Ohinemuri.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 4 February 1875, Page 2

Ohinemuri.

The news from Ohinemuri is the revejpjl * of satisfactory. The miners on the »p<f, we are told, are getting tired out <witj} waiting for the proclamation tc issue, adia the Natives are dissatisfied. The latter talk of reroking the consent given to Sir Donald McLean to open the country ia the usual way, and now propose to deal' with the diggers directly, by taking a" pound from each and allowing them to go wherever they please. The diggers talk about holding a meeting on. Saturday . next to consider this proposal of the :-' Natives, and, if accepted, prepare some regulations for their guidance and mitttal protection in case of one making a valuable discovery. Mataia, one of the native owners, has expressed himself willing to : commence receiving pound notes at once. Of course, if the miners take any action in this direction it will be at their own risk. The Msories cannot lose anything, and they might succeed in extracting a few pounds from the pockets of the miners; but the latter.' if they made any discovery of importance would have no guarantee that they would be continued in peaceable possession. In fact,' although prospecting might go tn smoothly enough under arrangements with the Natives, the first find of any value would probably lead to an abandonment of the mutual principle, and result in some ' species of lawlessness disastrous to the miners themselves and injurious to'the district. The dtlay is vexatious and an- y noying, but a resort to illegal, measures 1 will not help to facilitate the coniummai tioh of a much desired result. '■■ '':V