PUHIPUHI MINING CASE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 3

PUHIPUHI MINING CASE.

CLAIM FOR FORFEITURE. ' DISMISSED BY MAGISTRATE. (By Telegmph.-rOwn COTiepoßflenU WHANGAREi; Monday.' , Mr. E. Page, S-M.,/to-day gave judgment in tihe Puhipuhi mining caee, ireard at the last fitting" of the Corct. The case was stated as C. 0. Knigiit vsrant -tlhie"WiWaiigarei Cinnabar Co._l,td. Plaintiff asked. for a decree- of fprfeituire of a mineral license h~ld on the ground that the defendants had feiled within't'wo'aionithVtirom the grant oflicenee ;'to commence end-,t'3ittinutilly proeecute mining- operstiori; ,an v th"c land, that they had,failed to. keep 2mpk>yed tbe ' number of men required I>y the . Mining. Act, 1908,; atti amend mints" thereunder, and that defendants bid fai'.ed *» - erect any works or buildings on the land for ISie purpose -of niining-.-operatidns. v " The Magiitrale liaid tfuk, thoagh operations "wfte 'aliort of jtiie standard by tSK'JStr.tJte '"company had caused bona fide tamidgiOpetitioriß' to b* oand«ct«d'. ihayrng-r€ga.rd-to spirit of eection 98 (J?) of Act/which provided thai in certaih cases mining privileges contiguous % one"aSs>ffi€r : mig?i : t be , tireated for. the purposes of the tabour oorrditione as one property. The pree«nt caise wae one dn. which/'ferf,eiturf;- r shouid be decreed. IJefendatrte, bowsver, would be fined^ .dEIO-ia iAie liceiise : "sl,'and ai 52 *a aoniinal/fine. of £1 withjtotil.oeisje s and: ' cxpeißer. e'rifouiftirig' "£2".(Pβ. ri' ' .