ARROWTOWN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 184, 6 October 1876, Page 12

ARROWTOWN.

September 28. The principal items of newg in this locality at present is the reefs. Everyman in this district is looking forward to them as a means of improvement. On the evening of the 22nd inst., some of the severest squalls experienced for a long time visited U9, and, as usual, were followed by some very heavy rain, which bereft the mountain tops of their heavy covering, and opeued a track for prospectors to renew their exploring expeditions The great explorer h all is still resident in the township, but ns soon as the weather clears he is going to his mountain residence to commence anew. It is rumored that as soon as he sells some of his present reefs, he is going to take a trip to the United States. If so, I wish him every success. There is some spier, d d stone taking out of the Homeward Bound, and it is expected tbat the

All Nations and the Advance Peak will produce better. We had a very heavy flood in the Arrow river on the 23rd. It swept everything* before it, causing a great deal of damage to parties having claims along* the river. The Universal escaped injury through the exertions of Keeffe, Cotter, Mullins, and Baron, who worked all day under the> rain to prevent the river turning on to their claim. One of thegreatest novelties experienced by the people here for a long time, was given by the children attending the Catholic school on the evening of the 23rd. Some time previous it was hinted that they were to give a> play in aid of the school funds, but the people, thinking that children.' were not capable of being trained to produce anything that would' satisfy adults, thought nothing of the affair. Still, despite the inclemency of the weather, the hall was crowded to excess, and, to the great astonishment of the audience, the juveniles came forward and displayed tact and cleverness which would have reflected credit on the most experienced stage-manager. Everyone was so pleased with the entertainment, and so desirous of seeing it repeated, that I believe it will be produced again at some future time. I have been informed by good authority that they are about to give the same pisces in Queenstown in about a fortnight's time. — I am, &c, . A Resident.