THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1896. MINING LEGISLATION.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8595, 26 November 1896, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser. Favour to none; fear of none; justice to all. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1896. MINING LEGISLATION.

Hbmarkr as to Uii! supposed relations of tlie Government with the Kauri Timber Company were made at- Mi* Edwards' meeting last evening, Me 0. Conies, a Waitekauri prospector, bro.'gnt.np the matter by asking the candidate it lie was jit favour of repealing tlic new Bill,: which gave the Kauri Timber Company a right tlroy never had before, upset confidence in titles, and flattened out both the London and local slinrcmarkcts. Tlic first, words of Mr Edwards' reply showed that he is entirely opposed to the rceont legislation. He said the enactment Was Unsatisfactory to everybody— to tlic worki'i'j mart as wolf ns the capitalist. Ho knew positively that money to bo sent to the colony had bcon forwarded elsewhere wlieh it was found at Home that the (.overnniciit were fathering legislator of a character considered seriously detrimental to the interests of capitalists. The tendency of the measure was certaiuly in favor tile Kauri Timber Company which raised the price of timber, lowered wages and sent dividends to Victoria, In reply to a further question its to the lights of tlio Company to certain freehold and leasehold lands, Mr Edwards stated his belief that many of the titles Were invalid bub the Company being financially strong it was a hopeless task for private individuals to think of testing any of its claims in a Court of law. Tlio candidate's opinioa is that it would be better to repeal last session's Act and codify in one plain and unvarnished measure all the principal clauses of the existing Acts, lie believes that present mining legislation, is unintelligible even to lawyers.