LAKE WAKATIP TO THE HOLLYFORD RIVER.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 21, 6 April 1870, Page 4

LAKE WAKATIP TO THE HOLLYFORD RIVER.

MR SlJirSOJi’s SURVEY EXPEDITION".—NOTES BX THE WAY.

Friday, March IS. —Left Queenstown, per steamer Antrim, at 11 a.ra., and after a most pleasant sail, reached the head of the Lake (distant about thirty miles) at I p.m. Weather excellent, and hence Laruslaw Peak, capped with snow and aided by the surrounding peaks, contrasted strangely but favourably with the barren and monotonous prospects obtainable in the neigh bonrhood of the Dnnstan. Unshipped our provisions, equipment articles, and horses, and the packing process was then commenced. This operation, being novel and strange to at least one or two of the party, proved somewhat tedious. Started, and camped about a mile from the head of the Lake, in the middle of a flat, and adjacent to a couple of friendly birch trees, whose welcome spread considerably relieved us from the chilling influence of the first frosty night experienced. The majority of the party were now employed in fixing the [ tents, while the remainder attended to the | replenishment of the inner man. Went to } bed about 8 p.m. | Saturday, March 19.—Up at fi.lf) a.m. Breakfasted off a cut of one of “ Sinclair’s” host, and commenced exploration of the country. By a tedious process ofwanclering, managed successfully to get through a bush on the west side of the JDart Valley. Not being over expert, got caught beautifully in the middle of a swamp. Followed through this by the first branch of the river Dart, crossed, and made straight for the main branch ; but aftor two or three | ineffectual attempts, Rncournbed,. and at-

tempted to enter the 1 bush by the chunne \yo lately crossed, but which being nar .rower and deeper, we had to perform an acrobatic feat by the kindly aid of the pro jecting branch of a, tree. Traversed tin bush, and re-entered the flat five miles cits taut j thence to second camping- place, ten miles distant from head of Lake, ainl adjacent to mouJi of Ruuteburn Yalloy, The valley of tlio Dart is rather extensive and the land is excellent for half a iaile oo each side of tlio river'as far tvs the junction ol the Houteburn. The width of the valley is estimated at a mile'and a half on the average, but at least half a mile may bo considered as the shingly or sandy bed of the river in ordinary freshets, The volunvo of water exceeds anticipation, being fully equal to that of the Shotover, land the fall of the flat is probably twenty feet to the mile. Camped on the outskirts, of the bush, which extends three-fourths of the distance up the Routebum Valley ; and having secured what Nature demands—viz., shelter and sustenance—we went to sleep. rail ■

Sunday, March 20.—tip at 6.30, breakfasted, and resumed tlio march. Being Sunday, we took it easy. Still progressing in the direction of the interior. Sorrowful to relate, had to cut a track through a mixture of dense and light scrub to avoid two swamps, a distance of three quarters of a mile. Arrived at a terraced opening on the south bank of the Houteburn, and established camp. Terraced opening about 40 chains in length, by an average width of 20 chains. Laud good, and feed excellent. The horses will remain here until our return, as the country is too rough to take them further. Camping place about two miles above the junction of the Routeburn with the river Dart, there being no tributaries between. The volume of water of the Houteburn at this place may be taken as the maximum flow into the Dari at this particular season of the year. Sandflies exceedingly annoying all night. Weather, as before, good.

