HYDE.- April 2.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 10, 9 April 1869, Page 3

HYDE.- April 2.

PUBLIC MEETING- AT HYDE. (From our own Correspondent.) •': v : m —— ~ ~ ) A public meeting of thevminers./of Hyde Vas lield evening of the 30th jilt, at Mr. O'NeiU's Bojral Mail Hotel, for the purpose 0 f disca'ssing" the advisability of objecting to the lease Greorge "Weißs^ii^J^' a^^'d^'^l^actLJai??! tended by all the miners in Hyde-rand • expressed opaniion'was , that the lease should!.-'MS*£:So'i-'grMte^- ! The following reaQlii|fon§j:r?^e^ ? iißafli*i-- , mousey ,a/ipp£e&i "~ Proposed jby Mr. L.,Matiießqn ; iajted seconded by Mr. John Dowlin, and carried unanimously—" That this meel?-. ring isiofi opinion that the granting of the lease appliedforbyl^i^-^eissf^br'of ! : airy lease in the main gully, wouldbe injurious to the interests of the miners of this district, from the J fact "that the j main creek is the only outlet for the

water and tailings from the present worinngs, and tlie same actually flows thrftufh; the grounds applied for; if* granted; it <would preclude the com- ■ Ponies vtheir tailings, or lexteridang their tail-races, unless by permission df Mr. Weiss,cand paying compensation, wftich :might causg.. grdat delay and loss oStiine, and wOuldP prove to-be iajiirious !to tlie : interests-of the., mining i%pu|itionV and a; great into tbe folders,of water rights, v:^.:? 0^ 8 . i°f companies aire now Ending theiif tail races through,. this "ground.'' Zi f" . b : '-'^- ■""Proposed By Mr. Quinlan, seconded by Mr. M'itiily, an§~ carried unanimonsly:— S. *■ ,"*"->

KO'That the granting of this lease W l oll J^ be a great injury to the present race hblders on Hyde, and a monopoly pf only .ground-now mnd/Mown to be_a4.mlero.us, .in which air the ! tailings 5 ; frbm the" "flow througH:; f ;and if the, lease,is, granted it will r c prevent ; the present" companies from extending their tail races, an^-rußtnmg=theirtailings;throligh unless ;r by ; paying Mr. ■ ! Weiss s j Mr.;Weis| has never Expended 1 aiiy capital in developing the resourcesfof HydeV it would be;a great injusticeto)"''allow him : a : lease of; ten acres to the exclusive injuryof all the miners/' : :^;]: :/ . v "" .tProposed seiQpndedby Mr. John Quinlaii;and carried a' >j:.;-; //■.. ;•_ i ;. ' - a documentibeidrawii upy di- : rected t6 the Warden, objecting to the granting prthe-Tease^signed:by all i&e ! paid into the camp (aceord- > jErpldfields peculations) ]- to ydel^ay^the; necessary costs." ~. A memorial is in course of signature to the Chief PostMasterV'praymg for a "bi-weekly mail, or that the incoming mail should arrive on Saturday, instead of Tuesday,, and the outgoing.mail leave instead of at present on Friday. 'iv^jN-ew?=llia?ve : none; and the mere to write a letter to aintise your jpiders is_ a puzzler. By next mail JShope to have something interest-