'WARDEN'S COURT, NO TOWN.
(Before fW^en Whitefoord.) . : . Thomas GautfrbSry applied, .for a certificate of registration for/a'^hare^ in a claim -aft' Maori l Gully." "Raines ■'objedtedj": because tHe fshate'fwaS^M prop'6fl;y;:i 'The' share, was' 'fbfiniriy held by one Jaraea Williams?; who)' after selling ife : to r : ; both: ;par ties',! /departed fbf A Wf preign parts. " The question wak^to r tfKoh^party was the first sale made. Canterbury paid Williams'rf'de'pdsWbn'ffite share, and put ' a' i man ionv'tplrepreaetftriiiihi '• (Etiis man got "another -man on," and when Canterbnry 1 to^k^Williatns to the Warden's Office ; elihe7?ransf er completed, it was found 'tTilfWiUiams* did not possess a miner's, right. / (.Certain d«cument3 in connection with' thY claini'Vere >-fii the posse§sion / ofjDev,ery, wjiq refused W give them 1 up bn the ground' that he had con. eluded;, a , purchase., w ; ith), ( Williamß.. Jas. £^r% the ; obiector, Wfi Williams first spoke about" 'selling the shaie, he suggested thaHhe other shareholders, of .whom:lie i(Devery) wasMbue.imonld.have , the ref usal.of it,,- To thjs/Vyjlliamß agreed, : and he (the witness), -^Uen jpu.rohased the share; after taking out a miners right for Williams, so that ? th'eiirari^fer'Sbuld be effected. The applicant here said- that Williams had. paid him back hutleposit mqney/;befoTe;lieuwent away, but based his claim to. ; the )]; property because he posted notices,, and employed a* man to represent the share The Warden refused t ?l-*?J? 1^ oat fV ) Vi 6l '?'i col^. it i ott0 tt tft at the objbctorreftlndedtli^appTWii'rittheamount of.money lie paid -ibtf wafeea-to represent the share. The.objector agreed, .and obtained I posse's3ibn <; of ' th^ ah'a're.' ' • ■'' . Jhefpllpwingip"^ . $sr^«^s__ -■' Creek' a d ° Uble ftreaa * mb! ?
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1707, 23 January 1874, Page 2
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258'WARDEN'S COURT, NO TOWN. Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1707, 23 January 1874, Page 2
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