OHINEMURI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2817, 2 August 1890, Page 2

OHINEMURI.

-9- . Tin-: Thahks IfAUiiorti limim. -It wonh. appear from an advertisement issued b> our county chairman that (lie Thames Har hour Hoard is still desirous of gelling il> hinds upon thertiblo proportv of (.hi., and the Piako districts. The advertise, meut referred to runs as follows :•—" A? there is reason to believe that legislation if being sought for with a view to absorb th» Ohineniuri Kiver Board in the Thames llurlioiir Board and also to hand over all the navigable portions of the rivers m the llauralii district to the charge of the s one body, I hereby call a public meeting of all interested, &c., Ac. I am informed on very excellent antboiily that there is no doubt but. that tl.e allegations are true. This beint sii, it behoves every person having land live miles each side of the navigable waters to resist, for if the proposal becomes law they will be liable to be rated in the

ordinary nniiiier by tliu Thames Harbour Bourd. We till not want a repetition of the ."aranaki scandal here, and the matter interests Piako and To Arulia folks as well as us. MININ-u Intuj,i.u;k.\°ce. —The goldfields are looking and shaping well hereabouts. I'or the two months, ending June 30th, the Marototo turned out ,'S,.'io-to/.5., silver bullion, value working expenses being £ISO for the same period. The Adelino have just cleared up tor ,-i return of for ,!0 ton, while the largo returns of bullion, tlie exact weight c.f value of which are not made public, from Waihi, still continue. The Gassell Company hasg.it fairly under weigh, the Lamberton mill working Hi hours per d ly, but turning out a very itnal! quantity of stuff. It is likely that dry stamps will be used here eventually, ill- ltussell, of Waihi, has purchased the Waitokauri Company's mine and plant, and I. understand, intends working it on a large scale. From this mine nearly t'DO.OOO worth of gold has been taken, and that from a comparatively small section. At (hvharoa and the smaller centres, steady work is being pursued. li.M, Col-jit. —Tlio It.M. Mr j[. W. Noi thcrnft, sat on Monday, and decided a few local civil uf small interest. Tiie ca-io Police v. McKcnna, for gambling on licensed premises, was again adjourned, for the R.M. to look up certain technical points, Mi.vi:ii.s' Association-.—A general meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Assoeiation, ol Australasia, (Ihineuiuri branch, was held at (hvhaioa, on Saturday, Tilth inst. The bye-laws arranged by the Committee were adopted, and it was decided to a-k Mr 11. W. Karnall, of Auckland, to lecture, in accordance with his jpromise, at Owharoa, at an early date. The lecture will he, on " Unionism ill Xew Zealand." Kntkktainmknt. — Professor l.turney, skatist and acrobat, has lorn showing here t'i fair houses.—(Own correspondent.)