WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Dunstan Times, Issue 617, 13 February 1874, Page 3

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Th> uau-d wo kly sitting of tin Board took -dace on Thursday, February the sth. T in following local business of importance was transacted : Messrs, .M‘l-cnnn and, Thorns n applied for a coal lease of s ction 117, Block 11, Lea dug Hock. Messrs Howard, Mar e, and Phillips object# 1 Mr. Stout up .car ed for th- applicants, and Mr. ■ iliies on the other ride. Mr. Stout said the question for tie Board to cntisi-lec would he as to whether another co il pit would he Beneficial to the district, anl whether existing rights warn'd he i .terfere I with. He had anothe pHim. in favo of the granting of the upp'icati- ». setting out that a large numßcr of well-known men in’h l district wis'ed tho cal hme to Beg'.vtel. Some f them were ’he principal Im-ine’s men at Clyde, an 1 if Vari- had sippli d them prnpe-lv Hey would no* hare supported the app'iearion • n the other side. Mr Glides said 'hat a nnm’er of the si.'intu'cson the peti'ion presented wire tliosc of vers, ms who were not kiwvn in the district, and who were not in crest'd in th" matter. He had a pstn inn from a large number of icsidents in the district in favor of Marie being protected from interference. Ho though f , howe- er. that personal eviden-e should have nineh no re w eight with the Board, and heiiihht say ’hat on the other side the only personal evi lenca.viven was that of a par-ne of the applicants. In favo. of Mario, he mu'l call V'r. Mnrsha'l, Mr. Pat* ergrn anl others. Mr. Ma shall inf limed the Board of the finding of the seam of coal hy Mari o in tho lara iv grea f difficulties, and also r.f tho Wo k tha* had been dona. When in the dis’rict Marie ha ' always suptnie' l him,. * -d he nryer felt the want of a second; pt. To grant the lease next to Marin t«; a 'vone else would do him a seiious in- ! luty. (

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evidence.. r ■■ Mr. Gillies stated that the section 117 would have been applied for by Marie in the first instance had he properly known the lav of the coal. Mr. Stout Stated that the petition presented by Mr Gillies was signed by Marie’s agents, and by a large number of miners. There were few names of business men o’i it. After some further lis-Mission. the Board de-dde-l tba‘ the evidence before them was insufficient that a second coal-pit was required. Mr. Strode said they did not think much of either of the petitions. If another coalpit was wan t ed, let the Council pass a resolution to that effect and lay it before the Board, when the matter would be reopened. An app’icatinn by John Perriam to purchase land on Run 245, near Cromwell, on 1 reported against by the District Land Officer, "bo. however, recommended that the applicant shouM be allowed to purch -se tbs few acres around h's bouse. The report was referred back witba request for further particulars.