BLACKS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 253, 5 December 1872, Page 8

BLACKS.

(F^mfibim&orrespoiident.) &-rnr,a 1 .- >r Kq^emb,er : 2fthi., T We have^^a^p^in^fatt/offain^ pince I last wrote;" 1 Trtrrch'" "wilt the growirigtynieipsT ft^eata de^Mf r } T %nt ! there ms%m improve f fti«ta3 ift^ftpistip'pl/'olP- 1 waijef-for minings p*6fpTsße#*£t A^greaiF'nUTnber of partie*%*fi) tfghtff 1 aTe rb6gihning H) tfeil-tft'e ' effects of thW stmimer weathfer-'f^fitill they have JHad^a? Very^fair season^ W'bnr • Escort -returns > iestify.. A 1 large f Uhj?is'tmas-€Bcoi?t -may -be expected thi3 yeai? from this "dfetrict. ' With the large Hm'ount of revenue- we -contribute to the '<sovfeFnWie*nt: by-gold- duty, ininers' rights,' Jcoijr-t feeSj' general- and business; licenseß^- '<Jog; tax, &G > ..-"it' : snrpriaes-me' that the" f in"hlkbitanti-do i n6t stir themselves' In the'-Wayofj^ettingsbmeJof' biir 'local l requirements' at&ndedi to. -• -'■ I e&im'ate that h# c^otrtriyite-f between ''jthrefe'; kiflJ four thßa«aSidipou'fids sterling per "annum to th^<i^enitey'&fHnefeo!ony ', retunt'-Pbu^tlilg sum^wltat-ao'w^ rece'iv&'?^ Rimplyi nothing— n6« eVeft'-a 'road■to travel' -on'. i>- -iAhofft; 4'i years aijo, the magnificent 'sum-'of -T-iIOO-was repai* .'tliei^isa^i; &t"Blacks ori this side of the river .o-ic-This sum/ 1 need hardly say,' was b^pely"fui*ficient' to ■ fill- up*a ' few", mud holes/naftdfit/igsntfw tu'wi'htiA bi t'evsh. T\oreefrtgtat«*^if -^ftHc is possible'^ tlian itr was V»ef<T«fl.i'('ThB r scy'calle'd frfain road; by mud 4«ft'dc/:fromieryde to'HoglWri vrtts 1 in a |68lirftiU stale during; the" paßt?wi^er:' Unlesß"iKJ^ s^ibsfcatttiaT repairs "are made this imwtit]4\f&it(M will be^'woVse tlfivrf' ever itfo&swMevt time itoiforni intt-^nake' gohd^toa^sV jtn^l the "pqttplei <£ Ohts-.-'disiriot should no tiftjfe* irf'bTiiigi^g-tiie'-m&tterJtrnflter- felie' potion iWc4hesiprbpe»AUthbini|feai>.'' < i*'Th6f Bystentlm,i?opr^sreHt'ires<Jr*ed 'fo- is;- iri 'all its. bri«isje% aik>tto)it»oae?'KTw*t^ett'-ar«. etnpldye^tf ortPftvet >ofp> '^idfidfoWn' Ise**eßn qiyd^-jJ^d.^ill^lCre^^^n^^itfte"^' BatfiAnß3atitlf;BrybP?adohi!aft'chelf;ranttutf' tan(^#^ort^6Dseji^sdto^athesp'.'==' < 'Tlfe>' are uiijally em^iioy^fV,- 1 beiM^e^siiif &s&* theiri^eiit arf4 ixcfymgHtiuAi thefls one fwi-tiorimfsWiig^ad fti» xtt&\teVj.li\tf\fring fcw^fl^Ki^wsfciirilacijfc.av/.y'PrieaWfeel'e l 3inp ofWrqj^^w ua«bfS>inghffes«!Jidyo^d(W^ knoiwrwHisFe ffniMkfk, B»h<yaS*4«uTpphs6<*' to \et(ihf^kbtt^H^f^eliam{tiSoitikd^ and fill^ t«*»- *">'• *il^ «ißftt<iu^^tittf what no 4 o^lijtttmgl^iih.&^t are plent^*litem-aleagt*lia<linfe)©f/rlsSjif; they mmfeßttfr Veiled ; the ruts and holes nay*fc be- filled with mud ; and, after a phower of rain, the first waggon that pwaea over them makes worge than

