.There is (says the "Western' Star") every likelihood of,a good goldfield. being di» covered on tho West-- Coast shortly between • Green Island'..irid the Waiau :River.-' During the past fow months . soveral minors .have been.'out, arid!'some liavo been successful in obtaining 'good/ prospects - in ■ .'quart? and alluvial'. Mri-'M.; Mncdoriald, who rrce'ntly' ; returned from a tour -of this' country, informed us that-the Government track is fn a very , bad stato '"at •present, being overgrown-'', in ninny, places. • .Tho .chai'rs, across:- tho. W.4i.' rauraiihiri hnd .Waitutu- Rivers havo- fallen into disrepair. In.fact, the wire ropes across N tho latter have; been • removed ' altogether.. Tho.difficulty l has been overcome by making rafts of supplejacks, by .which 'thtf,river: is crossed. . Tho 'country, abounds' in native 'v, game of■ all 'I descriptions, .-^rrelssis particularly ..numerous. From • Green; Island to.. tho AVaiaii,' and!up as far "as Caveiidish Hill, ■' numerous ..tracks -/of.' red: deer, are to bo met , with," and it mil only be a matter of a few v years before excellent sport.will be met with out west. ! v -• '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 8
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