N 0 T I C EATTENTION having been directed to the fact lhat there are a liumber of persons (especially Chinese) Mining for Gold within the County of -Grey and Kumara Mining District •who are not the holders of " Miners' Jlights," or who are holding *« Miners' Bights" which have expired, the foliowv jng extracts from "The Mines Act, JB77>" are published for general inr formation, Warden's Office, Greymouth, 31st July, 1880. THE MINES ACT, PENALTIES. 172. Any person not being the holder of a miners' right, license or lease, duly empowering him in that behalf, who shall mine for gold or occupy or carry any business upon any Crown lands shall be liable to the penalties following—that is to say : —Fop the first offence, a sum not ex? peeding five pounds; for the second or any subsequent offence, a sum n °t exceed? jng ten pounds nor less than five pounds, with imprisonment in some gaol, there to remain for any time not exceeding one calendar month for every five pounds or fractional part of five pounds so to be paid ; Provided always that in any case where a miners' right or business license may have been lost or destroyed and the existence of such right or license can be proved, it shall be lawful to issue to such person a duplicate of such miners' right pr license in lieu of and comprising the like rights and privileges of such lost or destroyed right or license, until the due expiration of the same, and for which the fee of one shilling shall be paid in case miners' right and five shillings in the case a business Jicense, and a statutory declare tion shall in all such cases be made, as to identity and the facts of the case, 173. Any person who shall knowingly mine or employ any person to mine for gold on any land belonging to a private individual, without the consent of the owner thereof or his duly authorised agont, shall be subject tq the like penalties as are mentioned in the last preceding clause. 174. If any person shall forge or alter any miners' right, license, lease or other, document issued under the authority of this Act with intent to defeat the pro? visions of this Act, or to defraud any persons whomsover, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction there? pf before any Cqurt of competent jurisdiction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding pne hundred pounds, or imprisonment with or without hard labor not exceeding three years, or both, at the discretion of the Court. 175. If any person shall use or exhibit any forged miners' right, license or lease, Issued or purporting to be issued under the authority of this Act, knowing the same to be forged, qr if any person shall fraudulently persqnate the holder qf any such niiners" right, license or lease, shall falsely or fraudulently represent that any servant pr other person is. an authorised person within the meaning of this Act, or shall fraudulently use or exhibit as his own any miners' right, license or lease, belonging to p,r granted t° any other person, or shall use or exhibit as valid a miners' right, license or lease, which shall have expired, he shall be liable to a penalty for every pffence not exceeding fifty pounds, or to Imprisonment with or. without hard labor, not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the Court. IREBMAN'S CHLQBODYNE. The Original and Only Qenuine. It aots like a charm in Diarrhoea, &nd is the only specific in Dysentery and Cholera. It effectually outs shor-t all attacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, Convulsions, and Spasms. It effectually checks thpse too often fatal diseases, Fever, Ague, Croup, and Whooping Congb. It is the best remedy known for Coughs, Colds, Consumption, JBronphitis, and Asthma. It is the only palliative in Neuralgia, Gout, Rheumatism, Tic Doloreux, Cancer, Toothache, and all nerve pains. It rapidly relieves pain from whatever pause, allays the irritation of fever, soothes and strengthens the system under exhausting and wasting diseases, and produces quiet and refreshing sleep. Important Caution.—As there are Other preparations sold nnder the name pf Chlorodyne, but entirely devoid of its wonderfnl medical and phernical properties, the public are requested to potioe " The Genuine" is known by the Government stamp having engraved upon \t «'Freeman's Original Chjorodyue " QVer eaph bottle. Four Chancery s\Uts each terminated In its favor, and against Brown and Pavenport, Lord Cbanpellor Selborne, Lord Justipe James, and Lord Justice severely cqndenmed their proceedings, and them, to pay all posts,—See •< Times," April 29, 1873, W d July 33, lg? 3: ' Maufaptured, by the sole inventor, Bichapd Freeman, Pbaramacist, ?0, gensingtop Bark London)' S.E, Sold by all Patent Medicine dealers, in bottles, Is L}d j 30z., 3s 9d; W, 4s 6d \ So*, 9% j lOpa., lis ■ and, §ooz.,
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Kumara Times, Issue 1672, 7 February 1882, Page 4
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813Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Kumara Times, Issue 1672, 7 February 1882, Page 4
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