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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 934, 2 March 1872, Page 2

We have just received intelligence that a crushing of ten tons of quartz, at the Energetic claim, Inangahua, has turned out forty-three ounces of gold. Since receiving the above gratifying intelligence, we have seen a gentleman who has just come down from Eeefton, who informs us that there was a most exciting rush at Larry's Creek on Thursday last. The three Maori boats, well laden, left for Inangahua last night. There is an abundance of cargo still to be sent up, but there are neither men nor boats in sufficient number to convey the goods to the reefs. We hope shortly to see the means of transport to Inangahua so increased as to meet the demand.

We are sorry to see that an accident occurred to the coach running between Grcymouth and Hokitika, at a place between the Arahura Bridge and Waimea track. On the coach getting into a hole, the leaders bolted off, when the coach had to be dragged out, and was taken into Hokitika by the wheelers only. The Hon Mr Fox and Mrs Pox were passengers. The driver of one of Mr Reid's drays had a narrow escape on Saturday last. In attempting to cross a wrong ford above the junction on the Little Grey, the dray was capsized, and the horses had a long swim for their lives. The carman swam to an island in the river, where he remained till taken off by some return packers from Reefton. Judge Harvey, who was entitled to the usual white gloves for Westport, went into harness immediately on his return to Greymouth. We find that he disposed of several bankruptcy cases on Tuesday, 27th, and several others were to be brought before him on the following day. At the inquest on the body of Mr Henry Macintosh, an account of whose drowning •we gave in our last issue, the jury recommended that some system of signals should b<3 adopted by which a traveller might be informed when he could cross the fords in safety. It has been at last decided that the next meeting of the General Assemujy wax \>a in Wellington, and not at Dunedin as many anticipated.

We copy the following notification from a recent number of the Melbourne " Age :" —" Mariners are notified that, on and after the Ist of March, a green light -will be exhibited from sunset to sunrise on the Portarlington jetty." The schooners Northern Light and Io» from Melbourne, which arrived here on Tuesday, Feb 27, discharged their large cargo by Thursday night, and went across to the ballasting place on the South spit very early on Friday morning. This quick despatch speaks well for our Custom-house officers, and the appliauces for rapid discharge of cargo. This is, in addition to three steamers—Kennedy, Charles Edward, and Murray, the former of which left for Nelson by the new channel on Tuesday, as already mentioned in our last issue; the second left for Greyinouth on the same day, and the Murray for Nelson by the new channel on Thursday at noon. We are happy to find that, far from rendering the site of the town more insecure, the new channel is likely to affect it beneficially. There is a general tendency to increase all along the beach from the lowerpart of the town towards the Orawiti. Opposite Martin's store a considerable deposit has taken place, as also along the line opposite Dr Thorpe's residence. The Rose of the Buller and another cargo boat departed with a full cargo for Inangahua j and yesterday another boat, with about a dozen passengers, started for the same destination. Seveal parties likewise went overland on the same day to lleefton.

The Bishop of Nelson will hold divine service, at Addison's Flat, on Monday next, at seven o'clock in the evening, as notified in ouv advertising columns. We call attention to an advertisement in another column announcing that the Bishop of Nelson, who arrived in Westport on Wednesday morning, will hold divine service at St John's Church, both morning: and evening; and also that the rite of confirmation will be administered during the morning service. The Bishop will likewise hold children's service at three o'clock on the Sunday afternoon, in the church. We are mo3t happy to find that the Bishop of Nelson, while on his visit here, is going to give his interesting lecture on the " Early History of the Manuscripts of the New Testament, with numerous Illustrations," which was so much appreciated in Nelson some time ago by crowded audiences. Wo can speak from personal hearing of the instructive nature of this lecture, which will be given in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday evening next, at eight o'clock. The total amount of business transacted by the telegraph department during the financial year, 1871, was, in round numbers, £32,000, but ir. this is included £9BOO for General Government telegrams, which bring no actual revenue to the Treasury. The cash receipts were therefore about .£22,000; of this £IB,OOO wa3 for private

telegrams, £2700 for Press telegrams, and £IOOO for Provincial Government telegrams. The value of General Government telegrams franked by heads of departments -was nearly ten times that of eight Provincial Governments, nearly five times that of the entire Press of the colony, and about one-half of that of the wholo private business transacted by the department. During the there has been a systematic and regular increaso in the General Government telegrams.