MINING NOTES.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 31, 16 July 1892, Page 6

MINING NOTES.

af M]r?eß 'hasj^st intiroJ Act passed last" yea£.an^^att^ag'h the con€iijs!i^me si* clauses" and a iew; j Bab.^ec|ions,) 'tii:e' amount of misbhief' therein embodied -is something: 'astonishing. JVhy such a' nni'saTice 'should ih^vervever passed the .second ;w.itkokfcj£prptes£fr^ .Moljairaemb^^/aß^je^pecially tb^ Island ones, is mawellousr ;i «■ : oJdDlajrae 2 says jSsas^now io- be paid - )ibr]_^rknfprnierlyridone-fpr npthfng. | I (ruSob^s^ctiotilxili ceJ^?ent^from 10b ii^ioglstipetiacife,-bntjin^lieja jtfiereof cora;--ip^nies kre td takfe out miDersj.figbts for all wages men and tribaters.nthat mayv 'be ativSrlcliii tßejr; mine. U j This,clause "^iHvfbexfennd "not only unworkable but "expensiveTfasl^'isiWell kngyrn thatth|e nmrfbeif. ofJbands employed in a mine is ♦continually changing, according to the ipayable nature|»i;^prp.spects of the mine. -A hundred &^ifaajr*sbM employed one ■day, and a^w|^ the"next. Who, then,: _:is r to 'bear^lp^tpffiilPof the rights|?: <^The%famel ot^hlclaMhaarle^defltly; ;got it into K ,"teis-"ii-ead that all :biir| ■northefn^Sia^ldg^Sre^b'n^ative lacld: :and; jopenejd jjpjm^amgs on r the same 'terms as the lower JJhames. ""Such is "»not -ike cases:h/^^ejg-reiatest portion of; '©hinemuri-field-is Government lah^, -■?tWb.ileothe {agreement ;in)rerference [ip 'fe. i(? Aroh'si ftm^kess j all; c. itents^., paid. r local vdptargtuaep. r/aind^oalliv ■ 3 mineTs> c i:ighj:s,j.th;e; Jtfpebsevfy 9f:!th re natiy'eis. ,It;\v|ll therfee^oresbecseeii thafethe proposedl "Alterations ilotD idi%it fpiita;: addjtipfaalai^JburdenSiiKon mine owners,-but-also deprives local r;of3,dn6;';so,urcft pf jr.e&enue;vrwh ich iJs to a 'large.'iesfcept7gp.etit in opening up the districts in -which it is raised. Tlie ■^present .law) alscl gi^es.rthe^holder of jar

mi iner's_ right the right to occupy ja portion of the gofdfield for residence. Does the author and framer of this 1 clause intend to transfer this right to fthe companies? C.—The Government is to have the vright to collar for rent all plant or ■machinery to whomsoever belonging 'that may be found on 'She property-—a "truly liberal clause. G, gives^ power, if a "man's farm iis 'mucked up< by tailings to take posses-^ sion of the same on paying the assessed "value df the same. Here is another liberal clause, and w.orthy of t consideration by all iutending settlers on the goldfield_: ' No' 'person who holds by lease, license or J^eehald^over; 100 acres under any Act shall be eligible to take up an occapa'tion license under pains r and ; penalties foif'sd^do^mg/as'we some settlers •on 100 acre sections granted or sold by t the who .cannot make a 'living ou the same. These settlers are to be deprived of a chance of bettering condition. Clause 3. —The holder of any race license or water right now in existence kor that 1 may hereafter be' granted is to 'have no redress for the destruction of "Ilia property or any right or title to the uninterrupted flow.'of water therein, as all hands may use the race to deposit 'tailings oi* mining debris at their own *Bwfee°t jwill and , pleasure." Wasi ever -such a stupid clause laid before any Honse df Parliameut, and no objection made to the same ? ' Just fancy any party having the power to go prospecting near the,head works or dam of any race, and blowing the same away, and Stopping pumping, winding or crushing 'Operations, and putting'scores of men •out of employment, and the owners of "the property to have no redress against snch scandalous proceedings. Truly, $he wonderful Dick must have gone daft 'when he framed the abortion. The crater races in the colony have cost •something like £600,000, and with trach a clause on the statute fcaok they could all be destroyed in a few days, as a law that would be good for private races wonld also be good for the Government. If not, why not? Clause 6 is especially framed to further deprive Ohinemuri of ceVtaio rights, <and I have no doubt but that the local fcedies of that district will take steps to

j>retecfe themselves, and not allow a repetition of the scandalous proceedings that deprived them >of £7,000, under ,;4he flimsy pretence that the title was \ jnot^defined. The bill, as a whole, ( has iew'ifany redeeming 'qualities. '• '

From &mi pwxO.9-RfiES!PON]DEN'r- i A Melbourne paper tells a story: about) &? iwining manage*; in k |Ke fail North. His salary was in araear, so' he went forth in 5 His private capacity 'and'toofc but 5 a -Iwrit againsitthuniself: iri shisidap&oity !as legal representative of 'the :; Then,* Mn'. theUattor capacity he accepted service' of; the writ, and said nothing about it to the directors. When the case came on he appeared in his capacity as plaintiff iandJproyed the dab^ubut^lie; made no /appearance: in; his. capacity ■- as; defenl -dant, and 1 3 udgtnent' wenj; by; -idef aulti Then in the one capacity he. issued :exibdutioriiagainst himself;ini !the(othet 1 'capacity, and wasig ustcigbitig^off wlin the company'a office furniture per medium of a bailiff when the director^ heard of it, and fired him out in both capacities,; and obtained anew trial. SiiiVERTON * "("(Warn'i)". "~^ The mine manager^ -repdrt'i ithatui the'; .distance Mopild Jj.&J;q_tbe __presen.t j®_ J 4 _i?e^ The reef in the face is 8 feet wide, ah^ ■iarneis g^6d':st6n^4ll^irb^lL'«Ap}h6 amount of quartz - saved from the •stopes^fo*? tw'wejefteiiiuatfout. 7 tonjs second-class, affdl ton first-class. The result of assays- m <ad I'e%y Mr C. Banks, s assayer : to the'Waiki Company are ajs ,2oz 17dwt r 4gr.; sUv^errl^bzfMWt TSgL 'feam^leltnarteSro^^^bld^log silver^'2ok Tw!o >men are engaged driving the low level. The no?w iariven^is 4dfc, anjd another 15ft Or 20ft will-see - thedrit r e, iiit good igroutidv,; 1 \- TtLejjbatterj^starts' immediately;:?];^ Xl Hi |