The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1892.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 33, 30 July 1892, Page 4

The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN.

SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1892.

".I will a round unvarnhlid tale deliver."' ■ j —Othkllo, Act I','Scene 3.'

"It is in times of adversity * that ' we curse our lack of foresieht ia 4imes of prosperity. In such latter times .we imagine that our good angel is always to be in evidence and that wo h>ive but to rub the lamp to fetch along the obliging genie to obey our behests. WeiaTe enjoying fairly good ifortune" in the upper country now, .thanks very little, to our own enterprise, but to that of outsiders (who came while we were leaning up Against the door post bewailing" our ,bad .luck and -hard times iv general) and who saw and con* quered our apparently invincible ores. We hope local'people won't take hardly, but it is a fact; even if they do, that ■\f& are' 'not' indebted to' our own endeavours thati'/Dninemuri/is now fairly prospering, but! to outsiders This en passant. But fairly prosperingas we are, the grip on fortune hold j by v goldfields is at best precarious. The glory of Waihi and Karangahake and Waitekrturi ■ may passl— the heaven of prosperity 1 may be darkened by various cumuli and showers of bad luck may dampen our joy. If such a consummation came to pass, which may heaven and the Oassell process forfend, we shall regret, that we did not remember that it is not always summer, aad that' we had not'-dono something to ensure the greater per manency of our -goorl fortune. We ! accuse the people of this, district of not paying sufficiefif attention 1 to the opening up and prospecting of the country. We accuse them of inertness, of apathy, of standing by. and; growling at fate until some one came along and showed them how 'to ,do it, and we think the time has arrived, when the local .people should shake off dull sloth-and make_a-united effort to systematically prospect the. lesser known portions of, the field.^ Th'itdt will, repay, is dearly _ sTioven by the success that "has', attended the 'few enterprising men that have recently prospected in the Waitekaun, Kom.rrta' and Mardtotd district—a little empiri-' cal unsystematic prospecting which' has had such good results. A Pros, pecting Association soould be formod —conducted- on thoroughly ,b"Bimß* lines and accepting members of the

very humblest -tneaas, evea as low, •say, as subscribers "of Is per week. Defaulters -should be remorselessly posted and their shares forfeited and the 1 affair conducted generally with a single eye, -not to the individual but the community. The Government regulations 'for aid to .prospecting, niean as 'fehey are, could be taken advantage of and the concern thoroughly well advertised and made known. The scheme almost seems too simple to be of any use—roo much like the " bathing in Jordan" recipe, 'but we believe,,that once staffed in a { thoroughly honest and "genuine manner it would catch on and benome a permanent'success, .c'lt would .catch and harness the gambling spirit prevalent.-.wheTeWl the, human .re^ sides and make use of it in a legitimate way for the benefit and profit; of the communityTand if honest prospectors are to be obtained-—and we believe they are —andthe conduct' of' the Association be business-like and ab^oPe-board, then._we._believe that it has only !to be once commenced rto •ensure its /success.