THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1921, 1 March 1875, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1875.

On Saturday the T names Advertiser came out with a sub-leader commencing— " Some nonsense has been published regarding the operation of miners' rights issued under the Act of 1866, &c." It was evident that the polite reference to the publication of " nonsense" was aimed at ourselves, because we last week pointed out that miners' rights issued under the Act of 1866 previously to the opening of Ohinemuri would be of no effect at Ohinemuri—that, in fact, persons wishing to mine at Ohinemuri must obtain rights ;. for that field, which would be inoperative elsewhere. We did this on good authority, and the sequel shows .that we were correct— the impertinence of the writer in the Advertiser notwithstanding—for in this day's 'Tiser tho loading article is one long miserable apology for, or explanation of Saturday's trror. Th» first impulse of a generous

mind would have been to apologise to ourselves ; butour contemporary cannot appreciate generosity in any shape or form. It was of course necessary to explain away the errors of a previous issus* but it has been done in such a disingenuous manner that we cannot allow it to pass without reference—as much in the interest of the public as in vindication of the correctness of our own views, so cheekily characterised as nonsense. "We give in parallel columns tb-e Advertiser's views as expressed on Saturday and as published to-day. They are a fair type of the inconsistencies which, crowd the colunins of the morning paper, owing to |he presence of so many hands at the bellows :—

Advertiser, Sat., Feb. 27. "Those who have miners' rights under the Act of 1866, and who have regularly renewed them, may therefore rest assured that they are legally ehr titled to mine for gold at Ohinemuri without taking out; fresh : r ights.

Advertiser, Mon., Mar. 1. As to the miners' rights/; \t appears that every man taking up ground will have to be possessed of a right for the Ohinemuri district.'■/ . . . ; The officers of the General Government were of opinion that according to the agreement made with the Ohinemuri natives, ■ no man could be allowed to mine at Ohinemuri without a new miner's right.

We are authorised "by Mr Mackayto state that any person in possession of a Miner's Eight under the Act of 1866 can have it .exchanged for a right in force at Ohinemuri for the remainder of the term such right may hare to run ; the proportion of the fee accruing from which will be paid by the Government.