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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1449, 24 March 1873, Page 2

TEH GREY DISTRICT COAL MEASURES

; A publiqipiee.ting : w^s,^l(i at Gilmtr'sj ' Hotel, on Saturday evening, for the pur- >■ po3e,of receiving the repprfc, o£ the. Gom- », 'mittee appointed*' td Ti^o l i!iate'"Vith f 't|e! ;i Prompters in W/eUington, . and to fj^mdpri \ th^advisalMy 'or Mntin^ldWWm- ' pany to work the Grey mines. Mr E. ' MastefaVtßeiM^y^^pV^e^ t" m ' J \ The Committee had no written reporfJ '■ to submit, but a verbal statement was j made ■'•to Wimeefcig <by'']ftr Woblcdckj r ' ; tmd the Chairman^- of- the negotiations l 'I r \vhioh htad- taken- E)a(cqDvith:ithßrWejltn^-! . ton promoters of the proposed Comply,' i and the manner, in. which they had, :f ailed, J 5 owing to the departure of the Welling-j \ tonians frotnthe te^rmS contained in their * original prospectus, which were to der velop the Grey coal measures, whereas ■; now 'theiri only intention"; wasito'become ■ carrienujind .fifiUBBU^;JMaL-jiLJBiWB9 J quence, the local Committee recommended b that all further fiegfctlaiaons with Welling-' 3 ton be broken off^ and- that a local comj pany :be formed fctf. the following pdr- . poses, as set out in a rough draft «of&a . prospectus, which was : submitted to 7 the j meeting :— "Pkospectus of the Greymouth Coal ' ' Mmiya Co. (Limited). \ " Capital : in 25,00 of £10 ■■ ■ '.:.. '■? ..:.-« eiwh,.'-'- '■'".:■:■•■:■ '.■■ ' l( To be established, under the ' Joint 1 Stock Co. :4ct } . IB6o' f. 2a, G4,to be paid on 1 application, and , .a" further sum of 5s on s allotment^ .and the /balance fey calls not 1 exceeding 5s 1 per ! snare/ and at intervals b of not less than one month. "i <C;Th g, o^^^ t^ e -0 ( > ltr lPftny?avo:— - "1. The leasing and working of the J Grey Coal Reserve jatlie County of West- £ land, provided satisfactory a.rrange^ients ; can be made' with tKe. v GferieraI J G6vern--3 : "2: THelbaVmg,;and;Vofeftg of the 2 Brunner Goal Mine, ' in "the Province o£ ] Nelson, providedl adtfefactory arrangel ments can be.^^d^e Go^ yernment. ; : '.: ...,:.rj,' '„'./,?,',.•■{)"' ! ■i ■'' 3 « Th *. of the; j .Gceyjtand.Bjrimneß Jlailway^when com^ ■I pleted, for the putpqßfr»?,faeilifcating the I • Cpmpany's'oper^ationsi -. \h;i< ■■■.• 4-joT ' r ; "4. The purchaser bf -a siteam tug, ifi l , 'found necessary;'"' :: : ' ■ •'■■>;' l ' j Mr. JintvtDEl Wfflim "ike 1 membenj . of the old Commitfepk said tne y llad don^ all in their power 1o come to TOasanablei ttti?iris -with 1 the« Wellihgton ; geKt'lemen, but had fqund it impossible, as 1 they had stated very clea^y /ihatjthey intended toi be n only carriers and .sellers of, coal, not] riiihers.' r TRH; he/thoiig'hVwa : a'ftb"t r a bad! res^ilt^&a '^/'Would'iWatenail^'jhelp any) Ideal company that;" might Po\jbrh?ed to' work the minej. .by;Having;.the ejntaeriman-j Wellington people becoming the carriers! . and sellers of the coal The resident^ hei;e had been much, najsl^d , in, the Jj«at] instance by 'the prospectus' which fvfd issued,, r Iff waa, pchenj^ ypjr&/ tiid mines, but now th.c .Wellington promoters said they ; wou|d cpnfine -the^^-opiaf ations to thej oftrryiiag; and selling, of 5 coal> ( >fEhat| • might 'prove 1 a valnable,- anxilidry jJoj «ny company that thoronghlyH Worked' ><thei ' mines. ' There was no =donbtiii thetnirfds' of the Committee tliatif wnsaaviSa^le,' if possible, to combiue the df , the! fiqal me^surps an bdth'side^'or 'tflp riye,r,i but there w^s a .