MOKIHINUI.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 320, 28 September 1874, Page 4

MOKIHINUI.

correspondent of the Wettport Times writes:—" The other evening th t^j# n^ef:the/|ittle township was broken by *he clanging bell and stentorian proclamation of^n amateur town erier 'giving notice of a £: meeting to be held. Publicity of the fact was aided b^.thpbarkpg of every dog in the neighborhood, to whom bell music seemed 'to bring recollectioßs of pig htftite and battle roondiog. : The object of the meeting was the establishment of a local school. The meeting was well attended-,^ Mokihinui and Dufty's Creek and a memorial was brought op and adopted, praying the Nehon C«ntVel Board of^Edbcation to grant aid in establishing the school. Tis JfttitioaerA^tate that they' will provide a school building and pay one-third-bfQlie (teacher's salary. There are at present 22 children in Mokihinui and at Daft/a Creek old enough to ajfegi Wool; } sirid tjre Central sfiotnd in'jostice grant the viery reason-' able aid sought for .on their behalf. ffcfi. PPRllftlW 11 ofiMpKhinaiis increasing and the attendance at a school will soon give foil employment to a teacher. Wprk in Mwra Seaton and ; Co.'s coal imiitv. m favorably. About 60 tdris'of coal are 'now on the wharf a^aitiDg^ shipment, and a large quantity is in the paddock at the mine. The Eesnjtj took >ray A a cargo a few days ago, and is expected id a few days tune, to return for. another. The river J^JP^iery good sUte for working the! tow boats. juA splendid seam of coal was dis-covered-'ai few 1 days ago Hy some of • the shareholders in Messrs Rowlands and party's lease, where it adjoins Seaton and party's lease on the south bank of the Mokihioai River. The seam is six and a half feet thick and is supposed to be a continuation of that found in Seaton. and Co.'s lease. The seam appears to be compact and well defined and the coal of a good quality. A portion of it has been sent to Dr Hector at Wellington to be tested. The seam wasflratf^und bulging ; out at the foot of a precipice of .sedimentary rock, about 125 feet above the level of the MdkiKbai River.