PUBLIC MEETING.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, 3 December 1887, Page 2

PUBLIC MEETING.

A pubi.i: meeting, convened hv Mr F. Pauti, was hold in tl to Te Aroli.i Public 1 1.i 11 on Wednesday < veiling, the business | ic ,j,,£» — ; ( s slated in t lk* advertisement in the AlloHA AND 'JIIINKMIHtI NLWH OOHVolling the same — "To di^cins the rulvi^ ibiijty of i'onnin,^ :i com piny or piospe?i'ting as-ociittitm t<i U»t the T,; An.h.i iiM)i'«, U) means oil n low li vi-j." There wa& a l.u^e i>:Uhoi iwj, of local ie t -i(it'iit-> on the ocimJ=iot>, .Mid on I ! i e niolion of Mr C. A. CoiDt-H seutudud by M r F. /.tvilf. Mr D. ! J. Fr.izer whs uf!<mitnons)y votwl to tin I chair, him! «it onco jiroi ots lot! to the business of the evening by h lew brief ye mmka suitable to the occasion, and Ciilliii,n upon Mr Pn\itt to explain Ins piopo&.ils to thot-e present. Mr Pavilt'then adiliV-Svnl the meeting at some leiv tli ;m1 : lha lcison tor H-Uiug them to meet him thoro that evening was, be thonnht ht-* conM piopomid a , Bfl.ciiie tint \\<uld be of benelit to the pl.iee. lio b;d heard it stated by good and trust y minors tlmt.flieio 'was £oM in the hills' fvohi M ( e Jtoluv to VVniovon'>oimi, t jind fiat if they dnuJd J>ut get into the bills >no^C pol'.ib^y a 1 ,qo<>fl vein a£ eoiitihy would be nut with ; by'wbieh wits p.eant n puynl)le vein of cmJutry, and therefore lu 1 thought it would (be .vg-Otwj thine: if t\w) oould form an aedociation or company, in which all und every ono could join, and in wludi he w'ouldhilce there sliouid 1»o no tiuch thing as monopoly. H(j would pm|;pose us' ahftsis to shirt with, th.it Rity- 50 4»ien should join th<} association contnbutj 5.^ per weck't-jioh, 'H6 s:nd 50 men, but if lOn or 150 weie to join, it would be so iinuch the better. Suppose 50 at »s week t'Jich, or 100 at (>d, ti-is would piovide jtn inoomd ot £12 10s pet- week to work upon. -WithtlMttai i«>ftn* of money hoihmi^ht i they could kff'p G men employ % d tinee hhiffj. He liad no tJesito to cut r'own w.t^'i-, by uiggesiting £± pec man per

