OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2348, 28 July 1887, Page 3

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

[most orit ow.n coiiiiesi’osdkntJ Pakkoa, Monday. Tuk approaching political contest is creating keen interest at this cnil of the electorate. We have two good men in opposition to each other—Messrs Mack ay and Cadman—both of whom are wellknown in the arena of politics. Mr Cadinan has hcen representing Coromandel during the recent Parliament, and there is very little to say against, him. Mis virtues, however, are chielly of the negative quality. Mr Maekay has had the advantage fonnany years of administering the law as warden, magistrate, and commissioner. lie is thus preeminently qualified to represent a goldfield constituency, knowing, as he does, the nnworkahility of many portions of the existing law applicable to goldfields, which mere theoricians cannot possibly know. Moreover, he is a man of the people : ne has been both high and low in the world, and knows folk at other than electioneering times. The latter is a virtue. Mr Humphrey's candidature is reckoned among the absurdities of the election. Seeing the way the breeze of popular favour was blowing, he stated before Mr Maekay announced himself that be would retire in that gentleman’s “favour” if he should come out. When, however, Mr Maekay announced himself, Mr Humphreys stated that Mr Maekay would not accede to certain requests, and therefore he would go to the poll. Mr Maekay will address the electors here at about the end of the week, and Mr Cadman will succeed him the following week: A Medical Club, under the auspices of and similar to the To Aroha Medical Club, is now being formed in Ohinemuri. It is constituted in order to retain the services of Mr Chas. A. Cooper, who Ims been in the district, practising as a doctor for many years. The fees are to be low, much lower than in Foresters, Oddfellows, and other Friendly Societies, being from 10s Od to Ills per annum for all medical services ami proscribed medicines for single and married people at the respective fees.

There are not many who would put up with the hardships that Mr Cooper has, in riding fourteen miles over an Ohinemuri road ou a dark night in response to a summons for which many another medical man would not have risen from his bed, and his connection with the proposed club will be almost a sufficient guarantee that it will be a success.

Yet another Ohinemuri mine is to be placed, if possible on the European market, namely the Imperial. This makes six, each of which are good properties, and if they meet with their deserts should bo floated well. They are the Union (Waihi);Tui (Karangahake); Radical (Owharoa) ; Crown (Karangahake) ; Mammoth (Karangahake)and the Imperial (Karangahake). A large box of specimens from the. latter has been sent to Mr MeCandlish who has the Mammoth in hand also, some of which is worth an oz to the lb. When one considers the assay value of the Queensland and Transvaal lodes which are now so much in demand at home, and which 11 worth sor G oz. to the ton are considered magnificent ores, one may be pardoned for being sanguine of a lode some of which assay two and three hundred oz. of gold and more of' ’silver to the ton. In the years that are to come when this country shall have been opened up, and something more than desultory hen scratching and empirical treatment of ore shall have been done, people will marvel at their folly in not having taken advantage of it before.