Men of the West XIII
(By
W. F. HEINZ)
track at the back of the Greymouth racecourse; then it crossed the Limestone Range at the head of the creek, this range separating the Grey and New River watersheds. The whole way was dangerous and slippery. Up the river This track was too difficult for us to use, so we were conveyed along the beach from Greymouth in a dray to the mouth of the New River. We travelled up the New River in a canoe to Marsden, then unnamed but known as the Tower Store. From the sea to the Tower Store the river was easily navigable, but since then the millions of tons of gravel from the sluicing claims dumped into the upper part of the river have filled the river bed.
From the settlement it was one day’s journey along the river and
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33693, 16 November 1974, Page 11
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145Men of the West XIII Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33693, 16 November 1974, Page 11
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