OHINEMURI. (ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Perroa, Friday.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 220, 17 September 1887, Page 3

OHINEMURI. (ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Perroa, Friday.

The following is a cop}' of a letter which has been forwarded to the Coloni.il Secretary, from the Chairman of the Ohiuomuri County Council in reference to the extension of the Thames Harbour Board Boundaries :—: — Sir : '• Being 1 advised by Messrs Dovore and Cooper, solicitors to the Council, that you consider it desirable that the County Council should make a representation to the government pointing out the precise nature of the difficulty and how the jurisdiction of the Thames Haibour Board over the navigable portions of t|ie rivers in this County will interfere with the protect I ' ve works proposed to be carried out by the River Board, in order that a remedy may, if possible, be applied.

1 limvo the honour fco submit the fo 1 lowing reasons why the boundaries of tlio Jnunes Harbour district should not beextanded. (1) riiafc according to public report the extension of the boundaries of the i'iiuincs H.irbour district wus grunted »m Ue ex-parte application of the Thames Haibour Board without the knowledge and consent of tho™ most interested, \iz. the m.iabitants of the districts brought unt]er the jmisdielion of the Board ; vide the Pioclamation dated Ibth July, 1887. (2) That tho baid {ipplicalion of the i'hames Harbour Board was unnecessary in the inteiesls of the districts affected, and entirely opposed to their wishes— or if the said application disclosed any necessity— no opportunity whs afforded to those opposed to the application to bring forward evidence to t no contrary. (3; That, granted the power, the local body was quite willing and prepared to do all that was necessary to conserve the free navigation of the rivers, and it could do so much better and more economically than the Thames Harbour Board. (4) That clause 74 is in itself a complete answer to tho precise nature of the difficulty, and how the jurisdiction of the Harbour Board over the navigable portion of the rivers, will interfere with the protective works proposed to be constructed by the River Board. I would, on behalf of the Council, respectfully urge the Government to reconsider the proclamation of the 18th July, 1887, as there is a very strong feeling all thiough the district against it, and public meetings are being held at all the centres of population in the County to protest against it ; the resolutions passed at which will no doubt in due ourse be forwarded. Tho feeling hero is that no reason has, or can be assigned for a change which will pecuniarily injure this already heavily taxed district, in the way of wharlage and other dues for the benefit of the Port of Thames. If the Port of Thames was actually on the river, and its executive body's principal work was to improve, and keep open the navigation of such river, it would be only fair to call upon the up river districts to submit to dues on account of the benefits conferred by the expenditure. But the Port of Thames is absolutely outside the river and the budc of its expenditure is on objects in which we have not tho slightest interest. In point of fact the river districts' inteiests and thoso of the Thames Harbor Board, are opposed to e»ch other. The former de&ired direct trade with Auckland for economical reasons, and the latter object naturally to the trade being divoited from themselves. The district iv applying to be proclaimed a river district, showed ita willingness to undertake the responsibility of the liver navigation within its boundaries, and naturally resents being handed over to the jurisdiction of a body in whom it has no conlidenco, and whose inleiCbt it believes to be directly opposed to its own.

MAIUTOTO Diliar and parly have completed the woik of blazing a. track from the b.ise of the lulls at the Konuta river right up to tho Prospector's mine at Maritoto, nn<] tho distance from this township is said to bo under eight miles. There is no work going on in the prospector's mino at present nor is there likely to be any until the title to the giound has been secured. The line of country traversed by the prospectors reef has been marked off in claims now right away_ to tbe Komata creek fully four miles, and it is staled that more or less gold has been got for the whole of that distance. Pabell's creek Mclsaacs has located a claim which embraces the outcrops of a large well defined lodo, and from which prospects of gold are obtainable. The country hereabouts is all that can bo desired for the existence of the precious metals, and it is the generally received opinion that some good patches will be met with as soon as active mining operations are fairly underway.

KARANGAIIAKE. A general clearing up took place at tho Ivanhoe batteiy on Saturday last for the different parties of tributers working in the company's mine with the following results, viz. : McWilliams and party, 230z l^dwts ; Comes and party, 14oz Gd\Us; Jirown and parlylloz 4dwt retorted bullion respectively. This stuff was all broken out from the main lode, and the different returns are said to be remunerative. Mooyo and pnrty, tributers in the Kenilworth mine, have now got about 70 tons of ore to grass, and of this fully 50 tons ia first-class stuff, which they intend sending to London as soon as the roads are lib for its conveyance to Paeroa, from whence it will be shipped to its destination via Auckland.

WATEKAURI. Hollis ami party, tributors in, the Wuitekauri inine,cleaned up on Saturday last for a return of 105 ozjs rotorted gol.l, being the product of a large tonnage of general crushing dirt, and the result is Slid to be payable.

OWHAROA. Farmer a'ul party, tributers in the Smile of Fortune mine, are now breaking out some first class crushing dirt, which should give them a handsome battery return. Reid and party, svho have got the adjoining block on tribute, are now driving to get on the same run, and they exp. ct that their operations will be attended with equally good results. Greenville and party, owners of fihe

"Me antl llowa " claim Lave a large tonnn^M (iF cnmliing dirfc re.'i 'v for the mill, ami they expect the result will pay fcbem handsomely for tue tuiu s.|»,-i t m hrcixkhug it uui. At a meeting of the Ol.iuomuii District .School Committee, hd I iu-ro on tSiilunliiy last, it w.-is decidi-d lv enforce the eoiiijniUnry clangs of fie Education Act, in order to oompell ciiil Iron to attend school vivre ivyularly than is tho case at piesent.