THE KIMBERLEY RUSH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1293, 20 July 1886, Page 3

THE KIMBERLEY RUSH.

(Per s.B. Tarawera, vi£ the Bluff.)

A digger who left New Zealand enrou'e for Kimberley, arrived at the Bluff by the Tarttera to-day. He was into’ viewed by the Bluff reporter of the Southland Neves, This digger, of 30 years' mining experience, left this Colony in the Wairarapa with a number of others some three weeks ago. On arriving at Sydney an authentic letter was received by one of the party from a cousin on the diggings He states that all the parties arriving there had to prospect fcr themselves, as there was nothing like a well-defined goldfield. Water was very scarce, and there were no provisions inland with the excep tlon of what the diggers brought, and those had always to be pack d. There were SCO or 900 people'at Ue by unable to go further owing to the want of horses, without which it was absolute’y impossible to proceed to the field- The impression in Sydney is not fav wabl-'. and there Is nothing like the excitan ent that prevails in New Zealand, The st ason of the year 1s very bad to get to Kimberly owing to the scarcity of water. Fre ; «lu form Sydney to Kimberley is abou* 60s pe*. ton, lightering to the jetty 20a. and from the jet y to town, 32a in all £5 per ton, with agents charges added at Derby. The steamers Gatterthnn and Simla arrived crowded with passengers and borres for Kimberley. All on board were well. The Gatterlbun lost three horses. A mass meeting of passengers was held, when the Chinese question was discussed, and a Comm i tee was appointed to memorialise the Government with a view to theGhinese being prohibited from working on any goldfield for three years after its discovery. Times correspondent.