KARANGAHAKE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 211, 16 July 1887, Page 2

KARANGAHAKE.

On Saturday last Clements ami party, owners of the Imperial mine, finished a five ton crushing at Raileys Mill, and the clean up gave them 470z Ihlwt retorted bullion, which was melted and assayed the same day by Mr Rhodes B. N. Z. Paeroa, but as the claim is a private one, the owners decline to give its ass \y value. In the mine the reef is now being driven upon north of the crosscut where it is fully 6ffc. wide, and some of the stone shows gold freely. The intermediate level in the Crown mine is in a distance of 20ft. south of the " slido, " and the reef is again coming together, and forming a large body of stone, in which the precious metal is very frequently visable. Owing to the bad state of the roads, the 10 tons of quartz which it was proposed should bo sent to England, been as yet gone away, and the^ manager has received no further instructions from the company witU reference to its transport. The manager of the Adeline mine is now bagging an 18 ton parcel of quartz, which he intends forwarding to the Aloanntairi battery, Thames, for treatment. This stuff was obtained from the stopes on tho branch lode, which is somewhat pinched at present, but the whole of the stone coming to hand therefrom is of good quality. White and party, tributers in the Rose mine, have already opened up a block of ground from which they hope to be able to. earn remunerative wages, and a start will shortly be made to prospect other portions of the mine which are as yet sealed books to all concerned. Heiteman and party, tributers in the Woodstock mine, are breaking out some very good stone from the rise, which is now going up on the footwall of the reef from their level to connect with the surface, and they are certainly deserving of success for the large amount of dead work which they have accomplished during the last G months. Hasletfc and party, tributers in the save mine, have made arrangements with the lessees of the

hi) love flint lie has been doing so muc li ail work simply for working expense some £U 2 ; and Mr Lnndon himso boldly states the Government cannot d withoifc him. At Wunganui, Colonel Macdonald, who at the last election pye Mr Bryce a lot of troublo and assisted Mr Uallance, had botn appointed land purclinse agent at a large salary. Mr John Stevens received a cheque for several thousand pounds for a few months work negotiating; the purchase of native lands iv Itangitikie district, and thus was placed in a good position to go round and canvass for votes, etc., ami now we find him alt-o out for that scut. At Wairarapa, a Mr Bnnny was appointed to run the Village Settlement butiness. and ho also was now a candidate for election. These were a few of the many instances th.it might be cited as evidence of the manner which the Government funds had been used ; and the great question before the country was, Shall we return the present Government again to office or not ? His opponent at Hamilton and other places had openly declared that in the event of a vote of want of conlidcnce in the present Government being moved he would vote for them, but says afterwards he would be free and do as he liked. This was surely manifest nonsense. No man, unless possessed of overwhelming 1 ability, can chop round from one side of tlieliouse s to the other ; without being despised by both. The speaker then referred to the dissensions in the Cabinet itself, 3 and 3 voting in different lobbies on such important matters as the Representation Bill, one of their own measures, etc. Fioin first to last the present Ministry had relinquished every rinciple in order to retain office ; they had been kicked and cuffed, but sat it out. In contrast to tills, in Major Atkinson's time when it was proposed to cut down the estimates by £50,000 ho took it as equivalent to a vote of want of confidence, and would not proceed with the business till the question was settled on which occasion the Government won by about 4 votes. Captain Uussoll proposed that the present Ministry should take back their estimates and cut them down by £500,000, and they did it, accepting the position meekly. Mr Whyte then proceeded to speak on railway reform, tuc steps he had taken towards having such effected, Vailes scheme, the E. location vote ami wheie reduction could best be made w'illi respect thereto, and in the llouso itself, piotection, etc and we purpose more fully placing his views on these uialteis before our leaders in connection with the re port that will apjwirof the meeting; to be held at Wainou on M'mday next. On rii^uming l.is si' it, Mr Wi'yte was very wanniy app'an Ifd, and a hearty vote of thanLs an ! coin'Mi'iie. 1 \va< carried with ;i(vla:n.ition ;im Imi in iii-iuily. A vote j of thanks to the eh nr brought the pro cecdiug-j to .i ciosi*, after which u stiouj; committee was qnicklv formed to \>ork in th • interests of Mr Wnvte. '