A COMPLAINT FROM WAITEKAURI.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2001, 3 June 1875, Page 2

A COMPLAINT FROM WAITEKAURI.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sir, —Knowing that your paper takes the part of the working man when he has been put upon by those who are in a better position, I wish to place before your notice a few facts in connection with the late crushing from the Golden Point claim. In the first place all experienced men pronounced : the stone;to be very valuable, and clean of all metals. Wei], the stono was put through at Webb's machine, but did not shape according to prospects, as there is every reason to believe that the stone had been tampered by some interested party. The men who had charge of the stone discovered^there was something the matter wkij^the amalgam was retorted, -w^d^ were advised to take the gol«l-/to Mr Severn at the Bank of New Zealand, who., would be able to discover what foreign substance had been introduced during the crushing. Well, what is the result? Mr Severn at first said the substance was notgold at all, but if it was left with him to operate upon he would be able to discover what it consisted of. After two days he couldn't or wouldn?t give any satisfactory result (the only thing it was gold), and offered at the rate of £2 6s per oz.; I but upon this offer being refused, at once advanced the price 11s 6d per ounce; but it wasn't sold, as it has got to have another trial elsewhere. Can you give any reason why the price rose so suddenly when the first offer was refused? ' All hands on the claims here have a very decided opinion about who the interested party is, as there was a party up here a few days before the stone was sent to Grahamstown, who made an absurd proposal to some of the share-, holders in the Dan Leahy and Golden Point claims, which was for both claiihs to amalgamate and give him'half the interest and the management of the whole concern; he would th«n put up a. large battery for. the benefit of the district. ,! The Golden Point boys couldn't see it, as their claim is far above the Dan Leahy in value, and also there is. the Golden Crown claim between them ; and anyhow it was hardly'good enough an offer, as some of us have cut our: wisdom teeth. The object in tampering with the stuff was to mak& it appear that the Golden Point stuff was very little account, but" it doesn't go down, and;to i show the determination of the men, they have started a vegetable garden and have sent to Grahamstown for some seed potatoes, so they mean sticking to their interests for some time, and if the interested party I spoke of conies up here, and fancies he has got ■ new chums or natural born fools to deal with, he will find out his mistake. A. Hi Clark. Waitekauri, May 30th, 1875.