WARDEN'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1230, 7 February 1883, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

!? Monday^& f fei_-_ry.lßßß.. i (Ikfor^MSC^mVdeßtßeveli). * - Matthiatf ■yfl_sßg.' rt ,N6 appearance. \ «ff. ! °jGV : HattgSjJ ;Wa^ra'6e; in •Foiirk6's Cree^^'J^ohn'^oniniSt pa_.tjf. . I—applicationi — application ordered to be; made oat' ; -Ah B6& Y;He$ c aM-tail r^Se 1 $& dam? -a^-__flß_9f M_riii_; (Sranted. SA*.'»e vi _ »j '•■ v.- -. Jeremiah Creedj,,; Tramway Just-in-fcime hilL AdjWrned for production <>f papers. Jmfcxh '■'... i P. Brennfi!|^|^.-;t^vgpecimen Jlill Company .^mppii^a'tioiitjfpr special site, adjourned^^-suj^ey. i:- --\ D. St. Geo^«; ;: seißtion $26, west .sjideßuller roaCI |jranted.v'. ', G. BuUard,||Btion 68V. West side of Buller road. £ . w^n,ted. v - . William Dfi^ectwn llfi6,jßridge- ;- street, Beef^olp(.^^Granted, '■■:]. ,;? D. McGee (H^ppy Valley Company) mining leasd.^ • ifeeonimendedi ' ;T. McLaughlin for the National Company mining lease. Recommended. T.. McLaughlin,, for the HerQules Company; ijiining'. lease. Recommended. - W. G. Collmgs, .for tiie Silver Star Company, application opposed by C. Fraser, on. the ground of* prior occupation. '" i .";; ' This matter was partly 'gonp. into at the last sitting of the". Court, and adjourned for additional Charles Frnser.. I itm-the objector in this case and the prior applicant. I visited the ground: \on the day following the last sitting of tho. court. I found that the ground had been repegged and the trenches cut anew. There was no centre line cut.; /'• .-• Thos. McGee. I know, the ground applied for by the "Silver Star Company, have seen the pie'g- on the ground Saw three pegs on the ground when we pegged it off, aiid have since seen four pegs.- The fourth peg might have been there from the first, saw the trenches, they were only -mere scratches of a foot pr so in length, since then. : the" ! trenches have been freshened and enlavgdcL • . " "" This closed- the case-for the objector. ; The fblldwihg evidence was -called' by. the applicant:— ,- George BLt'Bullard.V Have seen the Silver Sta£ tteriches," went up the day after the las ( t'..Com-t,'day,'do^'t think they: are any: diifeie_tt ; frontf w.hen I first ; saw' tlieni". '■" ' r -'" : •-'"/ ;,v This closed thecaseJ The Warden ruled tliat the pegging had not been in conformity with the regulations and refused the.application. Mr Lynch for objector. ' " B. Dykes, for. the No. 2 South Keep-it-Dar£ Conipany, inining' r ;iease. Recommended. Keep-it-Darkj gold mining lease, ten acre& -

The . application was opposed by Messrs Savage and Collins, on the ground of prior -occupancy. Mr Jon§s on ;behalf of the jobjectoirs asked for an adjournment of the case 4ill ( next Court day to.allpw.:of the; at-, tendance of Mr % Collins, who was on his wity^from Melbourne. Mr Lynch for 'the applicants opposed any further adjournment of the matter. ,. The „c ase.»had. »had already been before the Court and the objectors had been heard, and it was a mere waste of time to grant, any further adjournment. •'. '•'" . --•• •• : •■■ -" r-^- *■-•' The Warden said he did. not, pee. that liie objectors had'any stariditfg' iii Court. The ground had been gazetted open for selection and -had been taken up in accordance with the regulations. In the face of these" facts he Wotild recommend the application, subject; to existing surface rights. -•-•?• „ .Keep-it-Dark, mining lease at Crushington. -..:■,>► •••■ • -.;. to by Savstgeahdi; Collins lOh.the ground of prior occupation. \ ;■■■; The objection was disallowed for the reasons given in a former case. - The warden said as the application I took in tho whole of the river bed and I rpad reserve at Crushington he should have to call the attention of the Commission of Crown Lands to these facts. Recomended. . W; Irving, for the Pandora, mining, lease. Crushington. . Objections lodged by Thomas Lynch and *A. Caird on the ground of interference with their vested rights. ,j Ihe Warden said he could not grant i the portion^ of ground within Lyhch's agricultural lease. Application adjourned for six weeks' to enable objector and applicant to come to terms. ' .; .. .Thomas Collins for the Nonpariel, ; mining lease, Crushington. Adjourned for six weeks. . . James .Thorburn, for the Day Light, \ mining lease. Granted less tiie portion included within Lyneh's agricultural lease. Pringle and others, for the Argus mining loa,se. No appearance. ■ P. Brennan for the South Wealth of Nations* mining lease. Adjourned for six weeks to. enable arrangements to be made with T. Lynch, objector. , Thos Lee; for the Blue Jacket, :min- ; ing lease. Adjourned for six weeks ' for; similar reasons. ' - • :Tho&- : .Lee,<for tha . Central ■ mining lease. Objected to byG. C.Bowman on behalf of the Keep-it-Dark Cbnipany. : . Apphcatiqn refusedV ; .; ' Thos. Hunter^ for the Ada,. *nining 'lease. No appearance. • • G. C. Bowman; for the Keep-it-Dark, mining lease.at Crushington. Recommended 'subject to existing surface .righta : • • •....■;-•