MINING GROUP'S NAME

Northern Advocate, 22 June 1925, Page 8

MINING GROUP'S NAME

PLAN TO FREEZE OUT INVESTORS

NEW ZEALANDER A VICTIM,

A most curious. story conies to hand from Winnipeg, says a London correspondent. It tells how Mr Joseph Myers —who is a native of Wellington, New Zealand —managing director of the Bingo Gold Mines, is being accused of salting the Bingo mine. Mr Myers, on the ether hand, asserts that the mine is good one —in other words, requires no salting; that, to put it colloquially, this is a putriip job on the part of certain American financial interests to represent the mine as worthless in order that they may obtain it at the value of a. depreciated property.

The files of the Winnipeg papers dated April 6 and 8 contain the opening proceedings before Sir Hugh John Macdo:iald. Mr . Myers is being prosecuted by the Crown for putting forward false assays, and Mr Andrews, K.C., for the Crown, said: "Unless we can prove these assays were false, and tl'at Myc-rs knew they were false, the Crown fails."

Air R. A. Bonnar, K.C., for Mr Myers, declared: "These charges are based or financial interests, and, while my learned friends are not a party to the scheme, this is a bogus prosecution for the purpose of exploiting some financial deal."'

The evidence of one witness (Mr John Wanless) was objected to on the plea that he was not competent to assert that the assay was good. That could only be done -by the man who had assayed the specimens. Evidently,, however, the Judge . allowed the question to be put to Mx Wanless: "Did you or did you not have anything to do with .salting the mine,?''.'; when Mr Andrews ?aid he proposed to ask every witness Hie same question and to prove the fact of salting by the process of elimination. ; "I did not," witness said. "Neither did I," Mr, Wanless added, "nor did Mr Myers.'/ Feeling ra.n high oyer the cross-<?x-amination of Mr -L. )Chamberlain, assistant s'uperintendent at the mine in 19:2-1. In it the facts Fere elicited that panning was done in the blacksmith's shop, some in front of the shop.

Witness was asked how much rock there was on the Bingo dump. He replied there was about 10,000 or 12,000 tons. "The truth about this mine could b-? found out ,by grinding that rock?" asked Mr Bonnar. "Yes," replied the witness. "And Mr Myers was trying to get a mill erected there?" Witness answered affirmatively. "And that rock is still there to tell the truth " continued Mr Bonnar. "And if any man offered to grind it at his own expense, what would you think?" "I think he would be a fool," was the short reply of witness.

"We'll do it," announced Mr Bcnnar firmly. "Mr Myers will do it today if permission is given him by the prosecution. I suggest to my learned friends ihat we test this case here -j,nd now by their allowing us to erect a mill an;l mill tlie rock." "That's a sporting offer," agreed Magistrate Macd'onal'd. Mr Graham rose to point out that | they were in court for the purpose of .prosecuting certain charges against Mr Myers, and that the prosecution could - not, even if tliey desired, give permission for the erection of a mill. "I thought my learned friends wanted the truth, and I was offering them a shortcut," announced Mr Bonnar. ; The morning sessioH of the court wn• j enlivened by clashes between the so- j ! lioit'ors, by accusation of using I'm- [ ease as a means of spreading prona- j ran da, and bv a. sharp rebuke of Mr 1 Bonnar by Magistrate MacdonaM i'-r constantly interrupting th<> examin.a,- 1 tion of L. Chamberlain, who otu-uvned ; j the- witness stand. j [ Showing four letters purporting tr. be J I signed by Myers, he swore flu- si,;;i:i J tore was- that of Myers. Arming to • cross-examine, Mr Bonnar steadily { ! grilled witness on the signature. j; 1 succeeded in discrediting all the vvi- j j deuce h-» had given having any b ■ ai' j ion the- matter. It was ordered n i«* j struek out of the record. ? ~ 1 ;

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