VICTORIA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1186, 17 May 1872, Page 2

VICTORIA.

[leader, may 4.J. : ■: ~ * The Harbinger Company^ Wdod'sPoiiiti '*' cleaned up on the. 27 tH April, 366 tons, which yielded 2420z, giving a dividend of Is per share. . ■••• We learn that a meeting of shareholders resident in Melbourne was held on Saturday, when it was decided to take proceedings against some Sandhurst and Ballarat speculators for unfairly dealing in the:, market with Lazarus Tribute Company's shares;- ---• ' "; ' ■•-•"' •■• ; ' ■■- ;<• : ■ '' : ■--:■ On Monday a supplement to the Government Gazette of April 26 wa3 issued, containing an announcement of mining leases that have been issued and forwarded'tothe offices of the various Wardeiis for execution by the lessees. The leases issued are for the following mining districts :— Ararat : Pleasant Creek- division.- Bal- . larat : Chines and Steiglitz divisions. Beechworth : Alexandra division. Castle-, maine : Taradale, Kyneton, Hepburn, Tarrengower, Castlemaine, and Fryer's Creek divisions. Gipp3 Land : Jericho division. Maryborough: Maryborough, Korong, and Tarnagulla divisions. Sandhurst : Sandhurst, Raywood, Heathcote, and Waranga divisions. For the Sandhurst division there are no less, thin 255 leases issued, and for Castlemaine division 97, and for Fryer's Creek 42. ;. The Kyneton Guardio/n writes as follows respecting a mining scandal thai has been afloat at that place :— " A statement seriously affecting the character of Mr James Minors, the mining manager of Hie Brandenberg Company, Malmsburjr, has been in circulation. The statement is that Minors met Mr Troup, &&ztefoMst in the company, and, in reply to ajtestions, represented that the mmwzsiook' ing as badly as ever ; on the siseagik «f whicn representation llht Tt&op was *££ duced to dell 500 shares to Mraroaiip per share, the truth being t&at GQ.Tm&day night very rich stons wats s&mak, specimens of which Minors had in Mb pocket whilst he was making the fcajgaiia with Mr Troup. Mr Minors gave J @m statement a distinct; denial, and has written to the legal manager asking him to convene a meeting of ; the directors to investigate the affair." ■