NEW GUINEA GOLD.
HUGE SHIPMENT REACHES SYDNEY. (by cable -mess association'—copyright.) (austsa'lian and u.z. cable } (Received March 10th, 8.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 10. A steamer has brpught 14,000 ounces of gold, valued at £35,000, from Guinea. It is oiie of the' largest shipments yet made frpm tjiesp gol^fields. A number of miners who wero unable to obtain leases on the fields has returned, and a considerable Higher of disappointed men is waiting to obtain passages. Some of those who returned declare that the reports of the richness, of the field are greatly exaggerated. Prospectors havo great l?opes that better transport will widen the prospects qf exploring the gold-bearing area, especially when aeroplane transit commences towards the end of April.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 11
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119NEW GUINEA GOLD. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 11
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