ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Dunstan Times, Issue 503, 8 December 1871, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

[Wo do not identify ourselves with the opinions that may be expressed by ou correspondents.] MIKING ASSOCIATION. (to the editor of the'dukstan times.) Sir : —lt is to be hope ! that the Mining Association initiated on Clyde on the 2oth ultimo will be a success, as something of the kind is greatly needed, to protect the miners, and to prevent the leasing of auriferous land in the district, for if private individuals interest themselves in the matter, they are sure to pet bullied or locked up for their pains. Haitian's application heard some little time since is a case in point. One of the witnesses prosed that had worked in the gully live years ago, he was not sure if it was in the part of the gully applied for or not, but he expla'ne 1 that the cully was wet and,could not bo worked without a tail race, and to bring a tail race up, it would have to come through the ground applied for by Hanlan. Witness also told the Warden that, the greater part of the g-ound under lease was auriferous. The Warden sai I that had nothing to do with the case, but I think it had everything to do with it The Warden then asked witness if ho was going to take the ground up. Witness replied that if he did not get gold where he was then trying, then it was probable he, witness, would take up the other. The Warden wanted an answer: yes, or noWitness told him he could give no other answer, the Warden flew in a passion, and said he would keep him s l an ing all that day it he did not answer yes, or no, witness told him he might keep him that day and the next, far he could give him no other answer, so the Warden committed him for contempt of Court, . ", ./• But ’the witness came out of the matter; with' more than the Warden, the jVVardeni showed a lamentable want'of temper, while the witness took it very cooly I remain, Yours, ROBERT LITTLE. December 7 f 187,1.