THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1877.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2562, 23 March 1877, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1877.

At the present time, when the excitement over the splendid find in the Moanatairi mine is at.fervid heat, it is well that any cause of offence ,to shareholders, or even anything that might savour of unfair dealings in« regard to the: public, should be either,explained;or removed.. : ¥e are induced to write in, this strain, not from any desire to excite suspicion against the management of the Moariatairi Company, but to ventilate the grievances of shareholders which have -been-poured into the editorial ears. IWe may state that since the first intimation of the find in the Moana-; tairi Company's mine our representative has been courteously treated. Whenever it was convenient for the manager to show our reporter over the mine he has done so, and he has, reasonably enough, in some instances indicated the time when it would be convenient to chaperon representatives of the Press through the workings. To this we cannot object, as it would be too much to expect the mine manager to be at the beck and call of any representative of the Press at any hour of the day. But what shareholders object to is that on other than visiting days" some;favored individuals can obtain' access to the mine, as was the' case on Wednesday, and can inspect the reef just after a shot has been put in on the golden run. Mr Hurithas been mentioned particularly as one who. .could not put in any claim to a private inspection of the mine, and on principle we must say that we agree with the complainants. If one day a week, and one hour of that day, is set apart for the visits of the public, including shareholders, it does seem unfair that others should, without any claim whatever,, obtain admittance to the workings while old shareholders are prohibited. We have no wish to dictate to the manager or the directors as to the course they should adopt, but we do think that in the matter of visiting it would be better to put all visitors on the same footing. There may be a day for shareholders, a day for directors, and another day for the -public (who may become shareholders); but there should not be any preference shown to any particular individuals. Of course the representativ.es; of the Press visit the mine in the way of business, and in the interests of the public, but; to

avoid cause of complaint and give satisfaction to all parties, it would be, well to avoid giving private inspections of the mine to favored individuals. For ourselves we have nothing to complain of; every facility has been given to our reporter to obtain daily information, and thefacility has been taken advantage of tq place before the public information of the progress of events in a reliable form.