THE OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4058, 31 October 1881, Page 3

THE OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

(FROM QDB OWft CORRESPONDENT.) • Mil STEWAHT AT OWHAROA. OwiiAROA, Saturday. A meeting of tlio clcotors of tliis district was hold last evening in the battery to hear an address from Mr G. V. Stewart. Mr J; Mooro was called to tho clmir. After tlianking tho electors, tlio Chairman said that ho hoped thoy Would givo Mr Stewart a fair and impartial hearing. Mr Stewart, who was received warmly, then proceeded with his address, which on the. whole 5 was somewhat akin to that do- 1 livored at Waitokauri on Thursday/evening last. At the conclusion of , Mr Stewart's address the Chairman invited the electors to, question Mr Stewart respecting big views on various political nifittera.referred to in the courso of his address. Mr would like to know how Mr Stewart arrived at tho happy conclusion that narrow gua*6 railways would be tho cheapest aha best that could be adopted in., this country ; how the, monoy was' to be raised to 'dofray the cost of construction, &c, •• Mr Stowart: Narrow guago railways have been found to answer admirably in Wales and various othbr. places throughout Europe. '/He would bo in favour of building such lines of railway by means of private enterprise. A narrow guage line of railway below Tauranga and'thoHot Lakes was now about to, bo constructed by a company of Tauranga gentlemen, and hp was of opinion that tliis lino would ultimately be carried right through to Paeroa, via. Katikati and Owharoa. YA voice: ".Why not comraonco at'this end ?") At this juueturo Mr Stewart underwent a severe cross-examination, at the hands of Messrs Comes and Porter, Mr Stewart charged theso gentlemen with haying followed him round' from place, to placo with a view to creato disturbance: at his meetings. Tho accused ones .denied ,the soft impeachment, Mr Stewart's, amanu#nsis—Mr J.'Clarke—now rose, land a sharp passage of arms' .ensued between that; gentleman and Mr : Comes, Mr iClnrke said that ho was given to understand that tho wholo powerof tho Thames County Council was to be arrayed . against Mr Stewart. Ho went on to recapitulate the amount of good that Mr Stewart had. done'for the country. ,Mr Porter next addressed the chair, speaking at Borne length, and concluded by proposing that a vote of thanks bo accorded Mr Stowart for his address that'.evening, seconded by Mr Bauld. Mr Clarko proposed as an amendment that a vote of conr fidence in Mr Stowartbe passed. Seconded by Mr Savage. The amendment was put first, and doolared to bo'jost. Tho Chairman .then pti| tho original resolution, which was'carried by a largo majority. A' voto of thanks to tho chair brought tho, proceedings, which were quiet' .and orderly throughout, to a close. • , ; - MINING NOTES.: . I am pleased to see that something tangible is at last about to bo done in tho construction of tho Martha battery, and

water raco. Instructions havo been ro- 1 ceivcd by Mr Henry Crump, mining,cngi- 1 neer, to prepare plans and. specifications 1 and call tenders for the removal of the | Karangahsko battery. Mr Crump,is now j busy taking the ncceskary levels for tram- < way, &c. A tramway is also being laid j off from the Younj> Colonial tunnel'to a ; point on tho Wailn Company's tramway. i . I have visited the new find at Tauka'uehi, j Two largo areas havo bceri'marked off,— i one by Sims and party and the other by' < that well-known prospector, Dan Leahy., I There is an Immense body of quartz inter- ■ Becting the ground taken up by these i parties. It outcrops from a .considerable i distanco along tho surface, and evidently, I is of a highly auriferous character. From | various placcs along the outcrop wo broke i off small pieces of quartz, which, when i subjected to the mortar and dish process, ! yielded fair prospects., I also tried t the : sandstono, which is somewhat similar to i that found in the Smile of mine - i boing intermixed with innumerable quartz < stringers; the prospects obtained there- i from wore really astonishing. At tlm i time of my visit none of tho party aboro i referred to wero present, so 'that I i was obliged to •" fossick 'I around on 1 my own account. Taukanchi is a bald < bluff, situato at the entrance to the i celebrated Waihautuea gorge, and within ] easy distance of the .Karangahako bat- i tory. It is to bo hopsd that tho 1 present proprietors; of this battery i will reconsider their/decision respecting i its. removal...to ,Waihij. and coneludo i to leave it stand where ■ it now isj for oro many months have passed away there will bo an abundanco of payable qiinrtz awaiting treatment in its immediate neighbourhood. • MR, SI§VART AT I'AEROA. Paeroa, November,27, Mr Vesey Stewart addressed tho electors in tho Tublic Hall, last night. The meeting was woH'nttended, Mr C. P. Mitchell in the .chair, who in a short speech intror duccd the candidato, and asked that ho gefc a fair hearing. Mr Steward, oa coming forward, said ho did not feci,, like a stranger among them, i\s. ho often visited Paeroa' on 'private business, before, and : therefore felt quite at home. Ho ihcit 1 gave almost a resume of his Puriri spoeoh as reported in your oolumns, but went more fully inta tho special settlement . business, whioh he said was a benefit to ; tho colony, and in whioh ho was and is, a ; n firm believer, 110 also stated .he was in favour of Government making main trunk i roads, and giving extended powers to ; County Councils, taxing nativo lands, i localising gold duty expenditure, making ; Chairmen of Counties be elected annual 1 "' by tho ratepayers—and on bti p " . ,'•!? in favour of County fl * -tf, v 8 individual councils publislnng ho •-*' . ul iioers travelling expenses, uiiitl he'was, but that tho 'ftuninjra Countv Councillors gotjione to publish, lie would* do away with tho present Wrsto Lands Board, and make that body elective, and did not believe in Chineso emigration After answering a uumbor of questions to tho Bceming satisfiofaction of tho nudicnce, j Mr Morgan propsed, and Mr Guilding seconded, "That this mcoting gives Mr V. Stowart.a vote of confldoncq.' Mr Comes then proposed a voto of thanks, and after considerable discussion, imd

somo amufioment, tho Chairman decided that both Wore * carried, which announcement was received with cheers. ;Mr Stowart thapked tho meeting for tho patient way in which thoy listened to him, and proposed a voto of thanks to the' chair, which was [carried with musical ■ honours. , , , Waitekauri,' Oct'. 2D.' Waitekauri Tribute: In' this ground.a. iargo number of men are at work Tho V' ' r ' show in tho stopos and face continues, first-class, and tho mine is turning out a large tonnage' of qiiartz. Yostcrday 65 tons of quartz were sent down the'tram to the. battery, which has 20 head going,, on it. Ten head are gettingrid of No. 3 . dirt. The tribute stuff is estimated to yield :on average .of about' 70z6, but it is hard to say what will bo the " correct tip;" 1: Mr feter Hansen has arrived, and taken charge of No. 3 mine, - Ho has started to get things in order, and, intends to start crushing shortly with 11 head; as there 1 is already agood'number of tons in the hopper ready to send down. ' Ho'intends if, possible to declare a; : dividend ! beforo '' Christmas, and from tho.prospects I think that Will be an easy'matter,.' ';.'