WAITAHUNA MINERS' MUTUAL v. PROTECTION COMMITTEE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 192, 12 October 1871, Page 5

WAITAHUNA MINERS' MUTUAL v. PROTECTION COMMITTEE.

• . , (To the Editor^ * . * 'Misnjat "Emiron, — Thare appears to h_ev^ v Yin a good deal- sed of L*j»,. ajio-it the. r ,*bove commHtee— a individual >,ho.c£lls „ hißself -" A-Minfjr" takin ifmpon ,hissel£ i io'aboqse |het body, and toc&ny ita.'menx-; Vers aint: ho better than they ort to be, becawß tha^r wpnidh'T, let ofte.rvf oarstore- " ieeperß/naYn<-d Mr. Pewes,.'g3t a.hoid qf • «nm ground for farming purposes, witch ' mtf thfert was uuriferooM. b Yer see this ,

ia how the case wur': — U<jwe9, sum five or six. years ago fm.'»re or less), made application for fifty acres of ground, and maniged to gut a good few acres of a gully called Nugjetty pegged in. I don't any theru's enny gold in this fifty acres, which has since become a freehold ; bnt seeing thwt nuggets — one bein' over 20 ounces iv waif. — hey beeu go 1 " in this aud neighbouring gullies, it wouldn't be unreasonable to spnse thet tharo may be a few inside of his fence. Well, Dewes wanted, in March List, to # efc anuther tifty, and made applekation in the usual manner ; but it wouldn't do ; the diggers began to * see that if tbay allowed this kind of thing to go on, thay wud so- in hey to clear out.,_as it aint easy gettiu' inside of these leases to work, when they are fenced ; so one or two miners starred the affair— raised a subscription, got up a petition, lodged an objection, attended the court oa the day of hf»arin', and avvore ro the ground bein^ auriferous. Bin in order to here nv>T© eviftena >>n-this pom 1 -, the Warilen adjnrned the heirin" <>f the "ka>e to W.iililurifi. When there, more wirne-ss^s were eggsamined ; and the Warden, considering the evidense {conclusive, refused the applikation. Sun three inuuths afterward, Djwes applie 1 agen fur section 2, block VII., anuther fitty acres (more or less) ; but it wnr no use, an objection wur lodged, and from the evidence given, added to his own knoeledjj of the ground, the Warden wur of the opinynn thet the ground wur auriferous, so refused to grant it. As to Mr. Dewes applyin' for twenty, or even so little aa twelve acres — if he did, why W3vn the applibat.nns »ot advertised i As they didn't appear in the Tcapeka i'IMKS, I konchide thay wnr nev.*r made ; so that *• A Miner " has said w.)t is not true —in fact I've no hesitation in sayiti tha"e ai.i't a wu<*d of cruthin either of his letters on the subject of Dewes' ap .hcafcions. As " A Miner " loves t » display his knoeledg of the origin of " savins," praps the ii"xt time lie rites to you, he Will supply yure readers liear with information as to tlie origin .of the siyin ''Speak -the truth and shame the Deil."

i' A Miner" "tells ua that he hasn't drank army sin-oak for fifteen years, as the drinkin of it wnd caws him intens agerny. I don't e^gsac ly se wot thet hes to do with " agricultural l^ase applications," but directly I red. it, a piutur ra up nefure my eyes — cl<» you Knoe wx.t t w is ? why, it wur- a pietur of the b >y wh > hed jist turned avvay from Mr<. Squeers (one <>f the charaters of the pc *rless author I )ickens) af t^r havin? received his dose of "brimstone." Do, Mi3tur Editur, oblige nu, go down to yer Athenaeum, pet hold of " Nicholas NickleUy," and ab<we the w>rds, "The internal economy of Dothaby's Hail,' yer will see "A Miner" as I picture him. As to hi 3 takiu brandy fur an " internal eunplainfc," most people fcaika it fur that, uven if its only fur an " internal lniuin," a complaint must branly drinkers are trmtUsJ. with ; 1 -astwaya. I never heard tdll of ennybody takm it becaws they had a pimple on thart no^e ; but Artem is Ward says, " New Kngland rum makes pt-eple's imscs blosson as the lo'istev" ; n >r did I ever hear of eunvoue takin it bekaws they wnr bald headed ; bu' I've heerd say a* how it will make both tha head and the pockets bar« if indulged m. Of c-mrse lie's " independent." — who ever hjerd of a man admitt.n he wur dru ik wen accused of it ? Not he ;he is re ldy to s.vear he's as s<>b"r as a judtje. Certainly "A Miner" you're " i-idepe:i-detib " — independent of everybody and everytliitiss, truth met tided. I'm afraid to rite eny more, Mistur tiditur, le*t yer won't print it, so I w.ll konclude by h'»pin "A Miner" will understand my •' pecooliar grammar," an! by tellin him that wen I see a mau find fawlt with aunther's grammar, I think he wants 10-ikin after, as 1 don't bleeve enny sane man wud do it. — 1 am, &c, Pooe Digger. - Waitahuna, October 9th.