HASTINGS (TAPU CREEK).

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1860, 9 July 1874, Page 3

HASTINGS (TAPU CREEK).

(feoh otje own cokbespohden.t ) ',\Mi-\: The new.putter ' Margaret.'.'-builili'iij; by -i tlie;,Mc(iuarriepßros, at:tfastingsj' will i be ready for sea. in a few 'iajsf. ''It js i, some 10 or 12 ..tons;, || Penelope's web^TiaS/b'e.ep^iejJioflp^uridei';! taking, having for;iseveralyears:pasfc..ocr j oupied the leisure- hours; ofe.the'.buildei's, |

In order to prevent.surre'ptitipus.iex-1 ;amiuations of tiro '"Bullion tunnel, the j manager has, entrance thereof; Sbiti& Him'e'agb T re ; - j comuionded him; t<J''do'kcl,if'']ie'waoted to j kecp'pebp^^^ Tt-liejbenefit of L my advice,.which will.no doubtiput-a stpp to'a,considerablb ( nmount | of Sabbath desecration,'as bn'fun'days! -par-ties-used to go.Jhero and.look at thework as a sort of mining curiosity, in oldeff times', 1 ; p'f thiroVirfg! 'a' I mystery^ve? 3 the ,i( proceedings, Quiu! and t'ashel put up a-doorat the entrance! to their then celebrated mine, the Perse- j ;verance, the .door .being furnished wit]i-. a j patent lock. and leather 'hinges; .'but at; the Bullion'ihey' 'nave iron instead of! leathery and f-hopetbat4hey : - will shortly i 'get gold instead -.■?'• j \ ■■ A few days'ago 1 had a letter from.Mrf Hugh'Callanr'formerlyv.mahager of thoi ilull'Mobn mine 'atTapu!' After staying: at Grahamstown for some time, lie left: for Queensland about a year since. He | has now' squatted .dbwii at. .MillcjicsteiV ,after,,seYeral:mo|ntiis boating, riding, nnd ! coaching, Millohester is.between, Port Darwin and the : ,,Palmeiy,.and, has a; population of about 3,000, with seven; crushing machiubs constantly.at work,: 'their-', charges from : 12s' Gd to! 25s per ton! The fortnightly escort ranges' from'7,oooozs' to 9,000ozs ; gold, fetching from 65s to 703''per oz. There : are rib mihiug companies";' 'from' 2 "to' 6 sLafe-j hblders-for eilcli'clai'mVbutiriaigbbdMbyj mines there,are,lOor2owages'men"at ■work, wages .ranging, from 6t)s .to,; 70s"poi;' week; first-class board cbsJing,ouiy,2ls ■per:week. .Mr Oaljan states that.at l: Mill-: Chester.the climate-js notvso,.hoUs.,;is . generally,;! supposed, ■ and/ that ho. never {onjoy.ed,bottor,health"npi'i'keenoif':appe| ;tiio. ir ; : Ho mentions that the reefiug'prospects a of the.'iplaqo' are! siipbribr,,to„'"a'nyJ thing he hasyet'seen.!'.'Prbm' Miilchester to_ Kavonswood, a distance of somo 50 miles, there;isja.belt of ;country where ; auriferous reefs arefpimct from 4 to. 5 milos apart. Kopro'spectingy'etdoWih'theway! ( of sinking,or .driving.; If not payable.on < the surface,, after- sinking a. few feet,the groundis abandoned for the purpose.of trying another reef,, and under 'loz gold to the ton is hot considered payable. Mr .fiallan states that those< who:sivagged,4p ■ the Palmer and. back, on damper and tea, with a bad :r6a'd,'iHd under a roasting suh, l will uoverforgetifc;. As a. rule,: gold in Queensland is easily obtained by-thb'sj) residing thero, -: but''is fV genorally"worked out by the time that parties arrive fro'mji distance' -The rush-tb'the Palmor wa's ah''expensivb•■'affair'4br'provisions : autl horses. About 2,000 sea and oVerland;, while most of those seat byseadi'edj'cbstin'g'tho'offners frbm'£2s to £4.0 each.' /Mr Callafi's'letter is clateji in May, "and- (It that 'timetielVad Only* been ,iq ; ,Miilflhostoj,AbQ.a,U {H.<ffi% b .M. ho prcj-. mijSQStO Wfitftftgain, au^pft^^.^p.Qfiv