WAITAHUNA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 330, 14 February 1874, Page 3

WAITAHUNA.

(From a Correspondent) A meeting of the Waitahuna Miners' Committee was held in the Foresters Hall, Havelock, on Wednesday, the 11th inst. The members present were — Messrs. Ferris (Chairman), Bulfin, Bushc, Cairns, Hansen, and Moggoth, the latter, in the absence of Mr. Garden, acting as Secretary, Tho meeting was called to consider a letter received from the President of the Otago Miners' Association, intimating that a meeting of delegates from the various Mining Associations would be held at Clyde, on the 2nd prox. There was considerable discussion ; the feeling of the Committee being opposed to the movement, as no practical benefit had, in the i opinion of the Committee, resulted from the deliberations of the Mining Conference held at Lawrence in 1872. It was, however, resolved to leave the final settling of the question- of sending a delegate to the general public. Meetings have been called for Monday and Tuesday, the 16th and 17th, respectively ; the first to bo held in the Athenaeum, j Waitahuna, the second at Coghill's Assembly Rooms, Haveloek, when it is hoped that all all persons interested will endeavor to be present. A man by the name of Drayin or Dremian (I don't know which) is wanted by the police, he having, on the 9th inst., committed an indecent assault on a girl of tender years. He i 3 pretty well-known to the police, and was, at one time, a resident at Wetherstones. His present whereabouts is, however, unknown. Mr. Petrie, the newly-appointed Inspector of Schools, is expected at Waitahnna, on Monday, the 16th, to examine the District School. He will also, oa Friday, the 13th, examine the private school conducted by Miss Clai'k, at Haveloek. By the way, while I am about it. I may as well tell you that at a late meeting of tin Waitahuna District School Committee, the subject of a subsidy hai ing been granted to Miss Clark's school without the District School Committee having been communicated with cropped up ; and the discussion which ensued, ended in the Secretary being instructed to write to the Board and ascertain the whys and wherefores. A long explanatory letter ha*, I have heard, been received from Mr. Hialop ; but as there will be a meeting of thejCommiltee during tho forthcoming week, I will defer saying anything more iipon the subject at present. The continued long silence of "your own," for several months past, must be my excuse for penning these lines.