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Southland Times, Issue 673, 22 May 1867, Page 2

According Jbo advertisement" a meeting of the Southland Association" -was' held*. at'^ner Bridge Tnn yesterday afternoon. . Our , columns -.in this issue being crowded; with English news and other matter, necessitates our holding pve>' 'a'' report of the proceedings .until next publiciiapn. For the same reason we ; are compelled f tp omit a very interesting report of the,:halfTyearly-> meeting of shareholders of ihe : Bank of New Zealand, whichwill likewise "appear in next issue." ' '.' . • .' s^-.Crp tothe time ofour going to press the Otago from I)unedin had not been signalled. The Ilangit6t6, : from" Melbourne^ was reported to be in sight outside .the heads. .;. - .-, -.■; ,-,]f\ '•"An'Orepnki correspondent writes" tinder date may 10th i— "I see our, .Warden can; stretch a little on occasion. Three to twelve 1 pounds, per •man: i per rweek /indeed! Thei'e ; is ; not- a" claim paying twelve notes per man per week-; within twenty miles of Orepuki,' and most of /them are not paynig three ] poun(ls. < -The be^t , .claims on l^is, diggings is M'lntosh and-Co's.fin\the'Pro-spectors' Gully — ground sluicing. The' last wash- ; 'ihg^ip'gave '^em seven : : or 'eight notes" per man per week. Our claim is, I think,, the next best im> the/jbnsb and it pays no one; pound a day, if, it pays that ; .'and allthe claims are nearly done ; they will pay a few shillings over tucker for a long while ( to come, but that is, no inducement to retain at population. Still this : is as good-a littlediggmgs as anyl kViow for: speculating, in. a small way. There are .acres andi acres of ground ; in the bush that would pay from ; three to -four [pounds per week; per man,if worked on a wholesale : system. If Q-overhineht would holdout sufficient 'inducement in the ' shape of larger claims than our .Warden has power to. grant,. OrepuM would. always retain mori than its present nitniber of miners for a good many years j to come. But men wiU nevet go to several'months* ! labor .and expense for three or four months' work, • fo* three or four pounds per week. By giving larger claims the <3h>verhment will ensure a good i revenue,, and. a -permenant population." : £Tho*««^me6". (London)^ 28th February, ra- ' markß-'with preference : to Victoria's preparations ! for Colonial 'defence :—" A few claya ago.a batch ■ of twenty-five guns," on Mr Fraser's plan of: cheapi construction, "now adopted by the Q-oVern- ; ment, had been shipped from Woolwich Arsertal \ tothe order of the colonial 'Q-overnment ■af'iAuy- I tralia. One of, the guns, however, . was j to be retained* by desire "of the War department', and was sent to ShQeburyness for experimental ' p ur^oies" to L test" 'its ' accuraoy ' aW capabilities . The gun;.a: 64 pounder, was accordingly; fired .on Tuesday;, last, over the 500 yard range, in the presence of Captain and I'Brevit- Major Heyroan, E.A., Befli^ry,vandofcherrmei^beM of ; th;e <^rdn« ance Select Committee," With a charge of 121 b ot powder and-801b sKot' the 1 WSrrior target was peaetrated, aßi,d the ; gttpi was pyoiiOttno^d aU that was desired, It will be again taken :'to" Woolwich tQ be yeshlnped. fof it« aastin»t»oa tQ M^bqujfae, ll