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of these sureties and the assurances of the householder is that the good reputation of the applicants has nearly always been found to consist in the mere undertaking on the part of the applicants to obtain liquors from the sureties in the event of the licence being granted. I think it is quite clear, gentlemen, that the present system of granting licences does not contain a-sufficient security that the men to whom we grant licences are fit and proper persons to sell intoxicating liquors. A few weeks ago some resolutions were informally drawn up regarding the sale of deleterious liquors and those resolutions were forwarded to the Government for consideration. The Go- vernment has sent a reply to that communica- tion and it is proposed to call a meeting of the Justices at the City Hall for some day next week, when the reply will be read to the Justices and their advice taken on the next step that will have to be made. This particular application has not been formally withdrawn course, but there is nothing more to do now than to refuse it. may also inform you that the applicant is at present before the Magis- trate on a charge of obtaining $500 by false pretences. The German Consul was a witness in that case and be said that when he employed Schwalm, so far from possessing any money, the first thing the man did was to try to obtain a loan of $100 from the Consul. The Medical Officer in the gaol now states that the man has been suffering from insane delusions. and I think that one of his insane delusions must have been the idea that by bringing for- ward a bogus agreement of the kind he showed us the other day between parties of the character of Hock Goon and himself that he could im. pose upon you by the mere impression of a ten cent stamp and the intervention of a solicitor. I am extremely sorry, gentlemen, that your time has been taken up for no purpose-I will not say for no purpose, but with such an application as this one. is all the business there is, gentlemen, unless any one wishes to make any observatious. I may add that in future applications for licences or for transfers will be considered by the Justices at a particular time, and that time will be at noon on the first Tuesday after the end of each quarter. An advertisement will appear in the paper and a regular notice sent to you.
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Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP-Would it be com- petent for us to say anything or to put anything on record in support of the remark that has fallen from yourself as to the inadequacy of the present arrangements for securing a sufficient knowledge of the character of an applicant?
The CHAIRMAN-I think, gentlemen, it is competent for you to do anything you please at this meeting.
Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP-I move that the remarks of the Chairman be brought to the notice of the Government.
Mr. C. S. SHARP-I think we had better pass a formal resolution in regard to this ap- plication first of all.
The CHAIRMAN-I did not move a formal resolution, but I take it that you unanimously reject this application?
The Justices nodded assent.
Mr. WICKING-If a man comes here and deliberately makes a false statement, is he not liable to punishment?
The CHAIRMAN-No, I am afraid he is not: We have no to power swear him; he could pot have been put on oath. If he had made an affidavit and the affidavit had turned out to be untrue he would have been liable.
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Mr. WICKING-I consider he has been guilty of disgraceful conduct.
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Mr. G. MURRAY BAIN-I. have very great pleasure in seconding that.
Hon. F. H. MAY-I do not think that is where the shoe pinches. We know all about these people.
Mr. GRANVI LE SHARP-We might add the request that some further guarantees be required. Hon. F. H. MAY-I think that what you want to do it to ask the Government to rid the
colony of that class of people.
Mr. G. MURRAY BAIN-We could easily add "with a view to ridding the colony of such men as the one whose application has been rejected." Hon. F. H. MAY-I have reason to believe that most of these people have been moved on from other places and that this is the dumping ground of other states.
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Mr. WICKING-Can they be deported ? The CHAIRMAN-I believe the Government has power to bauish them so long as they are not British born,
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The CHAIRMAN-I will undertake to bring this matter fully to the notice of the Govern- ment so that they may be quite aware of what has taken place.
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The meeting then terminated.
A STEAMER SUNK AT SHANGHAI.
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Shanghai. 9th January. This morning Messrs. Bennertz and Co.'s steamer Kiangming, with twenty thousand cases of oil on board, sank in the Woosung River as she was leaving for Hankow.
GREAT EASTERN AND CALEDONIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
The following report has been received from the manager at the mines :-
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Mount Macdonald, 14th December, 1897. Prospecting Shaft; Gold Lease 37, is down 48 feet from the brace, and sets and slabs have been put in within about 8 feet from the bottom. The ground good for sinking and consequently we have been getting on well. The reef formation now extends from hanging wall to footwall and although the quartz does not show any free gold yet the character of the formation-quartz and country rock mixed and highly mineralized-leads us to expect that we shall come soon upon pure stone. The hanging wall moreover has become very smooth and well defined during the last few sinks and all that points to the proximity of a lode.
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Caledonian Shaft remains unfortunately very hard ground to get along in and consequently only 10 feet have been added since my last report, making a total depth of 64 ft. from the -surface and timbered within a few feet of the bottom. We seem to be passing through a hard blue bar and unless we are through it we cannot expect softer ground.