^.ubt asj to whether ; .tlie ! ..lease -of .the ■■BrypnerßJlb^o^d'^^ob- 1 ( ,tain^d , j. "however., hp copsideped 1 ih^t j-^jhte' mine, op "the s^waVfinfiqiteiy' ,I)refe^ble tq the, 15rvinaeR, a«d .couM ,be' more profitably worked... ( ;2Ml frduldjido away with the necessity for the very ex-i pensile Mlv Sa y. oridge ■; *<&', ot(e in • :tlie .which-tto' was'l-aihef afraid; would have -'the"- r effe6t' ; bf stdp^ing' tlie WTitrtrtrottrm'TJftheTatlwEyr^e-piTJailo^ an elab'opa^e.^fi.'fif^t^e rt}hg;s on both' sides of the river^ and made long explana-' ■ tipns, ;i especially , .with- {^egaycl 7 ty t the' "manner in which 'the Brunher niine cmm. ; be \yor]red by .me^ansplrdfil^ft ,J»ain drive from the south side, thus Qj^pengihg with the necessity, 'Tfor tfieiriilfray, •bridged, i^-l ...:;! 1..:-! .' i in >;|r,i ?if','u,. > MrLAHMAwaaid that they -had 'beeh. called upon to-constde? the s pirospectn^ of •a ! new : " company 5 f 6r Vl Wbrki^'! i tTi^ ! ' ! lj6 i a'l mines;' but >^heh looted 1 at 1 |ti : f eality 'It, The ro»gh,pr( ? mie fi^^pb«itt^d sh<)w™&\ nothing ; it simply asked for. tnatamoiLt, :??4j??^ manner in! whiph^.w^ ,iq fy Mfa\ recognised the ad vantage wliich'ijb wpuW. be to the tprcn,.and >have thfesei mwoß.-.detyjlfpsdy bufe r^ tbougHfrthati before oomiugitoiithe. public fend aslkn^! for L2p,000 they should' shbwisometWnl mow tangible tha-n :■ they , hati %s to the manner lh which the money Was to be expended in proving and developing the mine. What he wished was that the

publiS jsh'iftjM 'Have entire confidence in 1i $H Ui?f rtakin S> *? was a Jatte^kp^Syto raise in a small comthought that the last speaker's arguments were wrong entirely. lhere was no company in existence. The .■■teSlggjngUtee appointfld hy the public of mittee Wjqu|d| haywio beimpointedjto lay a proper proßpedras~foefore tnV public 4^£^J^Sl^^g^^§^o-^nh^b& the * money. «««m«h»»* Mr KiLGotJ»;Ss*Wk?& the old Committee, said it was thought better, after the answer re 9 e fredjJ^g>|?Wington, to bring up a hurcied^mffflnyn^ask the public j whether it yJBB&ggBBBf 1 necessar y *° } establish a locaTcompany to work the \ before they went tte the /{irdv^TOnientJ $nd askeM ifor h, teasey tha^ the^jaheuldjrfioW.A capi«al v safficient- ■fto^topven Una minfyjaißd that was AV-h.y v se had been set down. Every person who had any "krfowlecFgWpF'ffhe south side "6f "ftfe "Hto^* Tfngw^^hfce'llhe -coal cpuld.be, mo^easyyy^ojk^ed^h^n the | mine-GnJithe'^nortk' si^^Tifeftd.^n ,» r bv Mr Wylde. The, detail? °f 'the prbposea ! eip^nc^i|re'W6^^M-seen I gone into by the oLd_Commfttee^ais"flley , ,<mly ; i meeting^ ga.by* npknecJg^Sf&TQ agppt. j T^Firom hißjpi;aKtiea^;oXp3rj|ftn»firp^^^j^|ne a on the Westland >eftde)W9tten:W3r»£fie j 'codld fi'ay''tha* f hiß firnj.Thaditake^tftwoi it r Ofg«»«i' I niwfke4Wde?ddalic.wflarked <HM tft'e^a^teve^-shdntlia^ffroni, *he i faces aMW"sb / nye4nir}g^lft§ > ''716fO0O>jItbtis j could be brought to" port without any machine^ W fl^v#m#4^e. ..«As-»t6 ? the) lor^jaii^Rijfeptjjj, he was rather .plea§e(4i'i!haßl«oiherwise that the -IWftli^^Q^^a^Qj^fb^^rawi^ut of it, as it would have beeßdßg#sßH?)e a ft> work- the- rain& with, the head-jcuiariers of Oth^ d^TjeptosylAfl^^iJjng^ggjjj^^jby . carryi9g:/tJ6>iebaltTt(ir r /t»OEteJAhiQI could The CH^ie.S^Hfßft^tfceiß.iyaa nothing j To save time, it was necessarVftluxspme one to move the desirability of a company tl y* &}^^WU^—" That {t ia 1 desirable to frtßußHuhpy or working _, clauses wof the pEQspectus n •*■ Mr 'WooLdocjf seoftndeji tRb resolution. 