NOKOMAI.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 78, 29 November 1864, Page 3

NOKOMAI.

(TB.OV. OTJB OWN COBBESPOItDBKT.) r .- . . r 25 th Noreniber-. - - ? "Tho great event of the week has been .:thel- : clu?i»tening of the VVlieel Company'fl Oiaim, which 'erent came of witk considerable dash on Thursday afternoon, the 24th inst., about fiye o'clock. inV'the presence of a large assemblago.oftho friends of .tht!: shareholders. ,; . . ; . '■■"'■ Mrs, J^nningsj the lady selected to christen, the wheel, having arrived at tho . claim, accbnipanied ■- by some lady friends, the water was. immediately . turned on, and aniidut the cheers of those .as-; seinbled, the immense ■wheel started smbotlily and faitly to -work without any Haw or hitch, whatever. Mrs.' Jennings then advanced, and breaking a boftle < of champagne over the wheel, in a short speech gave itiitsnauae— •" the Victorian,"— and lopgmay it flourish. J ' 7 --'->— ■-■•;■■:■ ; ' :.'.' » ■:. \..-X)iV' i Three cheers' having been given, , and the cotnv pany remained long enough to see the paddock'pumped out, an adjournment topk pUce to tho camp of tho sharehoLlor , where ri-freahmente, were provided for all comers, and the healths of Mr. BauVy, the builder of the wheel, and Mr. Wreford, tho manager, having been drank in bumpers, the company separated well pleased with their visit. * This claim i* the beacon hope of the- Nokomai — should it turn out all right, the greatest rush that ever took place in New Zealand will be to those diggmgs— that if the gold is in the gro,un \ at all it will bo got out no one doubts^the men b-iu(? all 6«pevvm«oil rain.ew, and wsonto to iw it through. In rauiiug— mstttn *& WW e cfctoring, A yra-

n spect ha« lately been obtained - tip' '-the' creek of a half-an-ounce to the dish ; but water for sluicing a" 'pffi^olesif SclK;e,raTa'd^e^^ s none fqrjthe-las.t^week. <which has - caused V^fnes^to Be' rather dull. ~ *"On # Th M ursda\ a we were again visited^with' "a^^~ tremendous"" gale" of - wind/which's'tirippedi'half tli& 'buitlingsMu the 3 township, and the clouds of .dust nnd sand made 3 the place almost unbearable. "" Mounted, Constable Qor man has been appointed '. qensus etfuin'e'ratbr 1 for^ the' distrifeti a The censug i is to be taken on the night of the Ist December, ■ so-'that -wo -shall, now get prettyinearj[y.:|o the • correctspbpula'ti6n.j :u" ■ 1, ; -.-itr.T .l« • ";-Gbld>';£3fl4s.i3d..:-Jr'". -;...;■,-; '^h' (l> fv>