GOLD ON THE WEST COAST.
A BIG NUGGET. .; NAMED; "THE HON. RODDY." -■ '.n' PrcSs ,Association.) ;~; -. Hokitika, September 11. ■-. A' nugget.V.valued- at ■ *£450,. wasdiscovered • a . fow.-days ;• ago in* tho Ross:,Borough, within ,a oh'ain .of' the l Ems .Goldfields' claim. Sharp'nnd Sc.ott jverb;working. a small pieco of abandoned ground' Creofcy'.-.where;.; they picked'.np -a coupleiDfiTismaUtavuggctsirw Tliejiii 'W«rd::encourfl^(kto!,oontin«6..'6i»l , atidns; , >vlian theyj came on stb»lMlgo.iwnpjnw4u<)ft«ls ntbout)' •We .slio.-'of turnip;: '-' ::• . .!•■ j£|t -.isjclaimetl »that this .is -the largest-nugget, jjvetafouad' iiwtlie .Dominion, land it ;iSUto --be'-"The-.'Hon, IteMy." • -'>!'»?- Thji iMittister. fote 'Mines, •tfy 'Hon.- 'RoderickM'Kenxie, received a telegram from- Mr.' !Mayor. :'of > Eoss, ■'on' Situ'rday, which .reads:— ;2Nugg«K found ; here" iii claim; adjoining 'Eoss GoldfeldsV''loooz."';todfat:'' .Mayo¥ liuinara and ;mysolf ; secured it. Can' we-'Call it 7 'Tho •Hon: Eoddy'?" . , . • ■■-V • In. reply,'-the Minister tonderod his conprattilations to.;tho people of Eoss on this find,'and expressed tlie hope that other large gold discoveries. would follow. . Ho agreed to fall in with tho,suggestion of tho Mayors of Boss and Kumara that the nuggot.should bo named ;"Tho Hon.• Rodd/." • - - ■'. .jveighUof the;nugget was at 1120z.' in' ; a : ;.pfiyate . telegram ■ received in ■ .Wellington on W'hich'.statedi ."Largest nugget, found- in New Zealand - has been; discovered by,...Scott- and Sharp. .: : Its .weight vis 112oz. It ;-was:foubd.-on -the/boundary, of : the; Roiss, Goldfields, Ltd." •• - •
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 9
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203GOLD ON THE WEST COAST. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 9
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