MOUNT BENGER.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 49, 16 January 1869, Page 3

MOUNT BENGER.

, B . (From a Correspvudmt.) || n, The recent pressure of buE^^ssuf tbe Warden's Court, m occasioned by tbe unavo^B^^, v of Mr. "Warden I

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trict should be so muclfht of proportion to its contribution 1 the revenue. In tbe last session, la up-country members banded themE^es together to resist any injustice tt&heir constituents. He defended insclf from the charge of being in ail -way accessory to the removal of fte Warden. took tbe ground thl while tbe measures of retrenehnieniroposed by the report, would be no $ii n g to the province, they would be ffductive of | expense as well as ineon^ence, both to this district and to iJtzers, and j would cause great dissatis&tion. The Provincial G-overninent jlmised that this district should not bfneglected ; that there should be no ilnge ; and ■ they deliberately broke \|[ promise.He reminded the meeting£]mt r i£ they,, -wanted any thing of this J i&d done, they must do it themselv^ and that" ;hey could do it if determined. Speaking to the first resoi" ion", he remarked' on the great was^ of money occasioned by the prefci t system, seeing that the suitors to U Warden's Court, in the absence of ofi sr amusement, were ' obliged to ij end their time loitering about publi ) louses, to the detriment of their h jalth and morals. The third resoluto l proposed by Mr. Mervyn, and secoid jd by Mr. Beighton, declares; "Thifc" this meeting nas no confidence in£ ie .present system of management en' the Goldfields, by the Provincial Go; eminent." Mr. Beighton asked if the district was properly represented; in the contrary, its claims \yere schematically ignored. The present syitftn was all chance, and some places fared better than others. Mr. Hacaui|ew, when he came touting up here, 1 ! promised everything to a /laughaUfe extent; among other things, even a Railway to the Teviot ; but he .could 01 y come to' the conclusion thatjlie wast taxing us. The sooner this kinji of thin stops the better. The fourth resoli ion proposed by Mr. Eicark and c : jonded by Mr. Chambers, was to life effect; " That the chairman be revested to forward copies of the3e resolitious to the Superintendent f of the ft*ovince," was carried unanimously, asatso a vote of thanks to the cha rman, vlich concluded the business of tbi evening. The meeting passed ]ff yen Iquietly ; but it was abundantly., evijfnt that, should this remonstKmc^e berfeglected, there was plenty eiepgy wl determination, that the claims oi \ the district should no longer -be ignored. The weather, thoj gh <bh tery, • has been fine on the wh< b. Th i' river is still very high, but a goo., deal of work is going on, cnougii Sto keep several large races ir full en )loyment. There is enough d( iiig to give this place the name of a prosper >us goldfield ; and this gives rise tc another complaint, namely, that ficin thero being no separate, account in the* Escort returns as to the amount of gold really produced here/tb^e district is not sufficiantly krewn, aiid suffers in consequence.