PUDDLING MACHINES

Otago Witness, Issue 549, 7 June 1862, Page 8

PUDDLING MACHINES

In order to facilitate the production of gold, it has boen decided thut the Co-nmvssioner of the gold fields at Waitahuna maybe i.iiowed to grant permission for tlie . election of puddling mills, pending the issue of amended Regulations, on the following conditions

Ist. The site to be approved \>y the Commissioner. No mills should be permitted to, be constructed in the centre of Gullies. ' %

2nd. In each Gully or Flat a Main Drain, or Drains, s'lould be cut so as to convey the sludge hoe of the workings. 3rd. Each Mill owner should construct a Branch Sludge Drain-, communicating with tho Mum Drain, and at all times keep the same clear. The Main Drains to be kept clean by the joint labor of the various Mill owners.

Miners intmding to apply for permission to erect such puddling mills will hnvetopost notices on the proposed claims for seven days prior to permission being grin ted.

Mr. Samuel Robinson, formerly editor and proprietor of the Fifeshire Journal, who recently absconded," atter committing forgeries to a large amount, v.as traced in tlie following manner : — The London detectives got scent ot thp runaway in the metropolis, nnd. on inquiry at the hotels, found that a gentleman answering Robinson'i description, and speaking with a Scotch accent, nnd who gate his name- as Chester, had stopped at or near King's Cross for a night. He left no clue as to where he had gone. One of the waiters, however, mentioned that, while at breakfast Mr. Chester w.is making some memorandum in his pocki'tbook, when his gold pencil-case broke, whereat lie appeared much annoyed. This waa'sV very trifling circumstance, and to a person uninitiated in the .»rt and mystery of tracking criminals, would, in all probability, have been overlooked altogether ; but slight as it was, it occurred to the officers in question that thut little accident would lead to the apprehension of the Rentlenmn they wore in search of. Inspector Wbicher immediately caused inquiries to be made at all the silversmiths in London, to know if a gentleman answering the accused's description bad left a gold pencil-caso to be repaired. The inquiries were successful, for in a few days he discovered that a£\a very respectable jeweller's in the city, the quasi Mr. Chester had left his broken pencil-case to be repaired, ami was to call again for it in a few days. A strict watch was now kept, upon the shop, and on Saturday afternoon week their hopes were realised and their patience rewarded by the gp,m lonian appearing to take away bis property. He was at once apprehended by Sergeant Wallis, and proved to be the real onuon Pure they were in 6earch of. On being searched, a considerable sum of money was found and taken possession of by Bell, who togk the prisoner from London next evening, en route for Scotland.