Untitled

West Coast Times, Issue 306, 15 September 1866, Page 2

Hiss Julia Matliews had a great house on * the -occasion of her benefit last .night. Wo shall notice the performances in our next issue. We extract aa fully as our apace permits, from the Into intercolonial papers brought by the Alhambra and the Tararua. We hear that the country in the vicinity of M'Clintock's station, about "ten miles up thY Arahura, is likely to be the scene of an extensive rush in the course of a week or two, for during the winter several parties wore working there quietly, ancl are supposed. to ha«e done well. That payable ground was discovered is a certainty, and the finders are now employed -bringing in a water race, to mire effectually work it. A good itfrcny miners wended their way in that direction during the past week. Clio escort from thCjWaimea arrived in town on Thursday night with 1700 oxmces of gold dust, the'proceeds of that district during tke fortnight. Considering the excellent ground in work there this is a very small qmount, but as no,ne of the claims have yet • commenced washing \ip we are not surprised at it. Tnere is every probability that the next escort will be- extremely heavy as the miners liaving made extensive preparations for washing, sluicing will* be proceeded with and a gfleak (Jpal of gold thrown into tho market during the next fortnight. Tho body of the unfortunate man Shauahan, who was drowned in the Arahura oif Thursday, was found lying upon the beach ytsterday morning, about two milci to the northward of that river. Information was -ut once forwarded to Inspector Uroham, who despatched a mounted sergeant to take charge of the body, which was removed to the Carriers Arms Hotel, where it now lies awaiting tho inquest to be held upon it to-day. ~No property was found upon it. We .believe that Shanahan was not an experienced Westland packer, having taken to the occupation only about ten days ago, when he purchased two, valuable horses, and up to the • day of his death was employed carrying goods between town and the Wahnca. • % We are glad to observe that the hard labor 'gang are very usefully employed extending the Sewell-street drain across Weld-street, and along the boundary of the police reserve, at the corner of the two streets. Although this is done for the purpose of draining the reserve, the work will be most beneficial to that section of the town which, through its muddy condition, is almost impassible. We ("Bendigo Advertiser") reccntlyv referred in these columns to a fatty and excessively uusavory substance discovered in a mining shaft at M'lvor. Mr Holdsworth, ch&miat", of Pall Mall, has forwarded us a specimen of a very similar substance, but nioVo saponaceous, which, however, he concoives diftbrs only in the stage of its development, a.nd this view may probably be correct. It has tup immense advantage cf being almost devoid of smoll. It was found in New Zealand, and is described, by tliP Mw\s as being