* week, but tlio miner* finploycil would rut diniKr powe.xs? bliiiivs themselves, mid Itieiui'ine ii" anything good- was Mi nek would be us much benefited as anyone else, It" pajab'e gold was met with, it, could by 1.-t'to tributes. At tins mwttnu ho would suggest tint :i provisional cirf'iiiille." bo appointed to 'canWiss the town /i iul neiyhlioiiilioMfl in tiro iuU'j'v'st ol tin 1 aßs.cialiou, and a. j o wlml suppoi L tl»e> iii'-L with, Mlt-r whirl) th.d rniniJllllKH should go 'till of olli ■*:, Uiid H new committee be Mppoin UH, vi/. , ;< committee i»J" in Hi sgoinent, hi dilVt tois. lie undeistnod fi 0111 the Warden they con d ohliiin -i nieieof ground for prospecting HO y.mls M|ii iv, aid also for thiee mouths .1 n'M'ivo adj -ining. so lh.it durum the hr.st tlnc^ in uiilii no one could come within li ill' a mile ol them, In addition to the £!'2 10s per week to he rawed in the iniiiiKji 1 an » go- ted by Hi- 1 members of the 'ikk iciaiioii, they mi»ht cx|Cct s^inc support f r..iii Pi ik<> County (Jomicil, nnd ,iiso Jiom Government. II; h.id been lnfoinr'd l\y bevci. d p«.r-ons to whom lie had sookea on the subject, tint they would be likely to ivccmvu ;issistanuo from Aiukhmd, ami th.it nhnics in tlm asaot'ia tion il formed, would I)' likwri up there. \\u thon^hl possibly they might look ior aid to h.ivim; their own reduction '\ oi'Uh by si iit I bye. HI romse \l would bo nt'L'es^.uV for sub^ciilK-rs to bo pionipt v, their payments ; iind :i 1 1 work sh >uld b.' let by "cuiitiart. The mine he wou.d MM«e.st would b' t!u To Arolia Piospectiu^ AnHOt'intioii. Mr Ja^?. i\ldU w.'is then h.Midi'd the follow in» resolution which hi: moved, "Tluit a Prohpi'i'tiiii* Asssciatiou by foiuird to be r.'i! lea the le Arol u Prospect in i? Association ; the resolution was seciMided by Mi (J. A. Conies. Mr .Mills sui»m'sl >d that tho fires be Is per wejk instead ol 2s (id or 5-^. as man y nii^lit then j >m who would oih -iwiHu be unable to <lo so ; and said the tv-ailt of i U'| mie-, he had mad,; fioin Mr 1 uck was tli.it he ton id wluKt 'IV Aroh i had co'itriDuted to the I'iako uonnly Council tint i 1114, t' 1(1 Pl " - twelve in mths £450 in iroldli'lds ii'viiiu' .iiid i'2w.S piolib on the workni" the i-iiuntN tiauiwav, only £125 had been received back iioni them lor "oldlield tr.c ks Mi C. A. Coniß-. .-.nil : [[ the piomoUr«« oi the association could I'iise half the reipiued m nicy in To Aiohi, Auckland gentlemen would ri'id tlie otlier hall. He thought the fn-t tiling to bn dono wiw to sue how much would be subscribed ; if in the com so ot woik they uilo haul ground it mi,L;ht take £2 per week for explosive-, lit; was al-o of opinion that it would be yen dilh'cuit to collect suuh hiu. ill sums ,i- Is pel we. k. Mr P.ivilt s;ii'l, in n lining £12 10s per we>dc, htf thought it was as t^ood to state that S'ini as any other, but he by no meaiH wislkml that amount to fix-d upon in preference, to any other. lie was ot op.niuu that when their As^oi i.ition was Loi tued, it, would be us well to wait a mont'i before staitin^ oper.iln'iis. us by so loin^ thu» would ii.ivo £50 in baud, and l)j>itlc^, bv tb <t Uuui they mi«ri.t ha\ c ierei\ ed a^>isrMnfe from ibe Uoimtx Co une 1 1, and m I S' i 'nun A nek In nil as ivleiied to by Mr Corn s* ll* hid om'v di.iwn out <i bcl'eme in a simple a:iu cind • I ash ion, to bt 1 put into klih[) j bv tlr* sh n c holder^. 'JMu* i esolutiou w is 1 tht-ri put and carried unaninioii ]\ . Mi I'.n ltt then ptoposed, 'lh'L a piovisiiin.il conim'tt'e or" live beelet-tel at this meetin :. who .shili obtain the n mi s ol subsriil> r> willinu to join t lk- im lei taKin ;, ;in Iwho «h ill ( all <i neiid iiiettin^ oL the said sub vnuer- to c!e<_l tlicii ctiicei'- .is hoou a-< jiiti- tic.iltle li u motion .\ is secondeil by .Mi llemi - c te nnd can led u i inmioiis'y The r'oliuwuit; |uo\i-iuiid oo umiitco w re then eKiti.l: Ale^r, P ivill, o.i the motion ol Air AniU, seron.lt d by All Comes; Mr Mills, on the nioiinn ot Mr Pa wit, (ieconued by Mr Heathed' ; All i^i i«;li un, on tiie motion ol Mr C iru 'o, h^co.i I tl Im Mi Ilotchtn ; All Biem ow e, ( m ilk- nioiinn ot Ml G iod\ , set olid' d bv Mr Wiutehoude ; Mr Fiu/er, on the motion ot Mi Pavitt, seconded by Mr D.-ye} . Air Thos. G.ivin wtis also pitmosetl but tletiin'd. Mr Pawtt said he thought the lWinq; ol the positnm oJ the tunn.'l, whether at Stune\ (Jieek, the Piosp et >r s claim, oi iinvwheie else should be lelt to tlu Cviinm il tee At the clos-e ot" tho p-iblie nijetin^ a fust meeting" of the Piovisi k. il Coiumitree uppointod was held to i'uitlier dibcuss the matter. At the close of the public mating, a first meeting of the piovisional committee was held to fmthcrdistuss the mattei; and adjourned to last evening, \\ ben the loilowing piooosais were decided upon. Th it the Te Aioha Prospecting Association; Limited, shall consist of 30,000 ill sli.-iro'", 10,00 U being leserved. 'i'hnt a first ea 1 ot 3d per bliaie be made on allotment ol applications, the balnnt-c to bj called up, if iequiied, in montldy ells, not exceeding Id, It was also decided to interview the Warden on the occasion of lu.s n^xt \isit to Te Arohd.