TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 3

TE AROHA.

•Jlp ,fU{i?aQi( OCR bWN COBttESgoNDKNT.j „oft . ; 1 l Tk Aho^a. Fridiy. It it understood that, during the present Parliamentary ne-jftinn there will be fresh legislation for the goldfields, and that (here will be a consolidation of the diverse mining laws/and .regulations at present in fonje in different parts of the colony. It has been , thought that the introduction of any ( now bill relating to this subject will afford' a fitting opportunity for having many defects r in the existing laws amended, and with this Object in view, a meeting of miners and other persons interested in^. the. prosperity of theigoldfields was held, on,; Wednesday — - evening in thfr.commerc^lroochofctne Hot ■ .*• Spjringi B#lel fio -consider 'the* grievances under which the mining community here labour, and to adopt meant for having f {he m redroHtd. T?he following <re}olutipns fl v^r^ pisic<f un*rtiniKujily;^l; ,Tliit aminers right entitle the holder to mine on all goldpelds Mtuated.anywhere on Crown lands - throughout the [ colony. 2. That the bhftrgei for miner's rigntc- be reduced to five shillings. 3. That the Government be #( reqifented to Undertake ;th/>r Purvey of all flwJßiSf requited for (mining purposes on goldfieldH. 4. That the laws in force on ' the Southern goldfields relative to ' the * v ' ' working of old ground and abandoned 'reef • " claims be extended 'to the goldfields o£ the «fi * North Island. 5. That the cost of licenses v • . for water rights, machine) sites, etc., be II made uniform throughout the colony. A copy of these resolutions will be forwarded to the member for the district, and in any new measure that may bo introduced into VYj^thOj House he will doubtless see that the Tn3| u h]ects referred to receive dne attention. After the conclusion of the foregoing business there was a discussion a 9 to the con* r r (traction of a really serviceable road to the m i r ,olaimB at Tui creek, and the following ""j resolution was unanimously adopted :—: — ,B"'j « rp na j a petition be prepared and presented to Government, praying for a grant of |j its- £2000 to form a dray road as far asprac- /,,- < ticable to the Tui creek mines, and that the . ir) , Warden of the district and the Ohinemuri County Council be requested to support the . petition."