HAWKESBURY.

North Otago Times, Volume II, Issue 35, 20 October 1864, Page 3

HAWKESBURY.

(From our own Correspondent.) October 17th, 1864. deputation from the inhabitants of this ke was appointed, on the 9th inst., to urge hi the attention of His Honor the Superinten'"t the necessity of placing a sum on the filiates for the completion of Beach-st. That 'a most necessary work should be carried out Mediately, would strike the most disinterested Server had he but been here on Friday evens' last, when, in consequence of the recent

rains, our main, I may say only thoroughfare, having been rendered next to impassable, he yvould have seen, in the centre of the township, by the Royal Hotel, a loaded dray so firmly bedded in the clay, as to reauire twelve horses to extricate it from its position. Should, therefore, we have much more wet weather, the difficulties of traffic will be further increased, more especially as the up-country traffic appears to have derived a fresh impetus, as numbers of teams are again passing through this way. I may notice "en passant " that timber is a very noticeable portion of the loading that passes* through; on Saturday I counted no less than seven waggons whose loading consisted wholly of sawn timber, and, if proceeding to the new rush at Hill's Creek, speak volumes of the stability and richness of that field. To resume—the deputation has returned, and although it yvas rumored that they intended calling a meeting to give the history of their mission, I cannot learn that this has been done. I am led to believe, however, that the spirit of the request was complied with by His Honor. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, on the 10th inst., Thomas M'Peake, a man who has been living in the district some few years, was charged with stealing from the store of Mr Lennox, £6 10s Od cash, nine bottles spirits, and part of a ham. It would appear that on the preceding Saturday evening a carter named Ray had camped just by the store, arid, having gone from the dray, on returning back about half-past-nine p.m., noticed the bottles lying under the dray, and seeing a light in the store, yvent in and saw prisoner standing behind the counter with his hand in the till. A man named Taylor also came in about the same time and saw prisoner there, Taylor knowing prisoner and believing he was employed in the store, asked if some things he had purchased were ready ; prisoner replied that they yvere not. Both Ray and Taylor yvent away, and I believe noticed that Ihe door had been broken open. Constable Fail', from the description given by Ray of the man he had seen in the store, arrested the prisoner at the Commercial Hotel, and in searching him found £3 4s 6d stuffed in one of his boots ; prisoner admitted to the Constable having taken the things. MiLennox previous to seeing the notes, described two of them, and his description was found to tally with two of those found on tho prisoner, and who was eventually committed for trial. I believe the " Waikouaiti Herald " will issue its first number on the 26th inst. It yvas at one time expected that it yvould have made ir"*npp"arance a week earlier. I also underwta.i' luu 0.. i In- I paper will be the same size as the Oamaru Times. So.ne ten tons of wire with other necessary plant for the Northern hbgraph line has arrived here from Dunedin, and, as there has already been considerable delay I doubt not the fixing of the wire will soon be proceeded yvith. The bridge across Cherry Farm river is now drawing toyvards completion. I understand that the contract for forming and metalling the ap proaches has also been taken up. It is to be hoped that the whole of the work yvill be finished by the end of the year. Considerable inconvenience to the public has been experienced of late by the want of proper meaus of crossing the river, which the completion of this yvork will effectually do away with. Our imports coastwise for the past foitnight have been very feyv, fewer indeed, than has happened before for many months. Business still continues flat.