OPHIR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 476, 2 June 1871, Page 2

OPHIR.

(Prom ouk corrrkpovde't.) A great farce was exacted here on Saturday evening last. A public meeting was called to receive the resignation of the existing Progress Committee and to elect a fresh one —at least so sai the convent ig notices. The time arrived, and at the Suamrock hotel an assembly of fifteen ■gathered, and aftersome little delay a chair hlan was proposed. The gentleman elecfhd seemed in no hurry to take his sent and open the meeting. Email. he was persua led to officiate, and proceedings comm need. Someone got tip to offer an explanation about something hut was peremptorily 'o.d to “shut up.” The person, however, persisted in readi g a letter, which, from wiiat I could gather, contained tho resignation of one menu er of the Progress Committee. He was interrupted by the gentleman who had previously order, d him to shut up, who C mlidentially assure i the meeting that he know all about it, and it was all n hj , ami so ling as he thought it was li hi the meciing need not trouble. He conclude.i by informing the reader ot the let i-r that if he did not knock off he would be turn, cl ot of ihe meeting. One or two oilier - gentlemen essayed to make remarks bu. * met with the same reoopti uus the one attempted to explain. The chairman utterly bewil ere i and din not interfere in the Last to preserve order. Even u lly, the t! i .wing gentlemen Wcr: elec e . a no v Progress Committee. M> s.us. Wor hj, pain, M ‘Endow, Glass, M Nally, Murphy and Laylxdd. In mining nothing of any great importace hasoccmr d sme m. lust coinu.ui.nation. Th- vex cl quest on of the auriferous or non auriferous nature of the ground on which Black’s township is built upon seems to he ettled fur goed at last, Hull and paity have neen prospecting t this last six weeks butwihouD sne e s—they not having ontai ed a payable pros| eet or anything like one Tliis party date ve great e.euio lor their pr ev, ranee ana energy. Tuey have done a great eal of Work for nothi g—l may say more th n any otuer p .rty i th .(isiriet. They have now ah ml.-ned the spoc altogether. Th- Ida Val ey Company , at No. 3, are stil getting out good dirt—tae last wasuing averaging iro.n 2oz. -o 3oz. to the machine of tw 1 e loads. The Company at present empnoy about twenty men.