Western Australia.
ITBMB FEOM THE KIMBERLET DISTEICT. The correspondent of the Perth Advertiser, at Derby, reports that more men have come down from the diggings. They have brought 200oa. They left about seventy uen on the fields, but a large number are on their way up. A total of about 1200oz of gold has been brought down to the present. Water ia getting Boaree, and so more men should go up till September. More^tfhd party have ■tarted along the Lenard to prospect the Leopold Ranges and work through to the head of the Margaret river if successful. A resident Warden ia much wanted. In going up, men may jump the rights of those who haa no opportunity to take possession of them. C. Hall has brought to Derby the 28oz nugget he discovered some time ago. It is stated that it contains fully 24qe of pure gold, and it ia a splendid epecixnen. Derby is described as a mass of tents, a lot of passengers having arrived by one steamer. A large quantity of gold is reported to be on board the Otawaka, but it ia impossible to say how much.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5650, 21 June 1886, Page 3
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191Western Australia. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5650, 21 June 1886, Page 3
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