Warden's Court.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 8689, 19 March 1897, Page 3

Warden's Court.

((jontinued from Fourth Page.) v The* followm;' applications were O ; granted. • ; J. Irwin, residence site, Kurunui Hill , . ; J; Goonan. permisssiQn, to work ; .Colonial special claim, llikutaia, with 2 men instead of 33 men for 4 months E. Shaw, permission to work .Friendship special claim, Hikutaia, with 2 ' men instead of 63 men for i months Temple Bar Goldmining Company, : permission to work Temple Bar special ; . , claim, Tararu, with 2 men instead of / 22 men for 4 months i,E; C, Beale, permission -to work Hilton special claim, 'l'araru, ; with 2 ; men instead of 33 men for 4 months : J. Stacey. permission to work Cinderella special claim, Whangamata, - with j- 1 man instead of 33 men for 4 months Thomas Millett and E. J. Greville, ' permission to work Windsor Castle ■ . special claim, Puru, with 1 man instead * ..' ot 33 men for 4 months . 1 GB. Beere, 6 months'protection for Topaz special claim, Waiomo

5 A. Kohn, permission to construct „. ■ ' dam banks at Hape Ureek - 1 ' George Dunnett, 3 months' protection for Marguerila special claim, Obinemuri James Coe, 6 months' protection for Von Tempsky arid Black Watch special claims, Tairua ♦ * B. ! H.'Bishop, permission to work . Bryndwr special claim, with 2 men instead of 12 men for 4 months L Melho'se, permission to work Benariza special'claim, Thames, with 2 1 << men instead of 28 men for 4 months - . W.;;Smith,' permission to work Standad special claim, Tairua, with 3 . in?n instead of 33 men for 4 months 1 R B o nnott, seni, 4 'permission,tfl work .. Star of Tarara' special claim;/ Tararu, - , with 2 men instead of 19 men for 4 . - months'-

D. Henderson, resident site, Waiomo : Royal Sovereign Goldmining Com .. pany, 6 months' protection for Royal ,* Sovereign special claim,;\fararu Magazine Goldmining Company, 6 months' protection .for the 'Magazine licensed holding, Tararu . Occidental Goldmining Company, permissionto work Occidental special - claim, Thames, 'with 6 men instead of 19 men for 4 month's—Granted for 2 months " ; •. . t P.Tlegan, 6 months' 'protection for. t- Golden Spur special''claim, Tapu Ajbert Goldminirig: Company; perv mission to. work Winder Extended special claim, Tairiial -Avjtli 4 men ,-in-' ' stead of 17. men for. 4 months ■ Cardigan Goldimhing Corapany,'4 months'' protection for Cardigan special claim, Thames .: ; Scandinviaion QoldmiiiingCoinpajiy, 6 month's protection for Scandinavian special claimmaobine site and water rights.Tararu G.B. Hilton, '6 months' protection w for Orizaba special claim,, 'IVaru * I). W. McMillan, residence site, Great Barrier. ; , : I': ' D. ;0. Clark, 6 months' protection for Pride of Tairna Extended special claim, • Tairua. ' : . .

Whangamata Proprietary Goldmin- • . •o'nffy(/omp%,';pehnission to work . Wharekawa, Luck at, Last, and .Luck at Last Extended, special ■ claims, , .Wharekawa, with 4 men instead of 31 • men for 4 months ' R Earl.. G months' protection for Pride of -Tairua special claim, Tair.ua F • W. Abbott; G months' protection. for Sweet Auburn and Happy Valley 1 special claims, Whangainata ; F. W. Abbott, permission' to work Triangle licensed holding with 1 man instead of I men for 4 mouths' 0. Short. I! months' protection ; for Wliangaitiata Jieefs Extended special claim, Whaiigamata « ' . Peter Norbury, 6 months' protection for Guiding Star spccial claim, Tapu ' ' W. E. Cossar/lj : month's protection for' Excelsior' special claim Great ' Barrier . ' . May. Queen - llaupiki Goldmining. .. Company,••..permission, to work Lone ~ Hand licensed holding', Karaka, with < 2 men instead of .9 men for -i liiohtlis.. • , Jas Momice, residence site, Irishtown ; , ' ' Jas. Weluian, permission to work : Athenian special claim, Tairua with 2 men instead of 33 men for 4 months • J. Morrison, permission to' work After special claim, Tairua, with .2 • men instead of 33 men for 4 months. ' "H. W, Motire,. ..permission-, to work Rapid and Cascade special claims, ' Whangamata, with' 2 men instead of 30 men for 4 mouths, ■' ' 'J,, Churton. - permission to. v work f F/llerslie licensed holding, Tararu, with 4 men instead of 9 men for 4 months Waiomo Goldmining Cotrpany, por- ' mission to work Waiomo special.claim, Puru, with 2 men instead of 3? men , for 4 months ~ ; : - C- B Thorn,e, 6 months', protection for Sir George special claim, Tairua a .Robt. James,- special site, Tararu |£G; B, Beere, six months' protection ■ for Emerald, Polydonis, und Now Piictolua special claim, Waiomo. ; G, Barber and ItKelly, six months' protPctibn for Micawber special claim, Tairua • \y, Forrest, six. 1 months' protection • •for Calabash special claim, Tairua •; W.' Clarke. permission to.work Puru j .. special claim,-Puru, with 2 nienin- "\ ' stead of 14 for four months Mount ' Argentum Gold and Silver ■; Mining Company, machine site, G'eat Barrier ' M. Fleming, permission to work Chester, Horeshoe, ar.d Filly special " 1 claims, Kirikiri, with' 2 men instead of •'23j 27. and 15 men respectively for 4 • months E. C, Beale, water race, Maungakirikiri ' E. C..Beale, machine site, Otinui U. Elliott,'water race 011 boundary line between Ryan's freehold and ol'eab Barrier Extended special claiw,

