THE GREENSTONE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1881, 17 August 1874, Page 2

THE GREENSTONE.

[r^OM A CORRESPONDENT.] t August 15. Things at the Greenstone still wear a healthy look, bustle, throng, and activity appear to be the order of the day at the old township, giving it quite a new life in every respect. Business is good — everyone doing a fair trade. The scene of operations at the new rush is lively and most promising — on the whole, miners generally hold a good opinion of it, and predict with a feeling of confidence an extension of the golden ground. The many claims at present on gold are considered to pay fair wages, with the excellent and encouraging prospect of having large claims to work out. The gold already obtained from some of the claims is a Bplendid sample and quality, a notable fact which is looked upon by the miners in a most favorable light, as having one of the characteristics of a genuine rush. There are several tunnels going in on each side of the claims on gold, with every hope on the part of the plucky prospectors that there will still be a continuation of the lead. . In dealing with local matters, I may here intimate that a subject of great importance to the mining interest in this district has been of common comment lately in this quarter. It is that of an application made recently to the Waste Lands Board to have thrown open for sale a large block of land near the Hohonu River, in the neighborhood of Lake Brunner. It is well understood by miners in this place that the locality is highly auriferous, and to bring this public feeling to a definite result, a public meeting was held at Hanna's Victoria Hotel, on Saturday evening. There was crowded attendance of the : people of the district. Mr P. Dungan, one of the members for the district, was present;. Mr F. Keenan was voted to the chair, and explained to the meeting the object for which it was called. . Mr Dungan, on being introduced by the Chairman, entered fully into the chief purpose for which the meeting was called. He advised those -present, by some definite conclusion, to draw the attention of the Waste Lands Board to the lead in : question, and if that were not sufficient, a petition should follow relative to the matter. : :; Mr Dungan took advantage of the occasion to speak generally of his position as their reprasentative, in looking after the, interests of the district, and of other parts of the Province. Mr Campbell moved, and MrC. Wilson seconded the following resolution:— " That

this meeting strongly protests against the sale of land in the Hohonu Valley, as the said district is well-known to be highly auriferous, and likely to be an extensive gold-field, being in the vicinity of the new rush and other workings, and through which track of country the Lake Brunner road is at present being constructed ; and this meeting is also of opinion, that the . expressiori of feeling embodied in this resolution should be thus pablicly, brought under the notice of the Waste Lands Board." The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr Hanna then moved a vote of thanks to the member of the district forr his atfceudance and of confidence in the action he had ! taken in the matter, which was carried. A vote of thariks : was moved to the Chairman, when the large and orderly meeting was brought to a close.