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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 890, 21 November 1871, Page 2

Wilkio and Scott, contractors for the conveyance of M'Lean's machinery, have delivered about nine tons at tho Inangahua Landing. The boats left Westport yesterday with a further lot of six tons. The following telegram was forwarded from Mr Curtis to the Provincial Secretary, Nelson, on Wednesday last:—"Railways: Nelson to Foxhill, Brunnerton to Greymouth, and Mount Rochfort to Westport, the latter subject to mineral, as well as engineering exploration, all passed both Houses; also, the Picton and Blenheim line. Mr E. J. o,'Conor, M.H.R., left Wellington in the s.s. Tararua on Friday, and ai-rived at Greymouth yesterday, whence he proceeded to Ahaura, and will probably reach Westport, via Reefton and Inangahua, on Thursday evening. The boiler for Messrs Maco and Turnery has been convoyed safely from Kirby's store to the machine site. It weighed three tons three hundredweight. Seventy men were engaged in the transport, which i

occupied three weeks, tho distance being only about a mile and a half; but the ground traversed presented enormous difficulties from the steepness and ruggedness of the ascent. Tho conveyance of the remaining portion of the plant, although a very laborious a-id tedious operation, dwindles into insignificance beside the task of transporting thejjonderous boiler. The schooners Lady Don, Isabella, and Excelsior, bound for southern ports from Lyttelton, have been lying windbound in the roadstead. Tho schooner Aurora, with pi'oduce from Lyttelton, arrived here on Saturday. She left the above port on the Ist inst. We learn that Mr M'Glashan has sold the racer Patch for J5200, and has purchased Lacenfeed and Ronald. The Wellington " Advertiser" stopped publication on Wednesday, the Bth instant. An advertisement in the "Post" states that the proprietors are insolvent. Members of colonial Masonic lodges will be plad to learn that there is a movement to establish a colonial lodge of English Ereemasons in London. The report of the Honorarium Committee, fixing payment of members at £lO5 per session, has been adopted. A proportionate reduction for every day's absence, except through illness, is also provided. The Dunedin races are to take place on the 22nd and 23rd of March. The stakes to be run for exceed £IOOO. The Kennedy, on her passage to Westport, broke her connecting-shaft when within five miles of Rock's Point, and had to return to Nelson under canvas, where she arrived on Friday. The steamer Murray sailed for Greymouth on Saturday, but had to put back to Westport owing to head winds and rough weather. She left for south yesterday afternoon. The namo of the Rev. Stephen Smith (Congregational Independents) has been withdrawn from the list of officiating ministers within the meaning of the Marriage Act, 1854. The Thames Steam Navigation Company, Limited, have decided .to wind up their affairs. As the steadier Taranaki was leaving Dunedin for the north on Thursday, a seaman named George Stewart fell overboard, but he was rescued by the reporter of the " Times" and a waterman after he had sunk twice. W. H. Eyes, M.H.R.. of Blenheim, has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands for Marlborough, during the absence of Mr Wemyss. Mr Eyes's son has been appointed Registrar of Marriages, Births, and Deaths for Lyttelton district. The late fire in Invorcargill having been supposed to have been caused by an incendiary, it is notified that the Governor will grant a free pardon to any accomplice giving information. William Kirton, postmaster at Kaikonra, has been dismissed from the public service. A fortnight's crushing of about 320 tons of stone from the Perseverance mine, Collingwood, has yielded 80 ounces of gold. The Waihopai, has been wrecked in Pnlliser's Bay on the passage from Auckland to Collingwood. Unfortunately, she was totally uninsured, and her loss will be at least £IOOO out of her owner's pocket. Happily the crew were all saved.