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MR GRIFFIN IN EXPLANATION.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) '„.' Sib,—My attention has been called to - a leading article in your issue of the 19th inst, as well as to a letter over the signature *' Mining Investor," in tlip stoV ; paper on tlie evening after; in the on' 1 piece having reference to the recent dis coTfry.of. gold on the IS p. 9 level Queen of Beaut j. mine, and imputing the basest motives to the persons in charge at ,the time/, said, level was driven, the other . being more pointed in accusing someone • of perpetrating; a swindle, which, by implication donbtleps refers to me, inasmuch ■& :-Tf ttrreised . general supervisioa over the underground workings at the timei and as your sense of journalistic courtesy on the atldi ttlteram partem principle wiJl prompt you to place some of your vainable space at my disposal to reply to the base insinuations I have to complain of, with your kind permission I shall do so in the briefest teruw possible, and leave your readers to draw their own conclusions. When I was persuaded to go to the Queen of Beauty mine and leave a manager possessed of jadt ment and understanding I was led to believe by one' of the local directors (Mr Ronald McDonald) that I was to get full charge of the mine fijom the brace downwards, but judge my surprise when I was there only a week I • received a , letter from the Chairman of Directors, notifying me that Mr Black .was the-genersl'rDanater. from whom I was to- receive my instructions. So irksome did I feel my position that after three months I sent in my resignation distinctly stating that I was dissatisfied with the management, and expressing toe .opinion that as I hod no autbori'y under ground, I'jat ihV blnme would fall on somebody's shoulders:.; to this I received no reply. In answer to the charge , tWt the reef or Jut lea*t the continuation | of it beyond the Ktide at No. 9 level was covered tip bj timber. I say it is false as we fond *oj»e of it showing gold in one ,6f rtfeWvhitebcs that/w* cut for placjog a M;ff ;i|hi|illietf& poaition. the atonesicon^ precious attal I brought to thesorFaci to the manager. I also left |an opeaiDg between the two,last'sets of Mfitkcr'to enable a drive to be driven on the s*ro« reef. I informed the. manager and the Chairman of 'Directors about it but they preferred driving on a inullocky leader that branched off on the left band n'de. *. I told'Mr John McCabe.and Mr Bonald McDonald of it and brought the latter to where I got the stones containing the gold, and further. Tasked the manager (Mr Black) for a couple of men to driv» o« it^ ami iU#*swer I received was wbere wasne'to git the money, from to start prospecting with. I am. wiling to to before any Board of Directors to be '•Mfeitwd in this case and hare the evidence of the.bosnes of the shifts as well as the other miners who put in the timbers taken, when the public can see that the finding of Hd ***** laifc BePteinDel' * think vii no secret at the time. One ••section more, that I was guilty of wire pttllmgwithiosw person in Auckland I «Bo«t emphatjcally deny, neither did I trasc shares in the company or give any information to any person about the prospects of the nine. Feeling sure that I bcVe exonerated myself from the accusations levelled at me by tone persons who are evidently no well wishers of mine. I «p«y gfate in conclusion that I intended taking no notice of them, but on after eoncideration I felt that if they were allowed to go unchallenged that I would be temped-with the guilt of moral base .mem, unworthy of the eon&denee of my employers, and prove detrimental to the avocations I have followed since I came to this field fifteen years ago for earning my daily bread. Apologising for tvtspassing so much on your space.—l am. &c, i jk „: -'•-.' Pateick Geiffin.

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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4513, 22 June 1883, Page 3

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MR GRIFFIN IN EXPLANATION. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4513, 22 June 1883, Page 3

MR GRIFFIN IN EXPLANATION. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4513, 22 June 1883, Page 3

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