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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 35, 18 February 1878, Page 3

E0 B 13 Ifc r O X \.a 13 X B B 0 A 1> WAY, [u>/KitrHf»tKNrr,] Sin,— <Witli yotK pr«rnN < >ion I wili ftvnil myfloH'of tho ola-nn of you" jiurivvl to roonpitu'ftte, nail 'nt (hi Rimo tim • «nmm<m<, upon tho celebrated Gold Mm* JngLoa^o ouho recently honrd in tho W»'» <lon'» CViurt: I mIhiII now cmionvor, ns far n« my knowle-lco of tlio on«o fldmitfl, to place bofore tho piblio tho pnrticulips of this Mining L übo Appliention. In January, 1872, John Dcegun nnd olcvon oihorn mnrked out, nnd oeenpiod, under Miner'n Jti^btfl, «n nron of 0/o.vn L'ind« nt Bootmnn'fl Croolc. In Pobruiiry of the anmo yoar llioy npnliod in tlio iihiml ninnnor for n Gold Mining henxo of tho *nme. , In duo courHfl tlio Hpplioiilhn wn» heard /In tho War '»'»'« Ooi>rfc wllon °tcoption was tftken by tlio Wnrden to rer-ommend tho tffttntiriK in (ionfloquonco of n running fltronm boini? em'irtieed within tho loun> lioiind.nrios of tho L'fisie, bnt informed ilio n|pli«tnt« thitt if thoy were pr<.'pnrod to ftooopt tho reiniininc; portion of the ground, cxelniivo of tho Htrenm, there would bo nn obj »otion to tho rooommonda' tion. What win tho result P A new nppliontion wn« tn.ulo, tho oreolc or stronm «xoludad, the ciiho culled on, nnd tho ap■tilicanta did not flppoar, the then Wnrdon {Mr 0. llrond) tbcro ami Ihon cndorrfinK fho npp'i 'rtli'in with the worlfl No ap jpearanao, The initials 0. U. and a diish evidently tlio words had roforonoo to tho applicant, or nt nil events wo muHt ttMHum-) as muoh — dlthoiigli to my wny ot thinking tho added words " of applieiinth' «ftcr fclio word* "no iii)|)o;inuieo " would littvo boon moro in oonHonance with olßcinl <lufy, bnt thoro is another endorsement of n difi'aront ohnraetor on tho sumo document, nt n dttto.long Bubsoquont to tho iirHt wilhont «ny " C. ¥>," or nny ru'ulo \vhfttov«i to tbo term of its 'existence— fortaiiily it wns not thoro whon Daniel Jtiiulin mado iipplieation for tho ground , fat bi« apnliontion wuh refined dor tho touhoii that Dco^an and parry woro (f rior I'ljiplicmlK, and then 1 np| licalion |iendin«;. Muf theroifl'not tho lun«t doub I bar. wbwn Jncob M'lConny, by his n^cn 1 , <lopof)ite<l Imk £20 (Muntiu wns jioh of ♦ liofii'iit nt thiH (1tu,0.) Tbo Hiiino ondoiMO" lnont, *' reoonimended li» be ro mod ' f^iinoly "wifhou' any superfluous roitHotis, i<latog, or initifilH. I flay thoro oinnot bo ihe fllufldow of it doubt, upon tho matter :«« it vi'im necessary fo tho futlhor action ««f gnz rf.linu[ if. rofu.^'d. Wo aro not to bo <lono Utowii lilfo Muntin 'vu*. Oh! doir No! But t.o re.sum!\ Tho first atlfusk ii •]midol>y Buntin, an l.I)t)O!»an di.-iponos of liim without much trouble. Several other opplicintioriH aro rnii'lo by portinae.ious, uppimlatoro. nnd ultimately Mr M'Kunny taken (:'lio Hold, but as I Htntod boforo his manning mnn of bimino^H wan not to bo outfbinkod, ho is a diplomatist of no mo^n calibro, and Roon quiotod Iho onomy with tho nforo&aid Gnzotto Notico referred toJNoiv, obsorvo tho thirrl net of tho dramn, th,o Provincial authoriticx, or I should ra.tiior any, tho Government dolocMto, flir.porin tor. dent Curtirt recogniiiinc; Poe« Un n'rf priority of right in>itriio's thn I'ro* vi uiial Seerofnrv to a Ivi.-co tho Warden Ilp it Xieob M IConny can occupy tho ,ftr »und j<>iriMy with Dcagati. And " why Vint ;hi» dftnoP" Why, after gazottin^ it pel need to iiirn dotH Iho Governor's dole-< ;^m c ronognifiohim (Deoijnn) in any wny P *WJ iy makoit a condition with M/Konny Ihn fchomiiHt tnako satiMfnetory arrangoiJnoi its with Decpcin boforo ho onn occupy, Mac buso thoro was a sorow loose in tho ■%nz Hting tbo Bnbsequont endorsement, ■reco mmended to ho refused npeaks for it* wolf, nnd tellrt its own tnle. Again, whd b docH Mr Alfred G^eonfiold rdv on tho jnntter to Warden Shaw, "It is gnzr 'tted roftifod to De.cgan, but there it •no 1 'cnx m unsigned, probably t.horo is ■■Home thing in your ofTloo that will throw light on thomitter/' thnt is tho purport of Mr ' Greenfield's remarks, and tho public aro of; libirty to digest them thoroughly. "There • waff no ro«Mon assigned, there oould lio nr no. ISverthing wai dono in aooorflanco with tho winh of tho Court, nnd ■tlio pi '©visions of tho Gold field's Ant, nnd Iho c laim hnn nlwny* been mninlninod from ] 1872 till tho application of Walker «nd j mrty in JS77, at which timo Mr •Orouti 'fluid whs tolegraphod to to know \vhotln 3r it was tho intention of tho Govornm out to fonrnrd tho Loaso for Iho Koyal fctnndnrd, Boatman's Croolc, for Doorrnr t nnd party, to which ho ropliod, 41 Leas> > in course of prepnrntion, will bo down i ihortly." Mr'Wnrdon Shaw, in iho fnc oof thoHO facts submittod to four AflHonsf ira wondors nt their dooision, bo«auso I brsooth ho has chosen to rocommenrl to tho Undoi'M^oerotnry for tho Ooldfiel Ids, "or tho Minister whoever ho bo," thji it Dorian is legnlly dead nnd can* not bor osuf:itator 1 , ns ho expressed himself in Com fc on. tlio occasion of tho trial, and again at *ho hearing of an application for a now trii »1, Andutjw M'Shatn.

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