BULOLO GOLDFIELDS
THE DISPUTED LEASES. DECISION SUPPORTS ORIGINAL HOLDERS. (Pres* Association—By Telegraph -Copyright.) BRISBANE, December 20. A wireless message from Bulolo states that the warden gave his decision in the claim of the miners at Edie Creek. The warden dismissed the claims, deciding in favour of the original leaseholders. As the result of an official proclamation that prospectors were not allowed to seek gold on the leases held by the syndicate known as the “Big Four,” about 70 miners, or 90 per cent, of those left on the field, invaded the leases and washed for gold. At their request the police watched the proceedings and took the men’s names. The gold was afterwards lodged at the warden’s office, and the miners requested Mr Bruce to hold an official inquiry regarding the leases which they invaded. It was announced later that a mining warden had left Brisbane to deal with the position.^.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19978, 21 December 1926, Page 9
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