Monday, March 21.—Up between sixß and seven. Breakfasted, and with four of if the party explored the gorge in advance j| for a distance of four or live miles. WeR then returned, and made arrangements for If one of tlie party to remain in charge of the j * horses till our return. The men then ar-It ranged their swags for the following morn-If ing, a week’s supply of provisions being I } included in the articles packed. Shot a j brace of blue ducks, also some kakas, and 1 the cook expertly entrapped a Maori lien, || They were all duly prepared, and put on |f the tire for next morning's breakfast. ; 1 Tuesday, March 22.—Rose at 7 ; fared || sumptuously on previous day’s execution p with the gun. Left cook witii fair supply |l of provisions, which, with his excellent p tact iu ensnaring native hens, made lliiall quite contented. Commenced our first rj day’s legitimate exploration. Travelled | through a mixture of bush, tolerably fres | from under scrub, and open grassy Hats, f the latter not very extensive, although | some of them would make snug little farms I for dyspeptic individuals who can still ,( write cheques for small amounts. This p bush is vastly inferior to that on the lake | side, but still a few sticks could be picked | for divers purposes. Got to first crossing I of lioutebnm, 2 miles distant from camp, p Very good ford ; average depth of water, fe 12 inches. From this place to the rapids, | a distance of a mile, we inarched through | bush of the same nature as that last mot I with. Arriving vat a creek, we ascended | obliquely a spur of the lull-side facing the S rapids ; and by a process of scrambling up | and sliding down this “gently” undulating part of the track, reached an old camping, i place, which, judging from the decayed I condition of the uprights and ridge-pole, J must have been ore of Caples’ old ( places of “ accommodation” in the very early days. Following the blazed track 1 over a hushed flat, not very extensive in I width, arrived at a good-sized grassy flat, in the middle of which is the junction of ( the north with the west branch of the j j Ivoutebum, Flat in extent probably 80 |1 chains by 20 ; greatest portion gravelly ; 1 likely to he submerged during floods— Sj hence in a measure useless for agricultural p purposes. The top of the flat is the bottom hj of the “ Lower Falls.” Looking up to { their summit, the effect is striking.. A |i series of cascades over a rugged, rocky face, i: total height about 1100 feet, and horizontal | distance not more than 50 or 60 chains;! the brinks thickly bushed, and sloping! “ gently” at the rate of 1 to 1. From this I description one maybe enabled to draw|his own conclusions as to the grandeur oft, the prospect. The hush line is close upon! the top of the falls, there being a sad fall-1 ing off in the quality and dimensions of| the tiniher. Having faced manfully tlic| difficulties attending the ascent, wo “ wont| at it”-—to borrow a pugilistic phrase—nmlf had the satisfaction of gaining the top after s 21 hours’ “pleasant” exercise. I wish a! certain medical friend of mine had been there. A timely distribution of a fcw| drops of “ Hunnessy’s” best put the party | iu good humour, and called to the fore! sufficient energy to erect our tent on tho| edge of the bush ami to prepare our humble evening meal. Weather excellent, but the | temperature several degrees colder. Bush | with less undergrowth than below. ' In th;.j ascent met with some splendid specimens* of shrubs, equal to our host garden ones; | 1 and water-lutes were so abundant that wet

f juiul them useful for pulling ourselves up with. Wednesday, March 23.—Rose at 7.30. and resumed march, after a painfully molicvouous breakfast, over a narrow strip of very good* laud, extending about a mile and a half between .the upper and lower falls, the average width not exceeding (i to S chains. Its high elevation renders it for ally purpose but grazing in the summer and autumn season. The upper falls are about half the height of the lower; appearance the same, and horizontal distance in proportion. Having, no bush to coatem.!' with, sc-riinlblod up pretty easily, and was ’rewarded wi hj a view of Lake Harris, the summit of the falls being the discharging point of this lake. The lake, which is totally wall-bound, is about half the size of Lake Hayes. At the west end is the; dividing, saddle, which will be the highest point of ascension when the track is formed, and the lowest part of which is fifty feet aboVe the level of the lake. At the north end is'a feeder from Lake Wilson, a yet smaller, lake, about 200 or 300 feet above Lake Harris. The view from the saddle is oouiined to the Hollyford valley; being well bommed-iu in the circuit

