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To the Editor of the Empire. "'.
Sm,-Having seen a statement in a lato nnmber of
the Empire to the effect that I was ïcçtnnag-ca.
intemperance at Wollongong, I trust you w" i
me to state that whilo this, is perfectly correct, shu
it is calculated to mislead without this explanation:,
I i waa specially retained to hopear, both -at me
District Court and Quarter Sessions at Wollongong;
and it was upon this professional- duty I west »ere.
Being there, I was asked to lecture; and harrop w
pleasure in doing so. _ '-'i'-'.'.^-.l'
I have tho honour, to be, oír,
' ' 'YoUr very obedient servant, _
í DAVID BUCHANAN.;
.. Chambers, .04, Elizabeth-street,
'Sydney, 27th September, 1871. . ' ? ? ??? JJ
Tho Jacqua correspondent,ot tho Goulburn, Herald ,«
Jfy*L:~Some excitement was causad hore last week by-J
tno finding of a largo nugget near Skull Istand, on tte
river. Mr. Mooro, who purchased it from the forfar;"
nate finder, favoured me with a view of it. ItreiemHa
in size and shape a medium-sized potato, end wei*!* '-'
very nearly 19oz gross. At Sewell's Point,Marray and
party, and Smith's party ore doing well. They h»re.,
gone to work in a systematic way, 'determined if poai-J '
bio to find the bottom. They have: stripped to a con- »
siderable depth - through very payable ground-They
anticipate very good results if it is a dry scuoa.,
Lo wer down tho river whore tho works aro not ca-. ;
ned on so oxtensivoly, tho diggers will.-tell yon J
they are knocking out tuokor ; but taking; into eon---.
aideration a day or two's spree every now arid then,
their earnings cannot ba had. About the reof I her»
nothing new to communicate. Tho prospect olsim i»
looking well, a new, and report says, very rich reef,
having been- struok. However,, fifteen handiwera
discharged about a fortnight ago, ,and tho work goa
on very slowly. It is to bo regretted that the pro-
prietors of so rich a mino should manifest so little
onorgj- in working it. There is no mining manager
a» yet,..except a kind of gangor over each shift. k
this arrangement is with a Wow of saving exoenie, it
is beginning retrenchment at tho wrong end. .They
havo also reduced tho wages of their mon from 4SI to
42s a week. In consequence of this the men who con-
sider themselves minors havo loft the plaoo.-.
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