A public meeting of miners, business-msn and others interested iu increasing the water-supply of this part of the Goldfield was held at the Town Hall, Naseby, on Thursday evening, September 20, His Wor ship the Mayor (N. P. Hjorriug, Esq.) ■ being m the chair. About 80 persons were m attendance, and much interest was evinced in the proceedings. The Chairman, in a brief speech, referred to the object which the meeting would have to take into consideration, and urged them

to take immediate steps to bring the matter before the attention of Government. He mentioned that their last communication had not been treated by the Government in the manuer that it should ha.c been. No answer had baen vouchsafed to it. He thought they were entitled to some little consideration at the hands of the Ministry. Mr Andrew M'Ginnel Brown said if' they failed to attain their object the district was' ruined. It was their last shift, and some thing was required to be done at once, lie recommended the purchase of the water rights at the head of the big race, which would increase the water-supply to an appreciable extent. ' The Water-race Trust had made it appeir to Government that it was not advisable to extend the race to Spec Gully, as there was not water-sufficient to do so. Inspector Gordon, too, seemed to have done all in his power to prerent the extension of the big race to Spec. - Mr William Guflie thought "Mr Brown was not exactly As a matter of fact, the Water-race Trust wished to ha/e the race extended. (Hear, hear.) That body had passed a resolution pointing out that the supply would, in the event of the extension,' be ample, and that if a demand arose for more water there were rights in existence that could be acquired at any. moment. He (the speaker) had no doubt that Government would comply with their request if they brought pressure to bear in the proper quarter.
