TAIRUA.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2975, 28 August 1878, Page 3

TAIRUA.

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i a \.v...i v. fi \wt\t .MOA«^OAugUBtA26AI ;, This, distrjciiiasdnlliaa ever, thenonly circumqtaneevoccuring I during itheiapatt ,week being the changing hands '6f'B«y's store. : The new- proprietor, Mr Jj Young, seems ttinßuine" about 1 tfc^' future proepectfl of th* plac*,' h6 havintf;a^plie<i for a licenoeto aellliqudr bri thepreWiVeß, *nd'h*s WbWgWhit JWife" WW&jk hbma itnof"cotlWe' thr'tiM' "fia^fa"-'^ dOUDt ,00, .ai^j inauqement, tor bushn^^n and'gumdiggers "frbia Tairua ■ properian.d Whangamata to knock down their cheques. ptt, fi|e ajn^.^f lt the,, pbjectioriablej.iscefles p^yip^lyi'-^Unes^ed^.j.at .thjaj-ijihantyc The weather these last three..,weekp, ha# been fearful, and the cold intense. We are anxiously:looking, forward for the arp rifjal: pf< bur ,old friend! Daykin) to re-open thedate Arrow battery. The Alma di* rectors would do iwell;to"embrace'-this qppprtuniiy of> 1 low tunbel through their ground bn; a level with this batterys -they 'Would fee 1 able 1 td 'obtain about jtlsd ftfefpf :bftciri;;bn^^ffie^oWbearing .portion],;^of "''''the"' ieefi*' H'alfd./"ii is": pwvied; be^6nd- s do^t ■deeper' yM i;sinlc^the"^fe^er)^^gb4^ ari'4' 'rnore,•''cpinpfci.'.j'the"-..^^^; The tributers i,inf tb^^i^ma^y^C^mpany's ground; are" just?j[b^ut wages, and; they' have to work; fefyjhard to, xift that. The battery is running daily, which brings the expenses to a considerable si;m put of the proceeds, hence the Bmallness of the net profits. The Phoenix crushing as looking at well as ever. J(dr C, Comes (the, manager) has had considerable difficulty'in obtain!ingjsufficient quartz»to keep!'the bkttery ! going, in consequerieerof-the continual i wet weather.; r They have * laTgeijamount of awrface stripping to do, which entails a large amount of labour, and outdoor work of any description lately has been almost an impossibility.