BLACK'S.

Dunstan Times, Issue 309, 27 March 1868, Page 2

BLACK'S.

(From a Cokrespoxdext;) A public meeting of the inhabitants of Black's was held on Thursday even » ing the Hlthinst., for the purpose of * forming a committee to watch'over the interests of the District, Mr. Owen Gannon in the Chair. Mr. Rowley was called upon to address the meeting: he stated that .right through the country where he hud travelled, it was a general complaint, the system of persecution | adopted l>y the squatters towards the ! mining community' and that the £ | licy of the Government, was the means of detering the people from settling on the land ; he was glad to see that the mining community were bestirring themselves to their interests, and he hoped that the present movement would be the means of doing good Other gentlemen address ed the meeting to the saiwo effect. Proposed by Mr. Wickham, and seconded by Mr. Egan, " That it i» expedient that a portion of the land j adapted for. agricultural purposes in j the immediate vicinity of Black's No. | 1. and No. 3, Tinkers; Dryb'read and ] German Hill, be at once surveyed in ! convenient blocks, say ,50 sub.

jeeted to simi'-ar regulations as. in.the Wakatip District, viz. two shillings and six pence"per acre per annum for three years" lease, and that on the expiration of the lease, obtain the purchase at upset price of twenty, shil ling 3 per acre." Carried. - 'i ..-.' Proposed by Mr. Tower, and seconded by 51r.. Wickam,'—" That it is desirable for the running of stock, that a portion of land be set aside for Commonage, for Lessees of the proposed land as stated in the first resolution, likewise, for the use of the mirespective places mentioned." Carried. - Proposed by Mr. Cheeseman and seconded by Mr. Power,—" That the wlicy of the Government hitherto to this District, has been injurious to the progress and development of its valuable resources, and calculated to impede bona .fide settlement of the.land ; therefore | this.meeting expresses its opinion. ! th.t- the present Provincial Executive i is unworthy of the.eoiihdence of the 1 mldtields' community." Carried. Proposed liy Mr. Fitsgerald, seconded by Mr. Cheeseman,—"That a Progress" Coiumiltee be immediately . organised, to Watch the interests of t'lis District, and to communicate "with other mining I i.-triets, more especially to co-operate with the movement lately initiated at tin? Wiikatip, in order to prevent the sale of those runs which are adapted for settlement by the people." Carried " The following gehthttien were proposed as a Committee, viz.—Messrs. ... M-Coinb, . Sloane, Wickham Class, •Power, and Mc Beatty. A vote . f thanks to the Chairman, 'as also to Mr. Rowley, was passed, when the meeting terminated.