WAITAHUNA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 251, 21 November 1872, Page 8

WAITAHUNA.

(From our oicn- Cqr respondent.) The very hot weather we have s had of late has had the effect of materiallyreducing the supply of water tor mining purposes. Complaints about tho weather are also rife among our settlers, who are crying 'out for rain. At a meeting of the Waitahuna Miners' Mutual Protection Committee, held on the 9th, inst., Mr.' J. Ferris was appointed to repi'esent that body 'at the meeting o£ _ delegates, to be held at Tuapeka 6n the 2"nd' ptfox/An entertainment, to consist of 'a concertand ball, will take place in the Athen&mm here on the 23rd inst. Thd proceeds will -be divided between the» Tuapeka Hospital and the Benevolent. Asylum. The district' has also been canvassed for . subscriptions for the joint' benefit of the abovo institutions by several ladies — one being fortunate enough to collect £20. For the information of all who are interested, I may state that none of the monoys collected will be made use ot' to defray any expenses- connected with the getting up- of ' the entertainment, the Lidies Committee taking this responsibility upon themselves, I noticed iv a 'late issue of the " Times," that Mr. M. Hay has been appointed collector for the Tuapeka Hospital. I also noticed that Mesdnmes Cook and Dowes, have been appointed collectors for the same institution in the Waitahuna distinct. I don't know, whether under thci'ifejumst'ances, Mr. Hay will consider it 'his duty to visic this district for the purpose of soliciting- subscriptions'; but if he should contemplate doing so, I would in the interest of the institution he represents, advise him not to conic beyond Mr. Chalmers', until he finds that the ladies before mentioned have neglected to perform the duties undertaken voluntary by them. At Havelock; mining matters ai'e pretty quiet. A few of the claims are paying pretty fair wages. The shareholders (five in number) in the Wuipori claim, shared thirty-five pounds per man, out of the last paddock, for seven weeks work, after paying about twenty pounds' expenses.