all but in tliis one direction. Had to i pome over a shelving hill bordering on i Lake Harris, as the side of the lake is i quite impassable : operations of ascending, ( [ traversing, and descending a trial to timor- ; ( ous individuals or people with delicate un- • I derstdntling'H, Descended from saddle to i a small terrace bordering the bush of the . Hollyford valley and adjacent hills. Had , j dinner hero, ami resumed the descent to the Hollyford. The first hour’s march j t was tolerably easy work, but the snb.seL 1 qqont part of the journey was attended j will! many mishaps, in the shape of somorr Faults, semi-brokou heads, swags flying off e at regular tangents, sudden disappearances : t of limbs, .and frequent total eclipses, Dei -pended about 4000 feet in a horizontal i direction of not more than two miles, ! t through ordinary bush, the aid from which % was invaluable sometimes in assisting us f to keep a perpendicular position. Got to i 0 the bank of the Hollyford at 5, rigged up § the teat sharp, b iled, not the hilly, but \ P the water in it, and fed luxuriantly on : b 1‘ Sinclair” ■ and biscuits. The banks of > the Hollyford arc thickly bushed to it’s . -isc, and as far down as the eye could see, 1 [irobablv to the coast. The bush was sui icripr, to th iL, previously passed through, . 1 mt not'what might be called first-class ; ( j lirch prevails, although there are a few a ;ou.l sticks of totara. The river seems to 1 ,h> subject to Ho ) Is, as the flat on the east I file bears indications of flood influence, a l':m creeks running into the Hollyford, y mil too river itself, may probably be t onsiilerably rushed should the communi q ption bo opened, as there are some very .t nod indications of gold-bearing strata, d fliti ford at our camping-place was very 9 mix! ; not move than 12 inches of water, i; iml a width of 100 feet. The river is not hj 1 large at tliis place u.s is the Shotover at is ho ordinary crossing. Wild fowl abnnII hint, but shy.j our shot too light, hence is i-imewliat unsuccessful in treating with a hem. Sandflies had a rare feed during d he evening. g Thursday, Ma-eh 24, —Strong breeze all fp light. Tent shewed unmistakable signs rp fcaving in; but didn’t. Rose at seven, s, ml commenced the return journey. 4000 hj eet staring one in the face—delightful >t respect!, Olf at it like bricks, however, d ad, after a walk of four good hours, sue i is eeded in reaching the small terrace before p lluded to. Had dinner, and then m ide ,g or the ,saddle, arriving on the top about n hour after. Started on the ascent at id . part of the shelved hill not at all to be e, ecoiumeuded for its security ; but, having id ommnnced, wo carried it through. Head ■y md to be inclined upwards ; a downward k cadency might have resulted in something in hooking. Got on to the. strip of fiat land j t, Racliug to the top of the lower falls, and j of prickly traversing it, reached the camping I ae [round of the previous Tuesday evening >0 lose upon twilight. Weather very cold, | r j mt fine. A few good yarns were spun j 'vcp a tolerable fire, which the relators al >'crp not called upon to verify, so we | m piietly went to bed. j to Friday, March 25.—Rose at 0,43, Cold | A nd hazy morning. After breakfast, we 1 ;e, .flowed the south bank of the Routcbm-n ;al iy way of change, where wo had to fossick s J Bur way as well as the precipitous nature ng gf the hill slope would permit. Reached ns ilii! bottom of the falls in a little over an i\v.|fur ; and resumed march to the camp at off pan., where our charming friend the on fink' received us with every demonstration 111-|f joy. Dined liberally, packed up, and of feuehoil the month of the valley, and the :hc Edge of the hills, by 5 p.m. Camped, at a jnt lost magnificent spot, and generously alnd "ved the horses to roam at large ; but retor retted doing.so afterwards, as they went i a M far, and could not be found that ovenion iig. Riled fuel on the lire, till it ew Pitched huge proportions; frightening away rty vil spirits, but failing to entrap Maori oro icus. Weather, as before, splendid, tho Saturday, March -20.—Men did not got bio lie horses till 9. Went off to the head of tho xike, distant 9 miles. Reached it just in ish. Una .to catch the steamer before going tkjj L'qjWi Delayed it until men came in with ens lorsea and effects. Got all on board, and es; pft at 3, arriving in Queenstown at 7.30, wo ifter an absence of only eight days,

