BANNOCKBURN & CARRICK RANGE MINERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 174, 11 March 1873, Page 5

BANNOCKBURN & CARRICK RANGE MINERS’ ASSOCIATION.

COMMITTEE MEETING. The Committee Ik Id its regular meeting on Wednesday, 15th inst. The members present were :Mr Cron.bio, j resident, (in the chair) ; Messrs Smddy, Chilton, Stewart, Koch, Monzies, Moore, Koenig, Aitchison, and Fenwick (secretary). The minutes of previous meeting were read and continued. In reference to a letter from Mr Miller, Pxesident of the Central Committee, requesting lo al associations to assist in defraying expenses ef the Executive Committee, it was moved by Mr Moore, seconded by Mr Menses, and agreed to without dissent,—That a sum equivalent to sixpence each member bo forwarded for the purpose. It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr Koch, seconded by Mr Fenwick, “That a general meeting of members of the Association be held on Wednesday, the 19th inst., at half-past seven p.m., to discuss the advisability of having the management of thu Gold-fields transferred from the Provincial to the General Government, and of the appointment of a Minister of Mines. Also, that persons wishing to join the Association may do so by applying to the Secretary before the meeting commences.” Proposed by Mr Aitchison, seconded by Mr Chilton, and carried,—That Messrs Matthews and Fenwick be requested to make known, through the columns of the Aim us, the objects of the Association. An account from Messrs Matthews and Fenwick was passed for payment.

In compliance with the Committee’s request, wo have much pleasure in publishing the following list of OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 1. To see that a fair share of the public money is expended in the district. 2. To impress upon the Government the immediate necessity of constructing roads and tracks to the outlying portions of the district, and of repairing old ones. 3. To endeavour to obtain the abolition of the Gold Duty. 4. To obtain a reduction of the fees of registration. 5. To obtain the repeal or amendment of any regulations which may be obnoxious or unjust towards any section of miners. 6. To use every lawful means to prevent | any further influx of Chinese to the Colony. | 7. To secure the expenditure, within the ■ district, of a fair share of the grant-in-aid for I Water Supply. ; _ 8. To prevent speculators from mouopnlisj large areas (if ground to the exclusion of hunafuh miners. 9. To prevent agricultural leases being taken up on auriferous ground, and to have such leases cancelled where necessary. 10. Should the Warden give any decision which may appear injurious to the bulk of the miners, the Association may take up the case and carry it before the Supreme Court, i or other tribunal, in order to test the validity ! of such decision.