Surface Work The stable has been finished and a small space been feuced in round it with wire, the whole being very inexpensive work, We have now three horses for pulling and have plenty of work for them, two doing duty so far at the Great Eastern shaft and the other one is being used in the tipcart and for fetch- ing logs, etc. The quartz belonging to the Company in the old Great Eastern drive has been hauled to the surface, about 35 tons, of which five tons will be sent, along with five tons fom the Zulu and five tons from the Caledonians, to the Krupp-Gruson rorks in Magdeburg, to be tested in various ways as to the best mode of treatment. The lot will leave the Mount in about one fortnight..
Water remains very scarce; there is hardly any water in the dam and we are anxiously looking forward for a beavy rainfall.
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V W BALMORAL GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
The General Managers, Messrs. John D. Humphreys & Son, have received the following report from their mining manager by steamer Australian
Mount Macdonald, 14th December, 1897.
I have to report that, after a temporary sus- pension of 14 days, work was resumed in the Queen Mine on Monday, the 6th inst. Shaft sunk for week four feet, total from surface 337 feet, ground hard and bad for blasting. This is the only work at present, with the exception of removal of Battery. Contractor making good progress,
OLIVERS FREEHOLD MINES, LIMITED.
The General Managers, Messrs. John D. Humphreys & Son, have received the following report from their mining manager by steamer Australian-
Mount Macdonald, 14th December, 1897. I have to report work done since reporting on the 3rd inste as follows
Eureka Mine. Main shaft sunk 4 feet; Great Eastern Main Shaft has reached a
total from surface 300 feet, leaving only 6 feet depth of 86 feet actual sinking. Although to sink for well before opening out chamber for tough ground for boring, it shoots well. About 300 feet; ground in bottom hard and difficult to a week ago we started pulling by horsepower.work. Water troublesome. Regard progress I expect to see this shaft down 100 feet by being made by men working satisfactory. New Year; it is timbered down to 71 feet. Stoping is being carried on at the back of 150 In cutting the whip road (for the horse ft. and 200 feet levels and in both places there to walk along) we have come across quite are large quantities of payable ore in sight. & number of reefs, converging all upon Nothing has been done on G. L. 105 since last the one point in the main lode, mentioned report, owing to foul air consequent on pro- informer reports. The value of these leaders longed hot weather we are having, but prepara. can of course only be ascertained by cutting tions will be made to resume sinking after the them at a depth, and as the whip road lies in New Year. the same directlon as our crosscut west later on at 200 feet depth will go, we are naturally, very anxious to know what they will turn out. We have tried so far the two reefs uearest the shaft by mortar test-one, a small reef and the other one 18 inches wide, but within a few feet of each other; both reefs show a little free gold and plenty of mineral. We have of course only out the caps of the reefs a few inches below the surface of the bill.
Zulu Main Shaft, at the point where we had The CHAIRMAN-It is scandalous to treat a every reason to cut a new shute of gold from the body of Justices in the way this man has done. look of the formation we were sinking on, the lat- I quite agree with every word you have said. ter, after being sunk on only a few feet, has play. Your time is valuable, and it is no wish of oursed us the trick of jumping away almost at right to see these pimps and parasites obtaining a angles into the banging wall. We had of course living here. I should be glad to 8€0 to follow this formation in its new direction to the Government exercise their power and see whether it would cut back, and that explains banish everyone of them from the colony. why only four feet have been added to the shaft (Hear, hear). They merely prey upon Society since the 26th November, the total depth from and are not of the slightest use in the colony. the brace being now 76 feet; the shaft is tim- Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP then moved--"That bered within about 8 feet from the bottom. In the Justices request the Magistrate to lay the drilling the holes, the formation yields a lot of opinions he has just expressed upon the inade- water, which should be another indication of quacy of the present system, to secure sufficient the proximity of a lode, but if we do not come knowledge of the character of applicants for across the shute soon wo must continue the licences to sell intoxicating liquors before the shaft in its old underlie and crosscut for the Government."
reef later on.
Olivers Battery-On the 5th inst., two days after writing last report, the holding down bolts. in two of the stamper boxes broke, which necessitated 10 heads being stopped for four days pending the bolts being replaced by much stronger ones. The other 10 heads were kept going and put through 100 tons in 6 days for a very satisfactory yield, viz., 61 oz. 4 dwt, retorted gold. Since the 9th the 20 heads have been working well and a general cleaning and washing up will take place on the 24th inst.
The Norwegian steamer Astrid collided with the steamers Kweilin and J'ronto when entering Moji harbour on the 23rd December. A strong tide was running at the time and there was ́a stiff westerly wind blowing. The steamer. be- came unmanageable for a time, and collided with both the Kweilin and the Pronto. The Astrid had one plate stove in, but so far as bad been ascertained when this information left Moji neither of the other steamers sustained much injury. The Astrid, which is a steamer of 975 tons net. is being repaired at Bakan. There were no less than twenty-five steamers in harbour at Moji on Christmas Day. In the heavy weather that has prevailed of late it has been impossible to load vessels at Moji. Kobe Herald.