KENNEDY'S BAY GOLD-FIELD.
The steamer Tauran a returned from the new gold-field at Kennedy s Bay last evening, shortly after seven o'clock. She left Shortland at twelve o'clock on Monday night, and arrived at Kennedy's Bay on the following morning, at half-past eight o clsjck. Mr. Commissioner Mackay, the Chief Robert, Mr. W. Buckland, Mr. Smart, Captain Frazer, Mr. Macready, a large staff of surveyors, and several other gentlemen from Auckland and Shortland, were landed, and the steamer left again at 12 o'clock, bringing up five passengers. A large number of the diggers at Shortland were anxious to proceed by the Tauranga to Kennedy's Bay, but as the ground had not been surveyed they were not permitted to go. Today, however, the land will be surveyed, and Kennedy's Bay proclaimed a gold-field, so that by to-morrow we may expect a rush from Auckland and the Thames. Several small vessels have already been laid on for the new gold-field, with provisions, and one or two gentlemen have gone down for the purpose of selecting suitable sites for building purposes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1400, 13 May 1868, Page 3
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