inemori River Claims.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4457, 2 September 1909, Page 4

inemori River Claims.

le question of the Wsibi-Paeroa Extraction Company’s river claims A, Moresby wntes to the ObineGazette as follows ■ ir last issue. contains a report of iscussion at > the Ohineinuri Biver g Association’s meeting last Wedy night. As reported, there were il inaccuracies and mis-statements two of which in the interests of ncerned it is desirable to remove Strange stated : “The company id to have followed a rather peculiar bof action. Twelve months ago it greed to have this condition put on senses, and now it came along and d the condition removed.” the meeting referred to, at which I present, Mr Eingswell distinctly id out that his company were not red to undertake such a huge pubork as clearing the river; and, ing from memory, Mr Poland, I , proposed that the Council should the gold duty which the company l have to pay until the price paid ie land by the company was red. This was carried, and it was on mcession that Mr Kingswell conl not to put the tailings back. Houndl found subsequently they 10 power legally to do this or to y the company, so that, of course, ed the company from its part of irgain. As Mr Strange was pre- \ seems odd he should have overi the Council’s undertaking, Tetley said “ the company wanted condition taken off so that it go to the Government for assistivever did Mr Tetley get this l into his head. The facts are, F the condition is not taken off hen the Government assistance will jessary. If the company get the to put back the tailings it is not that Government assistance will :ed for. i difficult to understand the preittitude of the Silting Association d the,company. It is common d that no further silt will be put ie river by the company, and that ore the present evil cannot be uated in that rpspflct. ntelligent thinkers on this question st be also common ground that ner the tailings are ground the ir is the chance of their being 1 out to sea. isrs Barry, Brown, and other minagnates tell us that the tailings are d so fine that they are as slime on iter and are carried away and do leposit. They are men used to ing tailings, and understand the t. In proof of the veracity of these lents the chairman, Mr Porritt. if tells us “ that he had tested 38 of, the tailings and found that he proposed treatment they had btlea in two hours.” I can corroi this, having made like tests ; but rther say that in 24 hours they Ot settled, and that- in a large ir of absolutely still water. But rthan this we have the Govemengineer, Mr Breakall—a man in the entire population in the couns implicit confidence—telling us in port: "I am of opinion that if Uows and other obstructions were ed a very large percentage of the ould be carried out to sea.” The lan, Mr Porritt, struck the true vhen he stated “they might be to do good.” i a trite saying “ The customary Ie of many people in this spoon untry is to at on their haunches, their hands, in despair, and cry to their paternal Government for Now, sir, it is evident, and has so to. those who travel on the and who know it, that the willow on is all important. If the willows at hack and removed, and Mr ill’s recommendations carried out. he way is open for allowing these |s to go seaward. If, in addition i, the tailings, Which are at pre • a. the river, can be turned into Free of cost to the public, is not i any rate a remedy and a cure trying—especially keeping in he fact that no more harm can leLthan is now being carried on. iflon to this, we have it that this ay is prepared to spend £30,000 in alone at onr very door. A new ige industry will be started here, ring when in full swing probably ared men. This number, with jompanying families, will make a difference to the township. It ut property up, fill our boardingand shops, and make business in tfn what it should be and ought This company has at its back as a set. of directors and monetary s any company in New Zealand, large works at Waihi. It has its ability to treat these sands, given an opportunity here will ly make this town what it has ret been. I have always been in with the object of preventing i being put. in the river, but in se that question does not arise are already there. The sole s—will the getting rid of the i and the grinding of these i now in the river to a slime dug them a chance to go to sea, will be practically starting a dustry in this town, be better itting still doing nothing, with ed feeling ” which the “ Taihoa ” io. engenders. mining industry and the agri- [ have got to work together. By ans they may do so ; at any rat», should be given, and if from this is found the latter is being rathed, then be time to again force ■ the