And this (says the Singapore Free Press) is how history is written own in Zeeban, Tasmanin, according to a newspaper cut: ting sent'us by " former perean who is down that way uow. The worst of it is that some pious people will instance the existence of Raub as another irrefragable evidence of the reality of the Scriptural Mount Ophir, and their small boys, being thus instructed, will all resolve to go to Raub when they are big enough, to havea dust, peacocks and mou: keys' that Solomon and the Raub Syndicate may have left unappropriated, Somebody has much to answer for in the production of this farrago, What Mr, Bibby will eay when he reads it may be left to the imagination of those who know him well enough to gues GOLD PROM INT. OPHIR, OF BIBLE MENTION.
On the identical spot where King Solomon procured gold dust, peacocks, and monkeys' a syndicate with' £1,000,000 capital stock issued and a ten-stamp mill erected has just pounded out £11,000. Mount Ophir, of Scriptural renown, is close by. The old rucks, which were too low grade for King Svlomon's reduction processes, are being ground up, and they average half an ounce to the ton. This goldfield of Solomon's which has been idle all of the centuries till now, is in the Malay Peninsula. The people who have gone in to develop it have had to out seven miles of road thruvgh the jungle and clear sixty ailes of river. They are just beginning to realise on their investiwent, The Company with the big capital has a concession on twenty square miles of the goldfield. The formation is black slate. A shaft sunk 100 ft. on the lode has uncovered enough ore to keep the mill going a. year, The ore Mr. H. R. Hearn—I have an objection I plead exemption on the score of age. I am over 60, and I believe it is an accepted rule that that is an exemption, His Lordship—I must not only in this particular case, but in all such cases, have something more than a mere statement; T niust ask you to be sworn, and to aay that you are over 60.
Mr. Hearn earthen sworn and stated Tt has been pointed out to me that, in an objection like this was raised, and in Sir Richard Rennie's hand-og I find thie against the name of Henry Evans, 'Struck off on account of being over 60 years of age." I am thore-fore, Leonsider, bound to follow Sir Richard Reunie's holding, although I myself do not ground' for it in the Order in Council, but, inasmuch as he was then Chief Justice, it is better that I should follow his ruling than make a ruling of my own; therefore your name will be struck out.
There being no other objections the Court rose.
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