DRYBREAD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 295, 25 September 1873, Page 5

DRYBREAD.

(From our ow)i> Correspondent.), A. correspondent from this quarter has some difficulty in .obtaining material for' a letter ;, still I think it is advisable- that ' we should show to. the front smnetime, or we shall run a great chanco of losing 1 our share of the loaves and fishes which are to be so plentifully distributed throughout the province. With regard to tlie correspondents standing topic, the weather, we have had a little of all sorts last week ; plenty of wind this week, and a good fall of rain and showers of snow. Water is plentiful ; all the creeks and the ' Manuhcrikia have been flooded; \ On •Tuesday they were impassable. • % ' I hear that Mr. Crawford, carrier, has unfortunately lost one of his horses and a quantity of loading while atterripting to cr^ss the Manuherikia. 1 ' All t\e races are full, .and the claims all steady at work % ' Greenbank. and Party have : just com pte&d *a> satisfactory wasliing. Mr. M'Leaas pivrfcy aro preparing to (Wash up ; and. the Mountain .Company are.jnst finishing. There is no doubt that the quantity qf gold obtained from here and Tinkers, while wate.r is 'plentiful) will" considerably increase the 1 atnount of gold escorted from Blacks. I .notice the last escort was over the r average. ■• , The rush, that took place a, -few days' ago.ito Shepherd'a Gully lia3 dwindled down to. two clajms.. The nrospectors are busy] with tjiieir first washing out of the 'ground ;' the'gold is coarse I ,' ain'd very good prospects havl been ol> tainefl: ' Ttlere appears to be a good extent of 'ground 'payable fj>r sluicing, and I understand that ■M ' Leanfe . paHy 'in tend: cutting i their , race sufficiently Jkigt- to ■vvork. l itr ; Th?re piust , be- a acarciby of school teachers in Otago, or tho amount 'of re-m-uneration is not' sufficiently attractive to induce one "to venture so fftr into the interior as Drybread. Whatever- the'eause is our school is closed, and has been for some, weeks, and- when it will b". opened again is -a mystery that I don't think even the. gentlemen: forming the School Committee are able f to solve. .The thanks of •the community are due to the for, the energy they have displayed in connection with the 'affairs of "the school during' the time they have held the-ap-pointment, and .1 have no doubt that when their term expires they will, mark their appreciation of the services rendered by, presenting each member, with a suitable medal, the material of which it shairb.e composed to be decided 'upon! at the public meeting ; 'I don't' think it will bi a very expensive affair.. In religious mattprs we are pretty well cared for. ■ .iMr. - Jonea visita Us monthly, and Mr. Green fortnightly. The serviced, which sye not nearly so well attended as they should be, are held in the schoolmom, , . -