BANNOCKBURN & GARRICK RANGE MINERS ASSOCIATION.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 263, 13 October 1874, Page 6

BANNOCKBURN & GARRICK RANGE MINERS ASSOCIATION.

The qviartorly mqbtinw of members of the abovq Association' was held'lit the ScbooJ[house, Batthockbbrn, oil Wednesday evening, October 7,-ythe President; 'MrJ; Iv. Moore, in the chair. ■ " -. 1 ' • J-' ri' *-"o' \ *. <ir* r

The Secretary being unavoidably absent, Mr W,.Griffiths was appointed to take the minutes of .the proceedings. _ there being a small, attendance owing jto the inclemency of the evening, it was sug-gested-that the meeting be adjourned for a week; but on further consideration it was resolved to proceed with the business. Mr Buchan proposed, and Mr M'Kursie seconded, “ Thai this Association will hail with satisfaction the abolition of Provincial Governments, provided that local Government, with localization of the Goldfields revenue, takes their place.

On the motion of Mr Buchan, seconded by Mr O’Niel, it was resolved, “ That this Association is of opinion that part of the bonus offered by the Government for. an improvedplan of saving fine gold in ground-sluicing should be offered for tfie best quartz-crushing and gold-saving machine.’’ "A. great amount of discussion took place oh these motions, but on the former the meeting came to a unanimous conclusion < that the General Government was preferable to the Provincial for the administration of the Goldfields.

The meeting was then adjourned for a month, when it was agreed to request % full attendance by advertisement. The usual vote of thanks to the chair concluded the proceedings.