WARDEN’S COURT AT THE REEFS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 6, 15 December 1869, Page 5

WARDEN’S COURT AT THE REEFS.

I j The Court held a protracted sitting, on Thurspay, lasting until after eight in the evening, j' (1 Registration of claims were made for the BenLi ugo, Aurora, Colcloagh’s, Richmond's, Alto, f ' and another line of reef. As we purpose to pubI ( jlish a list of the claims on the various lines of ml jreef, compiled from these registrations when w/completed, we do not give them in extern# in this I I rep >rt. A map by Mr George w.as produced, j and was of great assistance in marking out and I defining the claims, which were severally marked ■ No. 1, 2, or 3, east or west, as the case may be, ■ starting from the prospecting claim. On the BenH digo Reef there were twelve claims on the east Band live on the west—making, with the prosM pecting claim, eighteen in all; on the Aurora, jHpight east and three west, and including prosclaim, twelve in all; on Golclough’s, six Heist an I four west, or eleven in all. For RichS mind’s and the Alto reefs, several claims on J 1 both sides of the prospectors were registered ; 9 but the survey had not been ma le, and the reb gistration ivas otherwise incomplete. H Mr George Murray’s application for ton heads * Tof water, to he brought from a distance of ten j miles, was granted,—the Court expressing its J satisfaction in being able to make the grant; m and as the bringing in of this water to drive ■ 1 crushing machinery would be a public benefit, B the levels would be taken by Mr Bate, the surBt veyor appointed by the Provincial Government ■ to survey the water resources of the district, if BBtho applicant would provile chainmen. The further stated that the object of this so as to bring the water to the highest posr iible elevation, so that when it had served for 11 /mining purposes, it might ho available for others. , /Mr Murray agreed to find chainmen, but reV narked that this was a purely commercial spe- | c lation, which had to be carried out as econo- . | mically as possible. ! 1 A survey of the unallotted four heads of water J in Bendigo Gully was brought up by Mr Bate, i fiy the cutting of a race, the water may be ' brought round several of the lines of reef, and I thus it can bo used at several points for driving crashing machinery. The plan made, however, ° “trong objection from Kneudson and I tliers, but was ultimately sanctioned ite and George, as surveyors, declares the best mode of distributing the could he adopte I. Upon this "line, r was given to Ebden and party fur if, and to Garrett and party for anod'l.eod and others.—This was a case nent, and had previously been before n two occasions in tho form of objecManders for complainant; Mr Badndants. The question involved was ion No. 1 claim west on (Jololough's VAjlcd out; the complainant proving Between six and seven o’.clook on tho Monday, Ist November, and that was found on Tuesday in Oolclough’s hj was marked out on the Saturday Tho defendant, however, swore lie the claim on Friday. It was elicited jross-examiuation that the defendant ier’s right until the 3rd November; ;his tho case fell to the ground, and b obtained possession o£ the ground;