THE MINING COMMISSION.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 183, 10 August 1871, Page 5

THE MINING COMMISSION.

(To the Editor.)

M^istur EoiT.ua,— lt's a lon^ time sins i rote to yur larst, and wot i did rite yur didn't print. 1 'spose yurthort the ideiirs wur wot .Vl r. A. Ward ivud kail " rayther hefty." Ith >rt at the time it wur rayther to bad arter a man raxing is brane to inaik up sumthin' for the papui to hjv it put in the waist papnr baskit ; but i've got over thet sort of thiug now, i wur green then, and tho' sins, like A. Ward, "i 'ain't made much .in a pecooniary pint, of view," i've lirntathing or two, and wud It truble meself if tliis wur snivM aaim wa.j', but as 1 want toe^spos^ sum of the doing of the Miiiiug Commissioners, i cud 'ope it wud see daylite in yur collums. From the vary fust time t jay wur spoke about, nobody e^spected thay wud do cuny go id, but as snne a3 we hserd thet Slietspliard (a man, who, accordin' to the papurs, missus no hopportuuity of (as A. Ward 'as it) " making a egrejus a 33 of hisself," and cudn't care ennytmn' about the niattnr as long as ha got 'is two or three g;iiaues3 a d ly) wur to be ona on 'em. we kuowd well euntf it wur all U.P. Then there wur liradsshaw — why he wur mai 1 one 011 'em i dou'c knoe, without it wur a stroke of p>llersy of the "hvrtful dodger Ortou t.» git votes fur 'is party. And larst of all kums Mout, the Hlue Spur man. The minurs there ortter be satters.ied with wot hese tryed t-> do fur 'c 11, namely, 1. Let 'em transfer there thousand pound shates fur a shilliu'. 2. Kepe all the water they've got against all kuniiiiers, on the prinserpal of nevermind you Jack as 10114 as i>ne all rite. 3. Hold six shares in six difurent klaim^ fur thrae pounds, instead of haviu to pay six, as at present. 4. Let 'em get assessor fur nothm' to Setle there d s^ toots wen one p riy is tryin' ti take advamti^ of the utner, and sez, dirt is wurth i don't knoe how much a 1 »ad or yard, while ttie uther side s.vares it ain't w.irth n .thin. Peep c so fond of to law ort r bj lefc piy f>r it ; a-id as fur^hj diggur3 li, iv' agreaUe to act as assess in witueub pay, curb's •■ bu.ikiuu," »"b >dy Uloevea tliit bud v few lif the.n Comniisionei's wots aliways g »in' to law we.i thay thinks there's enuythiu* to be maid out of it. As thay seems t » think the diggura arj so willm' t > act fur n >thiu' fur the bentfit of there bruther d.g^ura. i wuider wether

the diggurs who sat on the C mitnisaion g^v there anrvioes fur no.hin' ? ; eve »if ihay did, thay wur deer at tiiet, fur if sum of the reserlootions thay helpt to parse wur cured out, we "' p mr diggurs " wud be druv out of the Proving. Juss to >k at thtit one a >out the two sluice heal of water ; why thet one itself is Hiiwfft > room u*a<id the kuntry to. Here we aro taxt to pay thou auds of pmnds yee lv to git shut; oae klisa of squ >tters, and anuther propersidtui is brawt, forrard torn dc anuthjr k lass of squocters, who Will, of coarse, kum in by-and-hye fur there thousands far komp^naation. One's got hold ot the land, the uther wants to qic liold of the water. Don't thay wish thay m.iy gifc ie ? I'm afrade, Mistur JOditur, if tliis 'a* no uther fait in yuro eyes, its length may pronve one. If it metes yure appro- ival you may egspect to here from me agen. I am, Mistur Kditur, Your Obedient Servan*., Widtahuna. Pooa Digqeb.