IMPORTANT NEWS PROM KENNEDY'S BAY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 954, 23 June 1868, Page 3

IMPORTANT NEWS PROM KENNEDY'S BAY.

J.\ JJJJ-/ J. kJ JJXJ.X . S ' n [T?roin tho ' Auckland Free Press,' June 1(5.] t We are glad to hear better news from j- Kennedy's Bay than we have received lately. The absence of intelligence within . the last fow days, and the return of many i diggers from that place to Shortland, gave rise to the idea that Kennedy's Baj r was . likely to turn out " a duffer." We learn, > however, from Mr. T. Macroady, who ar--3 rived on Saturday last from Kennedy's [ Bay, that the diggers at that place have f been very successful. JBlackmoro and L party, consisting of four altogether, are ) getting about 1 oz. per day, and have f already laid past them over 50 ozs., but [ they would, not tell the exact amount. , M'Crae and party have found a nugget i weighing 18 dwts., which they sold to Mr. , Buchanan, manager of tho mill at Kennedy's Bay, for £4. Another nugget of an ' ounce in weight was found by a party digging in the creeks, on Thursday ]ast, and several other nuggets varying from 7 dwts. to 9 dwts. were shown to Mr. Maoready by the diggers. There are only two parties prospecting for .reefs — M'Leod's and Boyd's. The latter found a leader in which gold was visible ; but there havo been no important discoveries in. quartzreefing made known up to the present time, the diggers chiefly confining themselves to the creeks. There are about fifty diggers at Kennedy's Bay. Some are malcing from £4 to £5 per week, and the others " tucker" if not wages. Mr. Macready brought up an ounce of gold obtained from Blackmore and party's claim, which was shewn to us. The gold is nuggety, and one of the nuggets is about tho size of a large pea. Mr. Gwynneth, surveyor, also brought up an ounce and a half of gold from Kennedy's Bay on Saturday. These are the only parcels brought up to town, as far as we can learn, but it is expected that Blackmore's party will send up their gold in a day or two. The gold found at Kennedy's Bay is superior in quality to any yet found at the Thames, and is of an alluvial character.