FROM CORRESPONDENTS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2081, 4 September 1875, Page 2

FROM CORRESPONDENTS.

OOEOMANDEL. Thjs day. Union Beach Jumptd-

Breaches of the Quartz, Crushing

Machines Act

The . Union Beach shaft, pumping machinery and other portions of the ground have been pegged out by McGregor and party, It appears old Peter, a Maori chief> vested lands in trustees — Woollains, Mapknj • aj4 McGregor—who arranged with flip ,o}d company, which was wound up ; consequently the land reverted to the trustees again, and no arrangement was made with

the present company, hence the present action, which has caused a great excitement here, as the conclusion is that it would not be done unless there was some certainty of its su'ecseding. Edward Thomas, Star and Garter Hotel, was sumnfoned for a' breach of the Quartz: Crushing Regulation and Inspection Act, iv wilfully neglecting to enterion the register book a quantity of gold obtained and stuff put through. Inspector Bullen prosecuted. Defendant was fined £20, or four months' imprisonment. For another case, for wilfully omitting to enter parcels of stuff in accordance with the Regulations, defendant was fined £300 (Qy ? £30) or six weeks' imprisonment—concurrent.

John Henry Evans, charged with, a breach of the Quartz Crushing Machine Eemulations Act, was fined £50 or 3 months' imprisonment. In this case the machine was a large pestle and mortar.