RUSSELL.
J'UOM ul'K OWN CUUHwrOMiLNT.": March 111. Tin; natives have brought down a sample (about half a loin ui tho roil 1 1 mentioned in mv last. It Ims been tried by tilt; blacksmith here. who reports wrv favourably of it ; lie says he finds no difference Innn ' tin: imported coal, except a stronger I have seen it tried in jui American stove; it burnt didly, ami with very little residue. Tin.' coal seam : is situated at the lead of tin 1 Kuwa K'jiwa Kiver, (on | native land) about half a mile from water carriage.-, j wry accessible; it was first found in the bed of a I small stream. The native bay Ihev have traced it | about -100 yards, with a widllt or about •> yards. I would haw sent you a sample, but I find that a j quantity -some -1 or o cwt. is about to hi; forwarded ! to his honor tin* Supei infendent, per 'Sea iUee'/e,' ' by (apt. Kolger, our Harbour Master, so that no : doubt it ran be seen at the Suucrintcndeiit's o/ii.v. There is no news. Kvorything is quiet, the natives j anxiously waiting for news of tin* trial to come o|i" ! at the lu-xt .sitting of the Supreme Court.
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New Zealand Herald, Issue 105, 15 March 1864, Page 3
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