Letter From Wellington Miners. Wellington, August 28.
A co SKEsrSSbElsfc'df the""" Evening Press," writing froni Derby 'du l theaStK^lt,, does not give; a very -hopeful-account of the Kimberley, goldffeldf According to information ! furnished him by tfce Superintendent of j Police,' there "were about fifty" men '' 'on the 'field, all of /whom were getting gold,' their daily returns .ranging from sdwts to 3'oz^.'" Prdvißibna lare reported as .being sc»hty, and horses could "not be c proeured. Two which *" would have brought in WeVlirigton^, were abld J for £ldO eaoh. •Sdine'of the Triumph's l paseehgera aid not' land; ,and ; "otheri*would y have ( 'returned if thef couldM'Th^baVe s diapdB^t>f their goods nfi reasonable rates.bufc the place was already On the Whdle, the writer doea, not advise anyone to* go from' New Zealand to Kimberley at the present time. , . : 1 i "
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 1
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137Letter From Wellington Miners. Wellington, August 28. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 1
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