! WARDEN'S'COURT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 <, (Before Vincent P'jke, li.iq., Warden.) DISPUTED MIXING PAUTNKaSUTP. iJtl'OU* TAVT OASIS, Mailman and others v. Stewart RiuhiUinul an I another,•-'•Mr Brough appeared for plain - tills, Henry Maid man, Robert Loughnan, and Ignatius Loughnan, who claimed to he adjudged partners of defendants in the prospector's Claim on'the line of reef kriliwn as Stewart Richmond's, at Bondigd. Mr Bailey appeared for defendants,, --Who pleaded a denial of the partnership. Mr,Brough briefly stated the ease, and called the following witnesses, from whose evidence the facta of the case, so far as elicited, will bo gathered. . .Henry Maidman, on path, gave evidence as follows : lam a storekeeper at the Liurgate. In the end of September last, Richmond, Muir, the Messrs Lotighhah, and’ myself, formed a company to prospect a reef at Head-horse Creek, Luggatc. It was originally agreed that there should bo six shareholders, Richmond and Muir to work at the reef, and to receive £2 a week each as wages. The company was, however, eventually composed of the Hve members 1 have mentioned, it being agreed that a proportionate amount less should be,paid .the working shareholders. They began to work the reef on the iiOth of September, and wrought for about a fortnight. Muir then left for Bendigo Cully, without leave. He marked out a claim at Bendigo, and came back and told ns he had done so. He then returned to Bendigo, taking Richmond with him. Wo consented to this arrangement, as the reef at Head-horse bad not turned out well, and we thought we had a hotter chance at Bendigo. I shortly afterwards visited the claim at Bendigo, and found no one working in it. Muir was in Cromwell, selling shares in another claim which he had marked out. They abandoned the first claim, and pegged olf a claim on a now lino of reef that Richmond discovered. I believed that myself and the Messrs Loughnan had an interest in the claim. V/c paid £25 Sa wages on the Saturday before they applied for protection for the claim. I believe that shares were sold in the claim for large amounts. By Mr Bailey : It was in the latter end of September that we formed the company to prospect the reef at Dead-horse Gully. No wages were paid to Richmond and Muir for work done in the claim now in dispute. I still understood we' were-shareholders in it.. There was a written agreement drawn out. [This agreement was here produced, and showed that a company had been formed to work a claim on the Aurora line of reef.] This claim was given up in consequence of the poor prospects obtained. Ignatius Loughnan, examined, gave evidence as follows : I remember entering into a mining partnership with Mailman, the two defendants, and my cousin. Muir and Richmond were to work at a reef in Head-horse Gully on behalf of the co-partnery. This reef was subsecpieutly abandoned, and an agreement for the working of a claim at Bendigo was drawn up. Money was paid to Muir and Richmond as wages to either the 7th, Bth, or 9th of December. My cousin paid the money. I did not see it paid. I have heird Maidman s evidence and confirm it, Henry Maidman, re called : I was present at Mr Fjouglinari’a house when the money was paid to Richmond. 1 believe it was on the Hist Saturday in December. The amount paid was £25 Bs. I also paid a sum of £5 13s lld previously—that -is, 1 receipted a bill for that amount which was due to me by Richmond mid Muir.

This c<-nullified the evidence for the plaintiffs ; a material wituc- s—Mr Robert Lougiman—for whose attendance the ease had been previously

aljonrnpd, being still absent, Mr Bailey contend-id that there was no case before the Court at all. This agreement produced showed that the company had been formed to work a claim (specially mentioned) at Bendigo, and when th t elaiin was abandoned it was only reasonable to auopose that the partnership was at an end. He would call for the defence

Stewart liichmond, who being sworn deposed i I recollect euterirg into a mining partnership with the other pa-ties to this sab, for tho purpose of prospecting a reef at Dead-horse (fully. After working the reef for a shore time we gave it up. Muir then went to Benligo, and in a day or two came back a ;ain. . Ho said he had taken up a claim on the Aurora reef. We all agreed to join him in it, and had an agreement drawn out to that edict. Muir and I went to work the claim. Slurtly afterwards 1 gave up working in the claim, as I had no opinion of it. 1 put a man in mv place. I told Maidman and L mglmau so. I also told them that they need not look to me any further as a working shareholder in the company. They did not say anything. I did not consider they wore entitled to any .sham in the claim I subsequently took up, By Mr Brough : I cannot say whether it was in November or December that I pegged out the claim in dispute. I remember Mr Badger putting ia our application for a prospecting claim, 1 suppose I signed it mi that day. Wo had a shaft down two or three feet when wo applied for the prospecting claim. Mr Brough : Then, sir, what did you mean by stating to the Warden, iu your application fir a prospecting claim, that you had a shaft sunk to a depth of tea feet ?

Examination continued : I remember receiving | money as wages from Mr Lnughnati, at Iris house, j It was nu a Saturday. J ceased to receive wages I from that time. I remember that Muir and I j owed Maidmau £5 l.'is lid for goods supplied us. I Maidman receipted the account, and wo credited I him with it as wages paid. The Warden commented strongly on the dis* crcpaucy in the evidence of the last witness as regarded the depth of tire shaft which had been sunk in the claim, and intimated to the plain* tills’ solicitor tlrat if an adjournment was applied for ho would he inclined to grant it, in the hope of Mr Robert Loughuau being in attendance next Court day. Mr Brough promised to endeavour to secure the attendance of Mr Louglnian. and applied for the adjournment, which was granted. THURSDAY, MARCH 31. (Before Vincent Fyke, Esq., Warden. ) REEFING VERSUS SLUICING. —IMPORTANT '■ MINING CASE. Logan and others r. A lid road and party.—The information in this case set forth “that the defendants have for some time past been using certain tail-water, the property of the Aurora Quartz Mining .Company, for sluicing purposes, and have been unlawfully running tailings into i the complainants’ head-face, and have so fouled tlifi water the property of complainants as to render ,it unlit -for the purpose of effectively working the crushing machine the property of the complainants, to the damage of the comnlainants to the amount of £500.”

