THE LYELL.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 July 1880, Page 2

THE LYELL.

fPjIOX OUB OWN edBBESPOUDBNT > The United Alpine Company cleaned up yesterday, with a result of sis hundred ounces of gold. After clearing off the whole oi- the machine liability, a dividend of ninepenpe per scrip will be declared. The contractors for delivering stone are keeping the battery constantly going, and the mac; me, under the able mnnagement pf Mr "Waters, puts through an average of 165 tons per week* The gold from the mine was conveyed to Westport by Mj John Fennell, the Chairman of the directors. The Westpnrt mail, yfhkh left Reefton on Sunday, proceeded as far as the nine ; mile, and turned back to the marl contractor's residence, being unable to cross the ferry owing to a slight f res fc m tne river. The contractors for the supply of tele* graph poles are using every exertion in the delivery of the poles between Inan* eahua Junction and Lyell. Mr M'Grin ley. one of the contractors, while crossing the river at Christy's with his team, narrowly escaped being washed over the falls, and were it not for the coolness displayed at the time, a fatal accident might have occurred— aa it was, Mr M'Ginley escaped w>ith an immersion in the snow water coming down the. river^and which put a damper on the, days proceedings. The County Council have shown their wisdom in passing a law to compel the teamsters to travel with wide tiera on their waggon wheels. The County Ens gineer has by bis able management got : the roads tip to a. stateof perfection along way a head of tbi neighboring County, and it is the surest way of keeping them so, by compelling the waggoners to adopt the broad tiers. The narrowness of the present tiers running on the Buller .Road would plough up a shingle, bank. Lyell, sth July, 1880.