The Mining Association.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 208, 21 February 1873, Page 5

The Mining Association.

Mb. Armstrong then asked the meeting to take into consideration the advisability of forming a Mining Association. He pointed out how the miners were standing in their own light by not doing so—that if they did not fight their own battles no one else would do so for them. The Goldfields Bill abou,t to be introduced wanted careful practical criticism. Auriferous ground might be alienated at any moment, and this could be at once stopped if there was an organised body to deal with such matters. Mr. Farmer wanted to know why Mr. Armstrong did not write to us. " Never ere a miner gets a line." Mr. Armstrong: Simply because there is no one to write to. Mr. Bremner, after some discussion, was again forced into the charr. It was proposed by Mr. Creighton, duly seconded by Mr. £oss, and carried unanimously—" That a Miners' Association is desirable." Mr. Armstrong suggested that a Committee to inaugurate the Association be at once formed, consisting of seven members. After discussion, the following Committee were nominated:—Messrs. Robert Ross, Jas. Brown, John Creighton, Thomas Jackson,

John Le3inan, James" Hore, and (George; Clarke.

The meeting then broke itp\ The Committee met together' after the'-' room had cleared, and it was resolved that a? public meeting of the miners of Naseby becalled on Saturday (to-morrow) nighty at 8* o'clock. (See advertisement.)