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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 632, 5 February 1870, Page 3

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Bythes.s. John Perm, which ai lived yesterday, we have Auckland papers to the 25th January, from which wo take the 1 following extracts : — I Some of the miners at the Thames have resolved to take forcible possession of Ohinemuri. At a meeting held on Saturday, at which there were some 3000 miners present, it was resolved that a body of 700 should proceed up the river to day, .and immediately.;; after the*, meeting atHeinpts were t^pjrocMi-e. arnis^i Soui^ >of the more so"beK=miiidejivp'eopje.aeeiii to have proposed that a petition should be sent to the Government praying them to take immediate action for the opening of tlie district, but this was overruled, and the violent "party prevailed. It appears to be the intention of the pioneer party to „ offer Te J^ira alLthe money to be derived from the* sale of jninfers' eights, and, in the event of liis^refusirig to accept these terms, to take possession of the district by force. We cannot but think that this action of the miners is calculated to cause mischief, r and. v ,;Jihat /1 it^may result , .in „ consequences [■inqst disasfrous .Tbq the peace and welfare of tlie'coTony'. * : ()rf Monday rirtMiing some 500 men assembled on the wharf ready to start for Ohinemuri, but after holding j .another meeting they contented themselves with sending a .memorial to the Government asking that the land be speedily opened. ;At Coromanclel., -the s otlier? d&y^.ajcase of ; lynchmg -occurred aVtlie bedch.' A man was caught with a number of stolen articles upon him, and an impromptu court SBntencedihim.to be beaten and ducked. A heavy stick was obtained, and the culprit well belabored, and then thrown, .like the r witches, of old,. r in.tn the river, to sink or swim/ Luckily> -the tide was out, and he waded through the river, amid the" derision and hooting of the crowd, and : disappeared in r the scrub ;behind the Pacific Hotel. A number of Maoris wished to inflict a further chastisement, but were : lireyented 1 by the pakehas. ;■;.- ;-.-.•■■ The canard with regard to the Long . Drive Claim has worked its own cure, and. yesterday the snares were in considerable request, but none were to be had at the prices that were quoted on the previous day. As if to prove the ridiculous character of the rumors which, we believe, • gai,nfed ' some credence ; on the) previous, day, a magnificent' parcel of specimens,' weighing about 1581 b, were taken out of the cross-cut drive, in the lowest level, yesterday morning, during the morning's shift. They are as rich as those for which the claim has become celebrated, and another specimen crushing is to take place at the one-stamper of the Kuranui battery during the ensuing week. The lode never looked better than it does at present, It is much larger on the lower levels than It was at the upper workings, and the precious* metal is found.' distributed through it in heavy deposits. ., The general- ru^of-thersttiff continues to look well, and a portion of the KuranurCo.'s plant is kept constantly employed on stone from this mine. A contract for 200 ft of tunnelling in the lower level was accepted %*few days ago, and the men have commenced operations on the job. . ; ;The;lnverness : There was no retorting from tjie Inverness, on Saturday, although . there Jare between 450bz and ' 500oz. of amalgam on hand, which would doubtless yield from 150oz to 200pz of gold, as the amalgam is exceedingly clear. The..Qolden Spur : A parcel of eight tons of stone frbm the Gpldeii Spur Claim, flape Creek, have been crushed at Bull's Battery, and yielded lO^oz of gold. ( For continuation ofneios see Fourth Page.)