WARDEN'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1188, 27 October 1882, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

Thursday October 20th, 1882. Before Air Warden Revell. Applications. Wong How — No appearance. Patrick Breunan, for the Little Boatmans Creek Co, machine site, near the Low Level Tunnel — Apjourned for survey. Patrick Brennan, for tho Champion Company, adjourned till next Court day. for production of papers. George Wise, for the Albion Company, tunnel. Adjourned till next Court day, for production of papers. ' ',■ William McColl, wator race Burnt Spur Creek, Brennan's Gully. .' lso dam in same locality. Adjourned. J. Barrowman, section Church -street, Reefton. Objected to by R. J. Scoltock, j who claimed prior occupancy. Mr Jones appeared for the objector. The Warden said that he had dealt al ready with the matter. Mr Jones said that certain facts had come to knowledge of the objector since the last hearing which would place a now complexion on the case. Mr Lynch, who appeared for the applicant, argued that it was not competent for the objector to again bring the matter on, the Court having already disposed of it. This was substantially the same application that was dealt with by the Court at the last sitting. Mr Jones contended that the question is res jii'licature did not ariso. This was an entirely new application, based upon fresh pegging, The Warden said the proper course appeared to him to be to bring an application for the cancellation of the present occupant's registration. He could not review his own decision. Application disallowed, without costs. Mr W. Hindmarsh, for the Globe Company. — Water race, 100 heads from thj Inangahua river. Objection by the Keep-it-Dark Company, on the ground of prior rights, that company holding registration for GO heads of water from the Inangahua river, and in their opinion the Globe application could not be granted without endangering their right. Mr Hindmarsh asked for an adjourn-

ment until noxt court day — Adjourned i accordingly. / ! Carley and Willing. — Adjourned till noxt Court day. \ George Wise, forjthe Great Northern and Dread > ot, uiiuing leases, Larry's Creek. — Leases recq'imnended. . George Wise, for the Albion Company, j mining lease, Lariry's Creek. — Recommended. | . E. Ashton for thb Certainty Company, mining lease. Withdrawn. W. Beilby for th_»Cortaiiity Company, mining lease. — liecomnn-iubd. P. Q Caples, for the Long Tunnel Company, mining lease, Larry's Creok. — Recommended. John Dawson for the Sussex Company, mining lease.^-Recommended. Joseph Kilgour, for the i.'oyal Standard Extended Co., mining lease— Reooinmen- { ded (name to be altered.) Charles Clifford forthe Welcome Consols ! and Royal Welcomed — \djoumcd. The Court then adjourned. i W„LK«.. AND B.VTTV. WeLCOMK CoMFA -V. j This was an application forthe can- i cellation of a tailing site, held, by the ; Welcome Company, in the ground tiVit . they have neglected to utilise same. j Mr Lynch appeared for defendants. Francis D. Wajier. —I am one of the applicants, and have applied for the cancellation of the certificate of tho Wcloojtk tailing site. The ground is situate on the south side of the creek, below the bridge, and is required by us for resi.lonce pur- : poses. , The company havo made no uk.j • of the ground up to the present time, but it remains registered in their name. Tiniy . have done nothing on the ground. Patrick Brennan. — I am manager of the Welcome Company. It is the in- i tentinu of the company to utilise the ; ground in question for stacking tailings. The company are now erecting berdans to treat the tailings at present on the niach- ] me site. I produce the certificate under j which the company hold their rights. ! The site is not protected in any way save by certificate. It is the intention of the company to use the site for storing their tailings. pplication refused. Lucky Hit Comp ny. John McCaffrey applied fur the cancellation of the lease of the above company, Boatman's, on tho ground that they had not complied with the conditions of the lease. Mr Jooea appeared for the applicant, and M>." Lynch for the defendants. Mr Lynch raised a preliminary objec tion that the Lucky Hit Company wero not the le.sees, and the notice of action is required to be served on the lesees. Henry Evans was the original lessee. Vr Jones submitted then that the defendants were out of court. .'• fter some further argument it was arranged that the case should stand adjourned till next Court day. Evans in the meantime to receive notice of action — Adjourned accordingly. C LEDO W-jExTRND P. Georgo Wise applied on behalf of the Company for a special claim of 59 acres. The greater portion of the ground is already held by the company under two leases, and there in a third application. The value of the plant on the ground is £11,000. The upper levels have been worked as far aro known reefs a concerned. Are now working 123 ft below the level of Larry's river, and the ground ia wat and pumps constantly at work. None of the area could be worked advantageously in ordinary sized leases. The special claim is required to give tho company one title to the whole ground, and enable thorn to enter upon works for tjjo more profitable working of the mine. — Recommended. Tho Court then adjoijrned.