WARDEN’S COURT.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5424, 15 May 1929, Page 2

WARDEN’S COURT.

SITTING AT PAEROA. APPLICATIONS DEALT WITH. The following applications came before the Warden of the Court, Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., at Paeroa on Monday Prospecting License. A. F. J. Ormsby, of Waihi, applied for, and was granted, a prospecting license over 25 acres at Waitekauri. Reduction of Rent. The Imperial Gold Mining Co. applied for reduction of rent on property at Karangahake to 2s 6d an acre from January 1, 1928, to December 3, 1929. Mr R. S. Carden, for the company, said that it was a small company, and one which had been carrying on for some years. It had a good record, and the local authorities were agreeable to a reduction. The Warden favoured the request, and intimated that it would he recommended to the Minister of Mines. PROTECTION CERTIFICATES. The following companies made application for protection certificates: Imperial Gold Mining Co. The Imperial Gold Mining Co. applied for a protection certificate over its property at Karangahake, for the purpose of enabling further capit&l to be raised. . , Mr E. Edwards, secretary to the company, gave evidence that it was a local concern doing prospecting work at Karangahake. From November, 1924, two men.had been constantly employed practically to date. A sum of £2586 had been spent, of which £2OOO was for wages and prospecting work. Over 1000 ft of driving had been carried out, and 300 tons of payable stone were at the mouth of the drive awaiting facilities for treatment. It was a refractory ore. Negotiations were at present going on with the Government with a view to establishing a public crushing plant in the district, so that small parcels could be crushed locally. The company intended to seek further capital, which there was no doubt it would get. The of protection was granted. Hauraki River Claim. Samuel Alexander Shaw, representing the Hauraki Special River Claim, at Karangahake, appeared in person and asked for a protection certificate for a term of six months for his company. The object was to raise further development capital during the winter, when the claim was not worked. Mr E. A. Porritt put the case for the company, arid Mr Shaw in evidence stated that the claim was in the bed of the Ohinemuri River just below the bridge at Karangahake. It was 16 acres in extent, six of which the company had been working. Owing to flood-waters in winter the claim was only capable of being worked in summer. The capital was exhausted, and it was the intention to raise more money during the winter, months in order to instal machinery of the same type as another company further down-stream was operating with success. Rent had always been fully paid up. The Warden granted the certificate.