Mahakipawa

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 86, 25 November 1890, Page 2

Mahakipawa

(From Qur Own Correspondent,)

Several claims Lave done well tins week. The best records I hear of are the Wairarapa 470 z, the Golden Hope 360 z, JuaUn-Time 240 z, and several more did fairly well, I should say that considerably over 200 oz were brought down on Saturday, The Hibernian are on gold. I saw a very unique specimen from that claim the other day, it consists of blue quartz with quartz only visible at one end, but evidently there is more gold than is visible, as it is only estimated to loseafew penny-weights when crushed. Its weight is a little over three ounces. 4 match is arranged between William Ly’6ll and Tas- If err, to run for £2O, distances to'Be 103yds, half a mile, and mile, time alia place your readers can see by advertisement. We had Mr Phillips here dn ‘Saturday evening, and ho had a goad meeting, Oliver’s Jj&ll being well I) lied! As his address tq- electors ‘ heqq ’ wqh

circulated, and he in the main stuck to his text, it is unnecessary to say much about his address here. Mr Fred, Coombes was in the chair, and several questions were asked at the close of the meeting, which Mr Phillips answered in a straightforward manner. In answer to an elector the candidate explained that he had agreed with Mr Hursthouse that he should run the Waimea-Picton district, and that Mr Hursthouse should run the Buller, remarking that Mr .Hursthouse “ threw me over.” At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was proposed and carried. As the election gets closer I hear a good deal of election talk, and knowing the miners here (a great number intimately) I have not the least hesitation in stating that the local man will get nearly a block vote here, although your contemporary, the Times, tells its readers that Mr Hursthouse is going to take the creek by storm. Mr Phillips is far more popular with ns, but the fact that voting for i him means splitting the votes, and! giving the conservative candidate a show, will prevent a few who believe in him from recording their vote in his favour. I heard a remark the other day that I think is about right: That the fact of the Times blowing Mr Hursthouse’s trumpet for him, has done him a great deal of harm in Oulleusville, as it is so well known that that paper is adverse to the interests of the working man.