FROM THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1863.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18999, 23 October 1923, Page 10

FROM THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1863.

SIXTY YEARS AGO

We are given to understand that a large quantity of gold is taken from the province without payment; of the export duty, and that this smuggling has been practised for a considerable time, greatly to the detriment of the provincial revenue. . . Wo may mention, for the information of those who are in any way implicated, that the forfeiture of the gold upon which duty has not been paid is one of the penalties involved. On the 9th proximo, the anniversary of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, the sportsmen of Omakao (Black’s diggings) intend holding a grand gala day. Horse and foot racing, supplemented by other British sports, are promised in the programme, and, as advertised, a bullock roasted whole and a cask of ale will be provided for all comers by the hospitable folks of Omakao. . . The now diggings at the Taieri seem to bo going ahead in earnest, and our information of the findings there being well authenticated, we feel much pleasure in reporting favourably of the mining news from that quarter. . . There seems to be noi Y ,Y e !'Y little reason to doubt that a rich goldfield will be found in this district. Whatever may be thought of the truthfulness of the statements made by the original prospectors, the effect of the rush to which those statements led will, in all probability, be a most valuable and fruitful Addition to the auriferous resources of the province.