PROSPECTING FOR GOLD

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 159, 26 September 1927, Page 2

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD

EFFORTS AT TAUPO APPLICATIONS FOR CLAIMS Common enough in earlier u m .. , ; tain districts of New Zealanj, wL” rj courts have not often sat i a UTf** Affairs connected with the mining area of the province, the ■rs. have been dealt with at th« it is a duly-constituted mini,* and the local magistrate the ward ' Questions concerning areas oat L I constituted mining districts come m the jurisdiction of the Commission*, L Crown Lands. This morning Mr. K. M Orahsm missioner of t rown Lands for th.' i-2?' Auckland district, presided over th. mg of certain problems arising an area m the Taupo district ' * Several months ago an unr*»u* syndicate, styled the MHiigauT'SUiT l Syndicate, applied for and was era?2s certain prospecting rights in th<■ SI? ity of the Mangatu stream, a creek wiSL empties into Lake Taupo. "Tiefc Applications for further areas in same district have now been by the commissioner The applicant. ~7* Messrs. Alexander MacDonald, J ji p? aid. T. H. Oill, R B. Holmes. C R Slater and John Flynn. **■ CLAIMS OVER-LAPPING Owing to the fact that the district h only roughly surveyed trouble has arW" regarding the location of the clairia TV Mangatu Syndicate alleges th.it th, claims marked out by the new applicant, infringe on tae territory already allocated. Mr. John Alexander appeared for th« applicants and asked for an adjournment and also that the Mangatu Syn£ cate be restrained from turther opera! tions until its territory had been sur. veyed and clearly defined. At the present time the syndicate appeared to hat* a floating licence, and no one could definitely define its territory. The hearing was adjourned sin* die it order to have a flying survey ta-ien. On the question of restraining tv operations of the Mangatu Syndicate the warden stated that it seemed quite « reasonable proposition, but he would hare to communicate with the Minister wh« had granted the licence Several other application for prospecting licences in the Taupo district are reported to be pending.