Great Barrier-Island.—Objected to by John a .id Thomas Ryan —Granted subject'to no infringement on Ryan's boundary and to the adjoining owner having t-lio usual allowance of water Kaitoke Gold and Silver Mining Company, application for a machine site, Great .Barrier [ . Adjourned to April Btii. W. H. Lucas, permission to work No Surrender licensed holding, Tarai'u, with 2 men instead of 10 men for 4 months (. Thomas Scanlon, permission to work Energetic special claim, Puriri, with 2 men instead of 33 men for 4 months

Mahara-Koyal Goldmining Company, tramway site, Tapu; also, per mission to drivo a tunnel through a portion of the Square and Compass licensed holding Tapu James Coe, permission; to work Day Dawn Extended special claim, Puriri, with 2 men instead of 21 men for 4 months ' T. Millet and E. C. Beale, P fi, ™ ission to work Mt. Taylor special claim, i I'araru, with 2 men instead of 26 men for 4 months Adjourned to Aphil 23rd. > Renata Ngata, prospecting license, I Tail ua, . Refused. The following applications were refused-:— R. J. Kelly, permission to work Royal Extended special claim, Tapu, with 2 men instead of 32 mon for 4 months ■ , ■ J. 0. permission to work Wakatu licensed holding, Ohui, with 1 man instead of 5 men for 4 months

R. D. < Sweetapple, permission to work Leap Year 'Special claim, Whangamnta, with 1 man instead of 2.4 men for. 4 months J. V, Ward and .A. Ward, permission to work the following licensed holdings with 2 men for 4 months Egmont, OJiui, full number of men 7; Manaia, Ohui, 5 men: Mont dOr, Ohui, 10 men;, Nil Desperanduin, Ohui, 10. men; Eagle Hawk, Ohui, 10 men; Esmeralda, Ohui, 10 men; Maoriland, Ohui, 5 men j My Daisy, Ohui, 3 men; Nil- Desperandum No, 2, Ohui, 10 men; Golden Hill Extended, I'J'airua, 10, men; Golden Hill No. 2,. Tair'ua, 10 men , the Contarf special claim, Oliui, 17 men; and.Ngatipo special claim, Ohui, 25 men —Some of the applications were applied for in conjunction with Jus. Smith and Jas. McGregor James Whiting, permission to work Wakamarino special claim, Ohui, with two men instead' of 31 men, for four months.

WrniDiiAWN. Charles Manuel, permission to tvorb Star of. England licensed holding, T&raru, with one man instead of five men for four months. Struck Out, G. E Mood, Rose claim, two men's ground at Puru. Adjouhned Till To-day. , Tlios, Fogarty,_ applications for permission to drive a tunnel at the Hape Creek, objected toby A, T. Bate on the ground that it vould interfere with the mining operation on the Fortuna special claim; and for permission to drive a tunnel and for a special site, objected to by A, T! Bate . - A 'Contested Case. . : . Geo. Elliott', special site on Kaitoke special claim, Great Barrier. -This was objected to by the Jfaitolce Gold and Silver Mining Company (no liability) on the following grounds(l) That the said proposed machine site is situated upon the special claim,' the property of the objector.

(:i) That the only suitable and'practically available-position or site upon tho said Kaitoke special claim for the .;rection of, a battery and crushing plant and machinery is the site and area marked and applied for as aforesaid by the said Geo. Elliott (3) That tho said Kaitoke Ct. and S.M. Co, has ever since it purchased or acquired tlio said spccial claim, and the owners beforo it of such special claim have intended'and proposed that such silo should be ' tho position or place on which the said company shall orect its own battery, and such site is required inter alia by the said company for. the said purpose. (4) Tho granting of such site to. tho said Geo. Elliot will materially prejudice, damage, and interfere with the mining operations of tho said Kaitoko Gold and Silver Min-

ing Company (110 liability! flfr Mahoney appeared for tho applicant and Mr Parr for the defendant Company.' Aftor three witnesses had been called by tho applicant's solicitor and the latter had intimated that was all fho evidence ho intonded fo call to establish his ease,-His Worship said Jie should then have to refuse tho application mis undoubtedly 'he applicants holding the lioenso had a preferential right to tho site. M r ftiahouoy sought to show that the Company was adii g in a " dog in tho manger way," but Mr.Parr .repudiated this, saying they worn willing to givo any other available site foriwdiineiy, . Tho application was lliorcupon rofuscd with costs'iJ'2 2s. PIIOSI'ECTIXO IICENSK, A. McLeod applied for a prospectiug licenso at llikutaia, but it was objected to by G, M. J. Gaunon, as he had previously applied for a portion of the said area as the Hercules, i.e., No. 2, No. 3 special claims, and Hercules No.'4 licensed holding; also | objected, to hy Geo, Alloy 011 the ground that ho had with tho consent of tho owner pegged nnd applied for the area nndor tho names of Alley's Froehold and Alloy's Freehold Nos, 'J, 3, 4, 5, G, and 7 special claims, and applied fir same in Paeroa Warden's Court; also by Henry Alley on the grounds: (1) 'Jhat tho Warden has no power 01* jurisdiction nndor sectiou 2 of the Mining Act 1891, Ameudmont Act 1896 to grant tho said prospecting license. (2) That the said land is being, and )ia3 been for some tiyjo

past, prospected for gold aid silver with reasonable diligence, and tin t tin average sum of not loss than £1 jior per aero is being oxpended in so doing. Arguments woro mado use _ of by Messrs Clondon on the ono sido and Jackson Palmer oil tlvo othor, and evontually the caso was adjournod to Paeroa.