CLYDE TOWN COUNCIL

Dunstan Times, Issue 557, 20 December 1872, Page 2

CLYDE TOWN COUNCIL

The usual fortnightly moot! ig of the Council waThelo ui the Council Chambers, on Wednesday, the ISilx 'ns at 8 ['.in, I’iVßcul:—J. UrCaKlbridgo, Esq., Mayor and Ci iu.cilh.is Ihz.ett, MauLall, Euaud, l'a itCiSon ami Auckland. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and continued. The in ward correspo ie ;, including letters complain,ng of the short supply <>t water to the town, and one fiom Mr. Karnes, L'uuatau Hotel, asking permission to build a j range ef stapling on reserve at the rear of j Sundi-rl.iiicl-strest, on the west side, also for p r.i.ls i. n to lemovc stables'from oil j the li .0 ■ f street at back of ills hotel, were | read and received, and the outward was adopted. The Town Clerk was instructed to inform Mr. Etra.-s that the Council have no,objection to him building on the reserve, or to iris r, m .ving the staples from the back of uis premia .s, but tlrcy nave no power to grant cither request, an i to say that what ever he may do, it must be at ids own risk. The To an Clerk w.is instructed to insert advert is. mint in Lvr.siun Times, to the effect that all Licenses must be paid before the Sist instant. Jdsi r.fti. n at esc te to the water supply to the T> v>n. Mr Holt, vhn v.as ] icscut, l.y petmissh n, s'atcd that it was impossible ti. Ueop ar;jp yin the Town laer, as the ggij.ulUuhts up the valley persisted in using it for irriga im, an I that when they a.lowed it to pass, Mr. Fcraud diverted it into Monte Christo Farm. Mr. Hazlcit said, by the agreement euto e 1 into by the Corporation vvi hj Mr. II dt, oie hj; 1 1 of wit-ris to ii <\r reg far y into the Town, and he suggested that the Mayor should see that the agreement was earned i.ut, if necessary, to resort to legal m; asnrcs. Mr. Fcraud supported the suggestion. After some farther discussion a resolution to the above effect was adopted. A vote of thanks to the Chair concluded the meeting.

Thj Ballarat correspondent of tlio Star writes as follows, on the yield of Port D arwin quartz: “The stone' Brought from Port Darwin and c ushel at the Band an 1 AH non consols mi l, weighed 2cwt 2 jr lib, and was taken about half from tin claim south of Westcotc’s, an I about half from a claim north of it, an 1 was all surface stone, from a retf apparently ahontsftthick, and whi-dr could be easily trace 1 for a longdistance by its outcrop. The nett yield from this qua i tity, v.ms los lOdwta of amelto' gold of good qualpy, or an average of l2oz per ton. One of the returned party says there is stou ■ enough on the surface to keep a battery—he did not say of what power -crushing constantly for sis months. The stone presented the appearance of having been taken up . quite promiscuously, and the moss was still adhering to a good deal of the smfatc -of it. Two large parcels of lint, a short time igo, were set ua lire, ia a chemist’s shop in Hold ik-i, by a plus vessel in the widow cot cintiatug the nys of the tun upon them.

but const tutional means would have to bo resorted to, or coercive language used. H w ul l propose, That this meeting appoint a deputation to wait on the Superintendent to fully explain the position of affairs, and to urge bn him to have the sale cancelled. Seconded by Mr. Clark, a id carried., After some discussion, Messrs. D M'Pherson and J. Alexander were appointed. Mr. Ilazlett said the action of tho Government in soiling the !an I should n.o.t the disapprobation of everyone in the district. The ea'e affects n't only the miners, but the whole of the busi css p ionic. Mr. Feratul iu buying the lan i had done nothing more than what many others w ml I do if the opportunity p'e-en’ed itself., die did not b'ame him, but the Government he did most decidedly, an 1 could only sav their conduct in ilisposiijg of the land, was ' a breach of faith. To evidtneo of tho " ennuiriers, together with the reports of the . Wardens, should have beer suffieio it, to deter them from soiling. Ho was in favor of delegates being instantly' despatched to ’ Dunedin, and if they failed in chaining a cancellation of the sale, he would recommend some other tribunal being appealed to. It is to the interest of everyone to do tToir utm'S*!, anlho trusted none would shirk the respo sibility. Questions of wayi an 1 means was di scussed. Messrs. Ilaz'ett aid Hiscie vo-• lunteered their services as Collectors. A i list was opens 1 in the ro m an i 141. 1 Os. fnstautly subscribed. Mr. Hastie said, before the meeting closed he would propose—That this in ot- . big has no confidence in the present Ex icutive from the action they hj ivo taken in the late sale, seconded by Mr Lindsay, and carried. A vote of thinks to the Chair concluded the meeting.