The Tairua Leases.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2000, 2 June 1875, Page 2

The Tairua Leases.

The Warden sat this morning for the purpose, of deciding: upon.- d,ates,for.the hearing of objections to the Ajar, Puketui, and Stewart's leases. THEAJAX.^, Mr Brassey appeared for the applicant. ■ The first objection was that of Coote and party, for whom Mr Macdonald appealed..;r ;-■> .rt ~$" .f:T g'% f.i The -n&t'fWaS: Fisk; and| p#r|y, .of}, the Eisk claim! Mr Tyler for objectors. Preece (who is also a shareholder in the Risk Claim, lodged a separate objection. Cameron and party—of the Eureka. Mr Tyler for the objectors. Logan and party —Crown claim. . His Worship asked did any one appear on behalf of the Crown claim,, and no one did appear. ' Mr Brassey on behalf of the applicants, asked that the case be fixed for hearing on the same day as the Tairua lease. Mr Tylerobjectedl-* The presence of a^ number of witnesses would be required, and the hearing of the Tairua.case would be likely to take some time. He thought, therefore; that men should notjbe I kept waiting about at the expense either of onejparty or^themother. ; -- •-.■„, r :;- t r, ; With regard to the Maori objections, His 5 Worship said he would treat them as' prospectors' claims,' if possible, arid not consider them va1id.,......... .... /,,, After some further discussion, it was decided to adjourn the case till Monday, the 21st instant. The Tairua objections are to be heard on the 15th, so that a week will intervene between the two. ; ■■'*!:.■: ;,.• PUKETUjf CLAIM. jS.:^-; Mr MacDonnell, manager of the company, was present. > I Mr Tyler appeared to support the application. ; -.: sn-rf \ In this case a plan had been lodged with the Warden, the'applicants claiming a parallelogram; but it being. discovered that the plan was untrue, they were told by the Warden to ,procure a.corrected plan, as, unless.; the plan were true, he could not grant the license.,.. i The corrected plan 6f the ground was not ibrthcoming. - V;r , v ; Mr MacDonnell said a surveybr had gone up to cut the lines, and had engaged three men, but the delay occurred in waiting to, see the Warden, who was absent when he (Mr MacDonnell) had' called upon him; /; i ; v The original plan was produced. His Worship asked-jMr MacDonnell, didn't he think he was a wonderful man who could have marked that fplan t of ;the ground, in a forest, before it was surveyed. ■; '\ I :i--:.'.. '■}:■:>■ ll:..,:-:^ Mr Tyler said he should be able to convince His Worship '• that ithe 1 ground was pegged out. ■His said he would'grant license if he was satisfied with the plan, and if not he would refuge- itj * and he would, take till Friday morning to consider the matter,-whfen-'they ■'• could come to. ..his, office for his \ decision, without appointing" a day for hearmgV ' STEWAEt's. CLAIM. ..:-;■- j- ■ Coote and Party (North Star claim) were the objectors, for.;, whom Mr Tyler appeared. ; Mr Horsbrugh appoared for applicants. - Dwyer, of the Middle Star, also objected to the lease. Mr Tyler for objector.' ; •.,"'.'.'.:/.■ . . . . ■ Mr Horsbrugh said there was no plan of the Middle Star.- -.• • ;.•..- ---; Mr Horsbrugh hoped His Worship would keep them .as clear, of. the.other cases as possible, as they had witnesses to bring down. His Worship said the Ajax, in addition to*the objections, r overlapped two other claims, which was another extraordinary paralleolgram. '.')' \: :.;.-, ' ; .r t- : i ■ Mr Tyler said there would be some curious disclosures; with respect to that when the evidence"was given. - The 24th inst. was the day ultimately fixed upon for hearing objections to the Stewart lease.