'uTn-Swiiig nT^eTS^-aTis'-put a s'top ll^-' ' r ?lie v 'bltter?' v aet%e*(^ernn^nt«p^nd !) 'WW p'Wp%?tion r .d? fthelf the l ftioneS- aJtofl«4»5 'ea&i^dis-firlc^in'formffi^an^nia'Mfl^^ 1 j J^ejled roads leSdln^-'b'b ftn&iftfdtrf.thfe- ' yarl^i3 districts fr«m~-«rhH*.ra»E."revenuc , r 1a l o^inii«S;|lKiii t affiHßA rcgiirie) ;of ( '_a^eW< 1 Ws) we shall have goKaJ'Siid Nearly com- '" ' mu'nf cation to and from -all- parts of the ' jro 5 y T i|ice:- ff ' Pef hSps l«iur Pib^ress'sGom- ■ 'Mtt'ee will ih^rest-^hMnaelvesJ'inTtlie matter. .S maw iO ,y)mya,ll c-*c -* I sea byjy^t^jgb^e^c^rreaßond^nij'^ , fetter, p| i; tlip f Tife inst., sh;4^h>t s9^lo.^ " of this Clyde fining 'As^c^iatip^^tp.e^birth^n},^ -.selves as/members ofjthat j)p^V. say rf l cannot .agree, with, the ,plan.\, , r lt ; , would l^ave been niu,(?lv ! batte i r l^or Blaek^' "' and Drybread to f hky ct f ovmes'"an A^s,pcig,- ' 'tibniforfjthemselves. , 'Tb^i^iim^s jift t^ portion of ( ijiTist see t^atjpl^dei, has' nothing,, in^.mining/ .in common with" 1 them?. Th^r nVodes of, njining/af^, «l- ( , vtogether^df^efent ;,' and what-is of, mc«je^ f importance to- us is that,/ by. -joining, Clyde in tlioae aort/of ,undertakingß f^. 1u».1 u». - portion of the- ,disi:rfct is always., but in the cold. I venture to predict thai} _ no good will come of it.. The Committee", ■will' be., .formed, principally of- ; Clyde members, who will always be" able.Jp, out ' vote'any members of committee that may be elected from here./ There,' is 'anbther' great drawback to the .success of the Drybread people joining L'iyde, viz./ the' distance between the two-pla,Ges ?r and, o£ course, all the meetings wijl have to' "ho held' at 1 Clyde. . That, is a part, of the 'progruriime ; "thbir'pbject .being .to get as many strangers as possible to v pass a. night with themj and we may reckon that 1 IJty bread will.be very seldom represented at any of- the meetings. Ido not intend to> throw ' (iold' water on Ihe iiffdir.jbiit I think ii would have beep' 'far better for All concerned to h-ive had a local association ; and. as 1 have . alreaav §ald., it is not yet tooilHte, Let, a pubH^ meeting be convened at an early date.' and have the matter thoroughly discussed. ' Since 'writing the above (which! I was not able to, forward before,, having missed the mail), a meeting was held., at the Shamrock Hotel, for r the ' purpose of forming a Blacks Mining Association;, but owing ',to;, to ; the sh'prt , notice/ 'gjven,/ there was a- very - p^or/ attendance . ,A' . Jew members were enrolled," and a c'6m-" mitte electetl to canvass for members. I" ■ liean tliat a 'meeting; of .members is to be ■i held on, the 27th,- to fprm a peijma^ant^ , committed. - 1 liope the committee elected : ixrHh seripusl'y consider- t he' advantage' of joining with the, Drybread miners in the' . -.matter, .and so form a strong associa- ! tkxn. > .' ' , '„'.' '' " • -... On Monday last, a man named John' •;Higgins was arrested' "on a charge' p.f^ having committed an' indecen.t assault^ JQil a' Httle girl' na nied ' fjauf ia r Wa]dr^n.' j^he^ I cirjCßPst^nQes'^'aiised'quite a sensation in ioiir. upiisually- quiet township. The child is under ten years of .age,, and tlie ij iflsseeult is : alleged to liavebeen^cpihmitteli' r on, leveiiingj'tlie' 25tli ins't.^ Ipitwieen 8l8 l aiid ' 9 " o'clock. - ( Tlie case ' was. i hje^dljefore^lil/BJ.Hl'Ca^ewi ft.M^'onJ, „ 'lluesday. 'lluesday, 1 r 'the r 26^1 , 'the, Courthouse, closed.- \ Mr>W J . W. W jV?jU:po'fi appeared for' c !she<iaccusVd,^vtio was' cprnmitt^d-fo^^rral . .a^the next sitting'pf ,the - Sup'reme/Cdiirt, [[bail being allowed -^liim self in £150, and / tw,6: suri'ties in £?5 feach^'" ■ '^" Q ' /,-','."