INVERCARGILL. (From our Own Correspondent.)

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 202, 14 December 1871, Page 5

INVERCARGILL. (From our Own Correspondent.)

The season still contioii^s backward' Although wo!. me had :) "-w biff- day* •hiring November, its oi i •(' characteristic has boon tho piwtiTunoc of -biter cold winds. The morfrnl'ty iniionjst young iambs has been greater tiian usual ; t'.nd many poor cou-s that ventured into swamps in search of a Lr'vo'u bite have be. n bos^e-l and peris'ted miserably. The Meat, Preserving Company at Woodlands is about to resume operations, and it is to be hoped it inny rrrinre the number of cattle proporiionafo^to the amount of pasturage available, as at present prices it scarcely pays lo grow fodder for e ittle extensively. Fortunately we arc blessed with a uroiiter quantity of bu«h than most parts of Ot>aj;o, ami the difference is marked in crops sheltered by bush and llunsf exposed to the wind. Our forests also «jive a considerable fiiiu»iint of employment, and briii;: capil.il into I'ie district, as several mills are cuffing for the export trade which i« considerable, and con. tin ues to expand.

Wool is beginning to arrive in Inver- ■ caryill and a large quantity is likely to be shipped from Bluff [Jnrbotir to Britain direct, if vessels nro available ; last season a groat portion of i ho clip was whipped coat t wise for want of freight 1o Britain.

Afthousfu our railways cost so much, and actually caused tho demise of the late. Province of Southland, the carriers have been bringing down wool at less than railway charges, so a reduction has just been made. I observe preparations* being mndo" to erect some brick buildings on tho'' site of the late fire in lay-stivet-nud it is to be hoped all tho buildings burnt may be replaced by supi-rior ones. Before the discovery of th^ Lake goldfields, Tay-st rod was the leading ono. When the prospects of the Lake - trade attracted business men from other places, tho identifies .Tsifed such?" exorbitant rates for sitos in Try-street, that investors w^re driven to Deestreet whore lots were obtained ac more veiißoii-jble prices, consequently Dee-street has become tLe •

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On ih' 20 h ult, the scppioiis ofthe S iprutne Court eoinmem-eiL Six i-riiniu-il charges were 1 'ied, four Of them beintj against females. One female \v;is tried i'or concealment of child birth, found o-uilfy nti'l to one mouth'& unpusmimont, one fur cutting and wounding, got six months, one fur uiaiiaLiu.;hter (neglect of her child) got six months, arid one for"" larceny got six months. One. male, for theft from the person, gol 18 months, and the remaining charge of horse stealing was thrown out by the grand jury. Six cases are move than is usually tried, as Southland fortunately is not infested with bad characters..

Mr Brunt)!!, C. E., and assistants have arrived to complete surwy and working plans for Mataura Ti nil way. As this railway will be s<- c\i>ii v j uiado probably it will suit '.he iruuji'nmcnfc, and contractors to push it on amongst the first. Unless it is opened to "Woodlands before winter, the Company's traffic will completely destroy the .Easr, road.

I have not hoard any mention of Mr. Calder, M.11.R, addressing the electors of Tnvercurt'iU. 1 kn«nv he has no faith in Mr. Vouel'p schemes, but as the electors of Liverc-ar^ill always go in for public works ri jLar<llesa of future consequences, he had to profess s-uppoi't to tho colonizing policy to secure his election. I am afraid the 'colony is not likely to receive values for the cost of .the past session and ministerial expenses ; a large Government immigration without a liberal hind law, is 1 lively to reju'oduce the immense disparities of condition that exists in Britain, or cause an exodius of population on completion of railways, aud exhaustion, of the borrowed money.