'j Mr LA^X^lTi&^W^is was the I- ptb^* 'fmV toWasft a^iw^Cotnmatee J to dw«w<mp/.a«fn3b6pd3tn9?t!6W4UUfaitted g i .moved that a Committee be appointed. , Mr wreHteP moved an amendment, !■ hi^^^^pf?c.?^d"by-tm3ehairman. ,: pecttfs whicj!; had Ifteen gfljßhiitwd; was _; amply sufficient -io- s guide th^' v ni3e'tihg'aa a i -totheintdntbn&fof 4Ee prop'osedreempa^iy. a , : The ; 'Oommittee'Gqiiidf i Ha-m? Hove hhm "'• ; theyhad:d6n^ r attd^»tty fertfe4^"«djoTirn. - mnt of^tim^,' as h fne' r ■objects' 1 yery 1 ? c!eaHyset 'ou'ir, and inigfrt metaborated ), afterwar^.. - '" r: ; " • ) ' ?I ' v •■" After a %hbrf -difeeassfoWJ^'O^thmittee t was appointe4 ) ;?pfl^i9i;i9g < jif the following hj gentlemen, tojjdJCftWjiip a prospectus, and tij submit it to a public meeting on WednesV, day ne^t -,-r-MesMw lfingNMosspLahman, s! Woolcocfe, WyYdeV.Cppper^Ttngour, Keyr' lor, ftni^anflßcrojpr^withißPKW'teadiLto Bj to their numbpr^, i After a vbte; -\>FtAnVt J tfie Chairman aMthftjm.eeJ^ngdißpes^ed/voP ;..> [■*■>■„y r. .-s' ■j A^eJ^eaideflfeMJ^iatrate'a Court at ■1 Hokitikfy/rfciT Friday last, before G. G % called upon tofWjiWkftbjej should not re- ■} ceive sentence for the gross_contempt of 1 c /}4j.t o t^|9^e,liaOeeft giuUy oiLthe rj His Wor^lp l MfS%lt' n& dii no«\a>e I •'R^9a^^F(^e,ab / a S eybufe^iI R .he.p a t 1 a M a S ißtrate^,he .,w^uld not allow the jj oflice he held t6 be ih^ed. >| Priseh^t^tt'o^ifdo^pl^ftlgke. You ,| already ordered nre-solitary for twentyIj i water. .ofe^jji^wi!,™^.:," 11 I "'r? 1 ?' 1^ 018^/^^^ he had not ] .o/derfed j and if he hatf^beerf feb taiddrstood it wasa^l ) iffi^taikejMiß^ .vfit^zaoir^sasMiifife^the ] prisoner to fouSßsSff a&ys' imprisonment \ for contempt of Court. The sentence to be t computed from;*he -«*pii^ttion of the one i hfr^aslnWun'ddt'gdfrtg;'''^ =i' : " i ' j ' His mrsiup Wd Jfc^B^q^ iJWuW wjwttvldid.so I « got seven days' solitary. .8>)«i jiiv t-m 1 The prisoner, leaae Levy, being then ; called iijpßwM».ll»*fßhW«fej|& charge j of escaping from legat custody, described" ; 'flireck^ mff %o'%DV'thi^rWSrd^ Ruddy had not tola 'fne'lrWwhen 1 examined on the .nrevious day -JTha tw ■ stump when the. escane waS made? and that when*MMsfiK»«'bolßOt]he prisoners -were "planted," lying down in ti^e bush .sdme twenty y^td^ 's,ysy. was proceeding to relate what he wid QhamberlaSH^id ,a3fteVipa w%enhe was stopped by the ; Bdnch.' : I T% /y^himsaid T/that what/he *ad heard was. sufficient! «l The escape was ile (the Magistrate) did notfwant to hear perienqes.. • days* solitary?* DidnTydu fhreafen rJfSd skin my back ?.-•-• ' " s ~ His Wor^h^gajd £s fgyft not answer any questions, and cautioned the pris'onor ,to.,{ takercai;e y wo?r!|i4nwotila vbe^liiaige^ again with contempt of Cquiyb, anVall^e^iS i^^lffife J^hb Wj The cause of you and Mr Clearythat I •haYe 1 done f 'wli^'l.ate : 6hargeErwilh. ' Bbth of you drove me to it. .uoijn:. •♦.. His Worship order the prisoner to be rempxedjand x\pi tte fdllo*mg morning, an4 -be-then charged %i 4 i<!Dnfcemp^)o«vCidnf<!j3 -flis'tWfcraMp aiideS -tfiftiS^B >lohgi"a> #• siS^on W B^hcn he wohldtry W's9ticVfi\#BW l & faV'ai the law all^ved. 1/!, ' ' /!, '.',,,, 'As the isrisbh'ei? wdd ' beinj* removed 'he exclaimed, "I appeal to be tried by the District Court."