WARDEN'S COURT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 258, 6 November 1897, Page 3

WARDEN'S COURT.

(By Telegraph —Own Correspondent.)

PAEROA, Thursday.

The fortnightly sitting of the Warden's Court at Paeroa was held to-day before Mr R. S. Bush, Warden. The following applications were granted :—Waitekauri No. 2 Company, Torpedo claim ; J. M. Haslett, St. George claim, Waihi ; A. Parkinson, Lord Salisbury claim, at Maratoto; W. Carnahan, Aotea claim, Maratoto. Permission to work claims with less than the full number of men was granted to R. Tregoweth, Ocean Beach Extended, one man for four months ; W. Tregoweth, Waihi Beach and Ocean Beach claim, one man each for four months ; Waihi Extended Company, Waihi Extended claim, four men for four months ; Imperial G. M. Company, Imperial claim, five men for four months; R. C. Speer, Emerald Isle claim, Wharekiraupunga, two men for three months; J. H. Potter, Scotia claim, two men for three months ; Owliaroa United Company, New Tariff claim, two men for three months, and Chas. Victor claim, one man for three months ; Komata Queen (Ltd.), Komata Consolidated, four men for four months, and Komata Extended licensed holding, two men for four months; Komata Triumph Co., Triumph Extended claim, two men four months. Protection was granted to Jno. Schischka for the Retreat claim, Marototo, three months; Jewel G.M. Coy., Jewel claim, six month. Miscellaneous Grants.— Hikutaia Gold Syndicate, two water races, two and a-half miles and three and a-half miles long on Paiakarahi stream, Marototo ; Jno. Mason Sharp, water race on Otahu stream, Wharekiraupunga ; J. M. Sharp, machine site, Wharekiraupunga; New Zealand Crown Mines, special site, Karangahake. In the application by A. McLeod for water right at Hikutaia, heard last Court day and objected to by the Hikutaia Gold Syndicate,'the Warden held that as McLeod had held no miner's right during the past four months he had no power to grant the license to him.' The applicant relied on section 11 of the Act of 1894, holding that a person could obtain miners' rights by paying the fine stipulated, but the Warden held that this only applied to, persons who held a title and had neglected to keep their miner's right in force. He therefore held that he could not grant McLeod's application. The Warden intimated that in future he was determined to make applicants keep their grants for permission consecutive, so that an application for permissions must be lodged before the previous permission expired, if not the time which elapsed between the grants would be deducted, and applicants Avould run the risk of not obtaining any concession from the Court. The following forfeitures were ordered with costs : — N.L. Cotworthy, Great Britain claim; M. Sheehan, Oddfellows claim; A. A. Plummer, Rob Roy claim ; J. A. Marshall, Smithfield claim ; Andrews and others, Huntly claim.