OHINEMURI NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2300, 7 April 1887, Page 3

OHINEMURI NEWS.

[fkom our own correspondent.! Paeuoa, Tuesday. The ordinary monthjy meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council was held on Saturday last. It was stated that a circular had been received by each member of the council, calling on them to take some eteps in the matter of the little peculiarities of the county chairman. The councillors although they did not by any means as a whole countenance the action of their countenance in letting private contracts, &c, thought that they could scarcely take notice of a vague accusation couched in general terms as this was, but several observed that they would rather wish for specific charges upon which they could act. At an adjourned statutory meeting held after the general meeting, Mr Strange, member for Waitoa, stated that he wished to get a second member for that riding, and proposed a mutton to that effect. An amendment to the contrary was however carried. The Waitoa riding of the county is a most important one, and should be a great factor in the future success of the Ohinemuri county. It contains an area of many thousands of acre* (>f magnificent land at present useless, and until road* arc put into this block will continue so. Aa a matter of fact from a typographical point of view Waitoa has no right at all in the Ohinemuri County. To eet at it, or from and to Ohinemuri, one has tc* pass through Te Aroha, a portion of an entirely distinct county. Then there is no fellow-feeling between the mining population, which composes the great majority of Ohinemurians, and the essentially agricultural inhabitants of Waitoa. It would, therefore, be a wise course for Waitoa to pursue, to either go in for a road board or to get tacked on to the Piako County. While on the. subject of Waitoa. I understand that the goldfind at Mr J. B. Smith's is far from being a mare's nest. Mr Smith Ims had several exhaustive, analysis made, which show a value of from £4 to £1G per ton. The country is of a peculiar formation, being a sort of decomposed cement of a friable nature and easily workable. Mr Liarnach, Minister of Mines, is expected through in a few days, and if the affair holds water, it is quite on the cards that the place will be proclaimed as a goldfield. There is no doubt that throughout the thermal line of country the geological formation is "likely" for gold. And if in small quantities, why not in large ? Mr Strange is having a fine assay made of some similar dirt existing on his place at Waitoa hot springs. The polling for the projected £7300 loan nnder the Government Loans and Local Bodies Act, 1887," is fixed for Saturday next. Although the money is badly wanted it appear very likely to be lost owing to the lack of confidence in the present administration. Mining is somewhat brisker this week. The Diamond return of 740z., from 10 tons, general dirt value about £2 10s per oz,, is highly satisiactory. The Adeline is now crushing 34 tons and this will yield probably about £350 nett to the company. One thing must be noticeable to outsiders, and and that is the very low price of scrip compared with that such returns used to send the market up to. This serves t» show the great scarcity of the one thing needful in Auckland at this present time.