OHINEMURI. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paeroa, Friday.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 289, 11 August 1888, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paeroa, Friday.

Mn Ed. Kers<\v Cooper fin ived at Pfioron on Wednesday htsfc looking exfcremly well siffcnr hi -s Euro) >en n trip. Mr Cooper lo^t no lime in interviewing the County authoiittes in reference to repairing fclio Waitokauri iriclc. This will much need to be (Jone, n«? n large quantity of machinery, etc., wi'l soon be placed on the Jubilee ground. Mr Cooper lias carta blanche horn his English piincipaU to erect plant, tramways, etc., so there will be nr> niggling, but everything 1 \u'l bo done efficiently and well. As regards the prospects of the mine, there nre none in the district wiLh better. The ore h.is been proved to bo valuable, and the only tiling necessary is cheapness of fcieatmenfc. Altliou^h there is not much water power available, yet the abundance of fuel within easy reach is such a<? would enable n, plant to be worked by steam as cheaply as by water. Indeed Mr Corbefct, who is competent to be heard on those matters, states that ho can erect a plant to treat the dirt foy 4s per ton. Some little excitement has been caused during" the week by the Waihi " strike." The trouble concerned the chaisre for board and lodging, for which Mr Walker hns been charging the men 12s per week. This week, however, he raised it to 14?, and as the men weie only getting 7s per diem, they refused to accept ihe altered tariff unless their wages were rnised. Eventually a compromise was agreed to, men actually engaged in mining work to receive Bs, outside men, 7s, and board, etc,, to bo 14s per week, Mr Alfred Lockwood, "who, in conjunction with Mr James MnGuire, has recently brought his process for extracting gold by smelting prominently before the Auckland public, returned to Ohinemuri on Thursday last. He lias made arrangement to exhibit his plant in working order at the Melbourne Exhibition, and leaves for Victoria shortly. j At Karangnhake, Messrs Heitmanand party are aboijfcjo put a hundred tons of their dirt (Woodstock) through the crusher at Parkcs Furnace prior to smelting. The crusher was started on Tuesday last t and although breaking a little large, went very well. Smelting will start in less than a foitnight. It now appears extremely likely that the Warden's Court, which has long been agitated for in Ohinemmi, is likely to be granted.