OHINEMURL (From the Daily Southern Cross.) Mackaytown, Saturday, 12 p.m.
Mr Mackay, accompanied by Caj^flnvTurner, arrived from. Katikati last night. Durhis iaie\journey across, they left the main track ancrVsearchcd for the most suitable place for a new road, bridges, &c. They appear quite satisfied that a good, road can be constructed which will shorten the distance considerably. They will examine the road from Puke to the Gorg© to-day, and will probably start out towards Waikato on Monday. During their trip from Katikati, Mr Turner dropped on a large reef, 6 feet wide, of nmllocky formation. They brought in some Bttoff in a handkerchief to test. It is raining hard all day, and there is little doing outside. There is nothing fresh this morning from Rotokohu rush, but last night some fine samples of gold washed from the reef, and some very rich small specimens, were exhibited from that quarter, and a very sanguine feeling prevails. The prospectors have, not yet fairly opened the reef, but some quartz which had fallen in the old working was taken out, and gold was visible amongst it. The quartz was of the same class as that exhibited by Coleman and Smith. At the Police Court to-day, before James Mackay and A. J. Allom, justices, John Dickson pleaded guilty to a charge of striking a native named Warren with a stirrup-iron. He said he was drunk at the time. Warren and he had always been good friends for many years, and he did not even know how the dispute arose. He was very sorry for what had occurred. —The Bench pointed out that his being drunk was no excuse at all. He would have been in a very different position had he struck the native on the temple. —He waa fined X 3 or in default a month's imprisonment. We have received the second nftmt^r q£ the New Zealand Songster. Many of the songs aTte not classical, but so far as we have glanced over them we have not seen one that has a tendency to immorality, and so long as the worst fault of the New Zealand Songster continues to be bad rhyme, we will not find fault with it. Like all publications of the sort it is simply a commercial speculation. We only regret that the tastes of the people are not more elevated. We notice that an entertainment will be given in the School House, East Hamilton, on Monday next- The proceeds will be devoted to the repair of the Roman Catholic Church. We are not informed of what the entertainment is to consist, but doubt not that it will be well worth the charge for entrance, which also is not stated. The cause is a good one and we trust the attendance will be large.
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Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 444, 23 March 1875, Page 2
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464OHINEMURL (From the Daily Southern Cross.) Mackaytown, Saturday, 12 p.m. Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 444, 23 March 1875, Page 2
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