TE AROHA.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3724, 1 December 1880, Page 2

TE AROHA.

Tuesday morning. Golden Eagle. — Kelly, Thomas, Wilson and party, who are working this claim, situate at the north of the Prospectors, have discovered a reef two feet thick, also several leaders. In one of the latter good colors of gold have been sedH. ■ ■■■■'...-. ." ■'■ \ ■ ' ' '..

Ngabuawahia— Fitzpatrick and party started work this morning, driving for the Morning Star reef, and are getting splendid indications. The shareholders in. this claim are entirely Ngaruawbia tradesmen.

Don Claim.—The shareholders here are putting in a drive in the spur to the north of the Prospectors'. It is almost big enough for a railway tunnel. Peter Thompson and party are the shareholders.

Five acres north of the township were laid off this morning for Mr Purchase, and there was quite a little'rush. Frater Bros got three allotments, McDonald Scott one, and D. B. Gellion one.

The Warden has been very successful with the natives, who are now prepared to grant all his requests. Old Morgau, feeling a little jealous of Lipsey getting sections laid off. on his land, offers to drain and form a road in order that more sections may be, laid off. Lipsey is doing the same, and it is said that where* the latter'sroad strikes the river there is a very good landing. The natives, who on the day of opening threatened all sorts of obstructions to the Warden, and who had to be threatened with arrest, came this morning in a body and said they were willing to throw open their sections of land on the same terms as Morgan and others. So much for firmness and the reversal of the former mode of dealing with these sons of the soil. •

At this hour most of the men are out prospecting, and on the hill-sides holes are already to be seen. There are parties out high up the mountain, and fires are to be seen in all directions. .

The suggestion made in the Miner that a meeting should be held re the Telegraph Office has already been acted on, and a meeting is called for 5 o'clock to day.

[Note—The above message should hare appeared in last night's issue, but our feathered messenger went " fooling around," and did not arrive in time.— Ed. Stab.]

Wednesday, 9 a.m. A meeting was held yesterday after* noon, Mr McDonald Scott in the Chair, at which a resolution was carried that a deputation consisting of Reuben Parr and Messrs Frater, Scott and Jones wait on the Warden to ask that sufficient ground be set apart for a recreation park, and that he, (the warden) should represent to Government the necessity of a telegraph office being at once opened here. In reply the Warden agreed to go with the deputation thin morning to see the place recommended by them for a recreation ground. J here was a meeting of the cliamants to the Waitoa prospecting party's ground last night, when all the parties agreed to amalgamate and form a company to work the ground.

Gribble and party have found that halt a dozen parties have pegged upon their ground, and they are now arranging to fight some and to amalgamate with others. It is said that Gribble could show gold if ail the disputes were over.

The Warden is gaining popularity every day, from the business-like and gentlemanly manner in which all persons, having dealings with him are treated. The Bright Smile. McLiver and party, are stripping a leader in which a little gold can be seen. There have really been no finds of importance as yet, in fact the amount of work done is too small for one to form an opinion as to the value of the field. The ground disputed is of course fully manned, but no work is proceeding. There are a good number of visitors here from Waikato, but many of them speak doubtfully about the place in consequence of no rich finds havinp taken place. Many people think the Prospectors should take the gold out of the face, and have a crushing forthwith in «rd«r that the public may be satisfied of the bona id* character of the find.