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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1110, 26 September 1873, Page 2

Lyell correspondence, and local and general news, crowded out of this issue. At the Publicans Licensing meeting held on the 24th instant licenses wore granted to the following applicants:—John Gilmer, G. Clark, Charlotte Cook, John Deiungs. David Emanuel, J. A. Magnire, R. M'Farlane, and J. A. M. Turner. The Goahead with a freight of cattle and sheep left Wangauni at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, but the strong head winds blowing from southward will probably cause her to run in for shelter. A small supply of fresh meat was obtained by the steamer Murray from Nelson on Tuesday, but the butchers shops are now again bare. A sale by auction of Victorian produce on the Wakefield street wharf yesterday, by Mr John Mu'nro, did not result in high prices being obtained, potatoes fetched four pound ten shillings per ton, and maize five shillings and ten pence per bushel. Importers and mercantile men generally, to whom all that concerns her Majesty's Customs is of daily interest, will find in the new Customs Guide, 157."5, published by Mr Alex. Rose, of the Customs, Auckland, an invaluable handbook of information. It should speedily find a place in every counting house and office in New Zealand. The latest news of the rush to the Haast river confirms the report that good ground has been struck there. A telegram received here yesterday states that the prospectors, three men, got 40 ounces of gold in '24 days. Miners are leaving Hokitika and Ross daily.