THE SEPARATION LEAGUE.

West Coast Times, Issue 588, 13 August 1867, Page 2

THE SEPARATION LEAGUE.

Tlio following report has been received by the President of the League from Mr Barff, under- date August the 12th, from the Waimea : — Sib, — I have the honor to report that I arrived in this district on the 10th instant, since which date I have been busily engaged in distributing copies of the petition for signature, a»d in advocating the cause of Separation. I address a public meeting at Stafford Town to-night, and may mention the somewhat gratifying circumstance thataraoug the many thousands of miners and business people of the distriot, I have not yet met with half a dozen men who are opposed to Separation. I have left copies of the Petition (with slips for signatures) at the following places ; — Cair's Hotel, Arahura; Bealeßros, Post Office Store, Waiinea Beach ; Delacour's Junction Hotel, Waimea Track; Piper's Flat; Bell and Loughey's store, Piper's Flat; Blanchfield's, Wood's Point Hotel, Piper's Flat; Ballin Bros store, Piper's Flat ; Empire Hotel, Stafford Town; Owen's Sluicera' Arms, Stafford Town; Kirwau's Leiuster Hotel, Stafford Town; Culliford's Post Office store, Stafford Town ; Bogdan's Welcome Hotel, Stafford Town ; West Coast Times Agency Office, Stafford Town ; Salamon's Bendigo Hotel, Stafford Town ; Williams' store, Tunnel Terrace, Waiinea ; M'Lean's store, Waimea Track ; Beale Bros, Waimea ; Clarke's Post^ Office store, Waimea ; M'Gregor's Eoyal Hotel, Waimea ; Kirkpatrick's store, Waimea; M'Millan's store, Big Dam, Waimea ; Ryder's Hibernian Hotel, Waimea ; Firth's West Coast Hotel, Waimea ; M'Millan's store, Waimea Track ; and Molloy's International Hotel, Waimea. The lists are filling up rapidly, and I hope to be able to forward a most favorable report in a day or two. I am, Sir, &c, Edmund Babff. j S. M. South, Esq., j President of the Separation League.

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