41,000 OUNCES

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12652, 12 January 1927, Page 8

41,000 OUNCES

GOLD WON IN NEW GUINEA NEW, EXTENSIVE FINDS REPORTED ACCESS DIFFICULT By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 11. Another 10,000 ounces of gold from ihe New Guinea fields arrived by iteamer yesterday. The consignment s valued at over £25,000. In all, tl.ooo ounces, of an estimated value of £102,000, has reached Sydney since shipments began in August last. Among those who returned were over a dozen disappointed miners, who had been unable to get inland fifom the coast owing to want of funds and the difficulties of the route, or had been driven from the fields by hardships. According to other mining men who have come southward, in connection with the settlement of the disputed claims, the flotation of further areas and other matters connected with the fields, all the good ground in the Edie Creek area has been taken up. The miners, however, give glowing accounts of new and extensive finds at \Vatut, two days’ march to the northwest of Edie Creek. They state that the gold there is worth £3 17s 6d an ounce, compared with £2 10s for Edie Creek metal. The climate of the new field is described as temperate, with good food and labour conditions, and accessibility easier. Living and working conditions are altogether better. MINERSANGRY POLICE SEIZED THEIR XMAS LIQUOR RETALIATION THREATENED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. .DARWIN, January 11. Trouble has been experienced by the police with the miners at Marranboy owing to the police seizing liquor at Christmas. A meeting of miners passed a resolution that they would forcibly eject one of the constables from the field unless an inquiry was held into his conduct. , The Administrator refused an inquiry until the ultimatum was withdrawn, stating that the law would be upheld at all costs. Meanwhile, the field is seething with unrest.