young man who has waited outside the church an evening; -until lie is .cWiled .through* only to see a'girl walking [ oti with some rascal who has been oinside ! all the time toasting his siiiful shins at the stove. ■ ; -

Take the Old One.—ln 'the quaint old town of Burlington, 'JNTew Jersey, lived a colored divine, who : was known among his ebony countrymen by -the euphonious name of " JBrudder JacksiiLg." Some years ago the above-mentioned " brudder, was preaching to his*"deluded.bi'udderin," when all of a sudden, getting much excited, and picking up the elegant new Bible which reposed before him upon . that sacred alter for the first Sunday, held it poised in mid-air for a. moment, when dovvn it came like a thunderbolt to its former resting place. This was noticed instanter by one of " do belubbed," who,thinking, perhaps tlie whole proceeding totally wrong, immediately exclaimed in a' voice loud enough to be heard all over the room: " Brudder Jacksing, if yer wants to try dat 'speriment ober again, why, just please to take de-old Bible !" _ Puzzltng.—A lady- occupying ; a ; room letter B, in a hotel in New sfork, wrote on the slate as - -follows i —— ci 'VValce letter ■ Bat seven—and it letter B says let her be, don't let her be, nor let letter B let be, because if you let letter B be, letter B will be unable to let her to Mr. B who -is to call at -half-past ten." • The porter, -a- much better boot-blackllthan orthographist, after- • studying, the..above all night, did -not know whether to wake -letter B or' to let herv be.— l 4 JN r evv ■S'or.k Times.' * / , ■ weighing 170 ozsV, offline gold, has been unearthed in the Eldorado claim at Smythesdale, at a depth of -155 feet.