It was decided to try tho case with assessors, and the following were chosen from eleven who hail boon summoned, viz., George Taylor, John Hayes, Roger Donegan, and Wijlia.it) Howe,.

iMr Brough appeared for oeroplittnants, ami Alldroail conducted t.lio emu for himself ami partners. Mr Brough stated the facts of tho ease, and called the following witnesses : Thomas Logan, on oath,' said : I am ohq of the shareholders in tho claim known as Logan and party’s, and am the holder of a water-right t<> work tho crushing nihohine, . l Aomember the water coming down in a very nimbly state this month. Wo Wore obliged to stop the machine in consequence. I estimate that we sufi'ereda loss of £IOO mer day while tho machine was idle. The tailings from defendants’ workings tilled Up the head-race. , *-\C\ (\*,l liy Mr Alhlrcad ; It is about twelve months since the machine was fixed. The Aurora Com. pany wore not at that time using, water coming down the course it is at present. It was running down to llocky Point. The water never was so muddy as it is at the present time. I did not expect to ha\ l o clear water when 1 erected the machine. You arc not the only parties sending muddy water down the creek. I remember sending our engineer to tell you that the water you wore sanding down was stopping our workings, and also your coming down to speak to me.. I remember you offering to clanit to keep the mml back. I remember you offering to cut in clean water. I refused both those offers. The muddy water both stops the wheel and clogs the tables. The hud of the creek has been filled up two feet and a half since Alldread and party commenced sluicing. It has not been tilled up by our tailings. The bed of the crock has risen nearly six foot during the past year. William Watson, being sworn, 'deposed : I am engineer at Logan and party’s machine. I remember being obliged to stop the machine this mouth ! altogether, it was stopped 208:j hours, We generally put through 12 tons in the 24 hours. The stone we have been crushing lately has averaged to the ton. Including myself there are four men employed at the battery. We work night and day shifts—two men during the day, and two at'night. [ consider £IUO pe day during the time the machine was stopped, would be good compensation. I can see a considerable rise in the bed of the creek—in fact, it will soon overflow, and carry dur tailings away. By Mr Alldread ; 1 recollect coming to you on the (>th March. You,told me you-had not been ground sluicing for two days previously. I recollect that at that time the water was only coining down above where yon were Working-. The water Was muddy at that, time, too. 1 made a memorandum every time the machine was stopped. I remember repairing the wheel during one of the occasions when it was stopped, but it was not stopped for the purpose of doing so. The wheel is working now. By the Warden : The men at the machine were not exactly idle, as the blacksmith was engaged making some bolts, screws, &c., and the other man was cleaning up the place ; but they were not employed at their usual work, I should think that £2 pef top is a fair price for crushing. The water is now like it was before Alldread and party commenced sluicing. That is, it is lit for crushing with. John Wilson Thomson, a miner in the employ of Logan and Company, corroborated tho evidence of the previous witness. This was tho last witness produced for the plaintiffs. William Alldread then gave evidence on oath as follows : 1 am one of the defendants in this action. We rent tho Aurora tail-water, and use it for sluicing purposes, under the impression that we have a right to do so.. Our tailings go down the Bendigo creek. There 13 no other outlet for them. /

[After some little delay, the water-rights of the Aurora Company were produced in Court. Hut it appeared that defendants had been obliged to cut another race of about a mile in length to bring the water fi'um the Aurora race to their workings, and for this race no certificate was forthcoming.']

Edward Barnes, being sworn, stated : I recollect the time when the Aurora Company was sluicing at Bendigo. We knocked off sluicing about the time the wheel was commenced. The tailings were ruining in the same place as they are now. It is the only outlet for them. We obtained a certificate for the extension of our race, and the mile of race cut by defendants was included in this extension.

By Mr Brough : I thought it was possible that damage might he done to Logan and party’s workings through sluicing operations. That was the reason why a clause was inserted in the agreement for onr water made with Alldread and party, absolving us from a]l liability for damages. When we were sluicing there wo were working ground close to where the present defendants are sluicing. We left off working about .100 or 400 yards from where they commenced. This concluded the evidence.

