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Evening Star, Issue 4255, 16 October 1876, Page 4

Tkefollowing kkgfwn wh : ch appears in the 'NO. Times' will interest shareholder in the Mount Rangitoto silver mine: "The directors are now confident of beiDg able to extract about 200 tons of ore per month Tbe reef is three feet thick, and increasing as the tunnel goes in. The shareholders have waited on the Deputy-Superintendent of Westland, urging the construction of the proposed road to the mine, specifications for which have been prepared."

# Some light is let in upon the recent meeting at Kaitangata by the * Bruce Herald * which says "Kaitangatawas chosen because ! it was out of the way and the speakers were | not likely to meet with any opposition, but to make assurance double sure the preliminary arrangements were kept secret, and only those who were known to hold oorreot opinions were invited to attend As a gathering for the purpose of fair discussion and honestly ascertaining the views of the inhabitants of Bruce, the meeting was a sham, and the resolutions that wtre carried are not worthy of serious consideration, The gentlemen who took an active part in the 'political demonstration» at Kaitangata endeavored about a month ago to get up a meeting in Milton, but they met with so little encouragement that they gave up the idea, thinking it far safer and more likely to serve the' interests of their party to hi .Id a little meeting iti tome corner of the constituency whero they would be safe disturbance. We make this statement to prevent any wrong impression getting abroad. The electors of Bruce have not yet met to discuss the political situation, and the expression of opinion given oh Monday night did not come from them, but from a mere handful of their number, brought together _in an out-of-the-way place in a surreptitious manner by a few mefr, who, by means of the grossest misrepresentation,'are endeavoring to prolong their miserable political existence."

" What was the result of the trial of that horsfi stealer ?" asked a Misswuxian of hia 2^ li "Pb *f* Waß »ft hWufetirg te f