THE POHANGINA REEFS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 2

THE POHANGINA REEFS.

■; It is not surprising, to hear on all aides, Expressions pf ( [dissatisfaction . , wjth ( , the, mysterious secrecy obseryjed \yith regai-d, to the results of the' trial 1 crushing 'of 'the' stone) sent from Pohangiha through the Bank' of Australasia, Wariganui,- to .be tested) m Australia. Those directly interested may v hold, the.^ieWy.^haty .the/ stone- was sen'tover at'iheir private. ex-.' penseLaM -Me'refore^ jHe^result^ is ! for 1 their j)Wh ; ;Bpebial ' infoirmafc'dh.' 5 Thatis' so, of> course ■$ but. if hen 'whv'a;ll6w it- to'! be kiown <thikt>certiiti Substances 1 wete» found), |apdfjc,ertaincbj;her]substanoes jvere not found, m the stone sent-.over. . Top, great' an air: of mystery pervacles the whole! business. ; r oannot atjalljconceivewhat the parties'iriterestedihave togain 6y acting m this way; The reasoni able" inference is that the results, are disappointing, to use a very mild phrase. Indeed, the cojinte^aqceg pf those interested haye 1 alr|aiSy tinfolaed thigTitale} to the vnWtof v We'are still Bafiguine ot ihe'fiture of the reefs, and trust that the mggestion made at'tbe Ashurstl meeting iwill be carried into practical effect, as . the v oAly rational solution of the difficulty! jWe still think +hat the persons who receiyed the. results of the, Austra^ lian cVushing would -have acted >inorediscreetly either by at once making pub- , lie the* information .they received ?; ,or, on the otj»er hand; il^n'Soioßi^a'to'iis'correcfcne&a, saying or hinting nothing about jit until more detailed and more re- > liable information came to hand. '