Tairua.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2016, 21 June 1875, Page 2

Tairua.

(feom a cobkespondent.)

Friday Evening.

The only news of importance or sensation to report is that a midnight trip was made on Thursday night by a pushing miner, who arrived here about two' o'clock this morning. His mission here was to repeg Walter Williamson's lease. They say it never rains but it pours. This is going in with a vengeance.'"More law for the confiding shareholders. Walter, it appears, applied for a lease of 30 acres,*, and he has neglected- looking after the interest of the lambs.

A feeling of surprise took place on the afrrival of your extra yesterday with the report of the settlement of the Prospectors' dispiite. P might state that all hands wore satisfied they had: come to an amicable settlement,' as likely to lead to early working of the ground; but the contempt felt for the successful jumpers is unmitigated. :

A newspapeK correspondent here, who took side with the prospectors, was offered a share by Wickham's party, but like all conscientious men, he went in for what he considered equitable and just. He has, I am glad to report, got as good a show in another piece of ground—also, I believe, in diiputc. The Natives from the New Zealand claim to-day took down more quartz from their ground.

The Pride of the South claimholders are preparing to sluice. This claim consists of 14 men's grovid. 'The prospects obtained are good. Captain Cook's Lease—A drive is being pushed ahead to cut another lode. I hear that the brothers McTsaacs are prospecting in the Puriri district. : It, is reported that Mr WKitaker, of Auckland, was retained in the late law suit on behalf of the jumpers; so that Sir George Grey was right in not taking his advice on the subject. r : ' : Anderson's, or what : ;is ; called the Brothers Claim, are" taking advantage of the rain, and have constructed a dam to get as much water as possible^ There is one party putting in a. drive; another sluicing 5 feet of wa?h dirt—return, one ounce,or more per day. There xare four men continually at work. They will have about half-a-ton -down by The next claim is the Pride of the South--14 men s ground. They are about starting sluiciDg, whilst others are driving, lhe Brothers reef goes right through this claim The reef runs east and west, being 8 feet thick, and .there is on© 4 feet and another 2 feet.

■»*■ i Saturday, f My letter with the report of the jump" ing of the lease of my esteemed colonial iriend Walter Williamson has not appeared. I sent it for your issue of Friday. Walter has brought down upon himself the vengeance of the ring for .appearing or being a witness for Neves 1, the prospector. The time has arrived when a league should be formed of bona fide miners to fight these legal rangers that prowl about like midnight assassins to rob miners of their rights. The exhibition of law and justice in the late case to my idea wag a farce and a sham; no doubt it will bear its fruits, but the rotten and corrupt state of our governing power, I think, will shortly be altered 7 Surely there is spirit left amongst us to rectify the present, or to establish a new state of things. Are we.to witness daily gross corruption carried on, and not rebel ■against it?? T Let the Superintenderrtibe on his guard; the ring thlat have governed the General and Provincial Governments hitherto, are at work to sap.orundermine the prospects Lof the* aew; gjoldfield : they will have their claws on it in a week or SO. -: --. :;

The Brothers shareholders have taken down on their backs about half a ton of stone for crushing, i