THE LOST DIGGER.
« SAFE AT EAST. (By Tei.eokaph.) Invrhcabcull. Sept. 16. A digger, who believes he is the man reforred to as 1 st it tho Tuutuku bush, between i Cutlin's and Fortroso, has arrived here. He stales that ho left Catlin's on Good Fridny ; that ho loft part of his effects there, nnd tliiit he turned off tho bush trnck at a point described on tho surveyors' maps. There can be no reasonable doubt thnt he is the man who wjs supposed to be lost. He says that ho was induced by the letiers of Mr Vincent , Pyke m tho Ota<jo Witness, re tho possibilities of beach working for gold on tho south- ■ east and south coasts of Otago, to leave West- ■ port with the objoct of giving a thorough trial i of the beaches. Ho lias been many months prospecting from Hampdcn to Waikawa, but found nothing of great moment, the best prospects being between Catlin's and Bushy Point, : Bluff. The man is an experienced digger, and goes to Big Bay. Should ho not succeed • there, he will return to tho locality previously named.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3732, 17 September 1886, Page 3
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186THE LOST DIGGER. Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3732, 17 September 1886, Page 3
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