The Warden said there could be no doubt that the cutting of the race by defendants was an illegal act. The Court had never given permission for the cutting of the race. It was undoubtedly a special race, and a special applicatior for the right to cut it should have been made. The law on this point was undoubtedly against the defendants. In so far as regarded the illegality of the cutting of the face, he must direct the assessors to find for the plaintiffs. The certificate for the extension of the race did not give a right to cut a fresh portion. As to damages, the amount sued for was ridiculously excessive. Flo left it t» the assessors to say whether they thought it advisable to visit the ground. He would give them the following questions to answer

1. Have plaintiffs sustained damage by the running of muddy water from defendants’ claim into complainants’ race ? 2. lias damage bean sustained by the running of tailings into the bed of the creek ? 3, Has damage been sustained by plaintiffs through loss of time during the stoppage of the wheel 2 4, If so, what do you assess the total amount of damages at ?

[ The assessors decided upon visiting the ground [ before giving their decision. This having been 1 done, on their return they answered the first | three questions in the affirmative, and in answer I to the fourth they assessed the total damages at £45.

The Warden therefore gave judgment for the plaintiffs, damages £45, and ordered defendants to desist from further sluicing operations, L'NI.AWrilM.y DIVERTING WATER. Logan and others ». Barnes and others, —Complaint against defendants for having unlawfully diverted nr caused the diversion of certain water in Bendigo (hilly, to the injury of complainants, .by fouling the water in their head-race, The case was adjourned to the 11th April at the rcrequest of defendants. [A large number of application? for protection, prospecting claims, water-races, Ac., were dispusjld of, but wc have not room to publish them In detail,] ; ' v

A. poafc-oflicc lias lately been established at Coal Creek Hat. four miles from the Teiiot. Mr Hubert Ayling, of the Coal Crock, Hotel, is appointed postmaster,

j MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, u I An adjourned mooting qf tl\q Council was hold i ou Wednesday evening hud., nt which the Mayor | ivnd all the Councillors wire ptobent. j j Or. Daoo though tt hat before the,Towu Clerk ; proceeded to read the minutes of the former Council, it would be aq well if there was noma I Understanding us to whether the Mayor intended j to put them to the meeting, Cr, K was prepared tn endorse any acts j of the late Corporation which did not injuriously | affect the interests of the rAtepaycrs, and which • same within the intentions of the Municipal Cor- ' paratiuna 'drdiuauoo; but money.wpwuUjrrsd in j intrigue and used for private, purposes he would j not give his sanction to.

Or, WllKTiT.it would not sit there and hear the .insinuations thrown out by Cr. Kelly. At the last meeting of Council ha‘had said tllat certain members of Council eomposotj a •• tyrannical majority,” and ritiw they‘were stigmatised as intriguers, and,squanderers of tho Corporation funds. He called uppu the Mayor to cause Cr. Kelly to retract the expressions ho had made use of, or he {Or. Whether) would be obliged tq leave the Council 4 Chamber, It was scandalous to think that such language should he tolerated at meetings of the Council.

Cr, l).\fin considered that Or. Kelly had insulted members of the Council in as gross a mariner as it Was possible for him to do. He would not sit at that Council, and listen to Cr. Kelly’s aspersions and inslilting lariguage, Cr, Buiuiks expressed similar views to tlio last speaker. He believed the Standing Orders provided that Councillors should use respectful language when speaking of Hr to other Councillors,* The Mayor thought that the expression was not used in such a manner as to cast reflections on any member of the Council. It might be applied to him (the Mayor) for that matter. If Cr. Kelly had used words which other Council-

lors were offended at, he had no doubt that he was gentleman enough to apologise for so doing.

Cr. Kki.i.y maintained that he had acted strictly in accordance with Hansard in his language, and he really did not see that he had anything to apologise for-. Cr. W HETTER contended that the language was not constitutional, and was used as a direct

insult to himself and other itlcmhers of the I < Council. He repeated, he would not sit with | 1 Cr. Kelly if he was permitted to make use of i such highly reprehensible expressions. ! There being no probability of anything like a < satisfactory settlement of the dispute taking 1 place, through Or. Kf.u.y’s ohstinniicy, Cr. D.vr.o proposed that the whole of the Councillor's should resign their seats, and let the ratepayers decide < in whom they placed confidence. Althoiigh'thia i 1 course was assented to hy Crs. Bun bus and | 1 Wukttku, nothing definite was decided on j and i 1 the meeting then broke up amidst a further dis- | ! play of bitterly personal talk, which it would j 1 be Useless fur us to repeat.. I 1