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Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 220, 15 April 1868, Page 2

Provincial Council.—The Council will meet at Nelson on the 21st of this month. We understand that Mr Commissioner Kynnersley will shortly go to Nelson to meet the Executive before the Session begins. "We need not urge upon him the necessity there exists for as large a sum as possible being placed on the estimates for carrying on public works on the SouthWest coast, and we are sure that he will do all in his power, to obtain for us a sum commensurate with our wants. Gror,i> at "Wanganiti.—After many falwe reports the discovery of gold on or

near Wauganui River seems certainThe Wanganui Chronicle of the 9th. states that from reliable information received, a prospecting party has bee n formed, for the purpose of testing the supposed auriferous country. PIIOTOORAPII OP THE PbOCESSION. — We were shown last night two pictures of portions of the loyal procession of the 2nd of this month. The views are well taken, and several well-known individuals are easily identified. They are on sale at Mr Kiessling's tobacconist shop, at half-a-crown each. Fbesii in the RivEit.—During the whole of yesterday a good fresh was running in the river, and the shaky structure known as the Waterman's Wharf, succumbed to its influence with a crash.