Larnach." It will be advisable, however, before anyone proceeded from this district that he should communicate with the Mayor of Invercargill. The Hinemoa is not likely to leave the Bluff now until the 18th instant. We regret to state that Mr Warden Hickson, who for years past has been suffering from weak or defective eyesight, found it necessary to go to Dunedin ou Monday morning, with the intention of consulting Dr Ferguson on the subject. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Wakatipu Hospital Trustees, appointed for Saturday last, was adjourned till to-morrow afternoon for want of a quorum. On Monday afternoon Messrs Daniel and Co. submitted to the hammer the privileges in connec tion with the forthcoming spring meeting of the Lake County Jockej Club, when the following prices were realised :—Grand stand and booth, £l3, James O'Kane; gates, £l2, John M'Donald; fruit stall, £2, J. Begbie ; race cards, 155., J. Oliver. We are informed that the Zigzag section of Skippers road is practically passable for traffic, although it will be near the end of the present month before it can be taken out of the hands of the contractors, Messrs Welsh and Co., as com pleted and formally opened. Mr T. G. Pearce, mine manager of the Phoenix Extended Co. Skippers reefs, states that the mine is now being opened up. This company, who were also the purchasers of the crushing plant anil machinery of Messrs A. Southberg and party, appear to have dropped in for a slice of luck, as we understand that they are giving the machine a thorough overhaul, lifting stamper beds, etc., and cleaning everything up; and as a reward for their trouble they anticipate realising some 100 ounces of gold, left behind by the unfortunate owners. The shareholders of the Maori Point Gold-mining Co. are sinking a winze, in order to test the extent of a sample of 6cwt., taken out a short time since and forwarded to Melbourne on trial. The sample, which Mr Pearce, mine manager, informs us was taken promiscuously from six different places iu a drive of 130 feet, is reported to have yielded very handsome results, and should the winze give favor able prospects, a 20-head battery will be erected without delay, under the superintendence of Mr Nicholls. 