KIMBERLEY GOLD-FIELDS.
Up to the present about forty persons have honked by the barquontiue May for the Kimberley Goldli 1 In. It is expected that number will be supplemented by about 50 or CO mote The vessel will sail from Wellington about the 21st.
Port' Darwin, August 11. Reports from Kimberley continue to be of the most conflicting nature, but a geueral im pression gains ground that the value of tin held has been over-estimated. Many recent arrivals started for the field, but having met fri nds retiming, who reported that the field was unpayable ; the majority decided to return al’o. There are about 300 men uow on tin i g iugs, but it isconsidcred doubtful whetliei they ft making wages. They report that 110 men aro on their way back. The men propose staying hero, in the hope of obtaining "'"fit on the railway. The escort this w«et hr audit down 1600 ounces of gold, including , 'W ounces from 76 tuna of quarlz,
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1872, 18 August 1886, Page 2
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164KIMBERLEY GOLD-FIELDS. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1872, 18 August 1886, Page 2
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