The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 489, 22 April 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1878.

A public meeting is called by Mr ! Everett to be held to-morrow evening ' in Dillman Town. The Government ' is, we believe, prepared to send a survey ' staff at once to have the necessary sin-- l vey made in connection with the shul»e > channel, and to have the work pro- i

ceeded with; but before doing so it (the Government) is desirous of getting all the information it cart on the"subject from the miners themselves. We understand that Mr Everett has been communicated with for that purpose, and it shows that the Government is in earnest if the miners are, as it has thrown aside all circumlocution and red tapeism, and has appealed to the miuers direct. The information wanted is an expression of opinion as to the best route, and as Mr Gow has already pointed out what he considers to be the best route, it will be easy for the meeting either to adopt that route or suggest improvements. The Government also requires an approximate idea of the number of men likely to utilise the channel, and what would be considered a fair price per man. It ought to he very easy to supply the information required, as the miners have had long enough to consider. The mining community ought to feel grateful to a Government willing to give them such a direct voice in the management of their own affairs, and the best way in which they can express that gratitude is to " roll up," and give a decided expression of opinion. As to the advisableness of having this work done, there can be uo two i opinions. A number of claims are J getting nearly worked out under the J present system; and, with the sludge J channel constructed, those claimholders J would have actually a better claim than \ they had at the start, for nobody seems 'to doubt that under the present system, they leave more gold than they get. Independent of the ground that is actually being worked, there is a vast area behind that would pay for sluicing. Scarcely a day passes without some shafts beiug bottomed on paying shallow layers, and as yet none are sunk to any depth. We have no hesitation in saying that if the sludge channel were completed, there is above a mile in length, by half a mile in width, that could be sluiced with profit.