FIFTY TEARS AGO.
NEWS FROM HOKITIKA.
BANK AGENT ROBBED.
{From the HEEALD of September IS. 1865.) A Nelsox paper states that the steamer "Wallaby arrived at Nelson from Hokitika about September 12, with llJOOoz of gold, the largest shipment yet brought from the West Coast in one r.-.->ei. 'J he chief intelligence from Hokitika is _ the excitement caused by the success of three men, who brought into town a lot of gold and quicksilver, weighing altogether 1161b, and which, after passing through the retort, gave about 1200oz of pure gold. Another circumstance which has caused a good deal of interest is the robbery of Mr. YValmsley, of the Bank of New South Wales, on his way down the Grey, by five armed men, who took from him 821oz of cold, and £1000 in notes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16025, 17 September 1915, Page 10
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