IMPORTANT NEWS,
ANOTHER BIG NUGGET FOUND
The following information has been received by the steamer Wairarapa, which arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne on Sunday last : — The first full ship for the Kimberley goldfields was despatched frem Melbourne wheU the s.s. Khandallah left Port Melbourne for King's Sound, via (Sydney. The "Khandallah brought 40 through passengers from Adelaide, and over 30 were booked from Melbourne. The passengers are nearly all young men, and most of them are of the labouring classes. Their outfits are generally fairly complete, and several of those on board have capital to invest in the Kimberley district if the •goldfields prove a success. New* has been received from Derby I stating that Hall and Slattery's party j have found another large nugget of j *28aJE. * Tho a.s. Nemur had reached there with a number of fully-equipped diggers ou board. Further particulars bave been revived from the, diggers. The geld at Brockman'a creek, a tributary of the Elvira, is scattered -about ia small patches. Indications fc of gold have been found 100 miles Bearer Derby. The diggers are very j-jfericont, and the present information is uwufiScieut to warrant the suppositlom tbat it is a permanent field, or ounicient to justify a big rush.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 153, 5 June 1886, Page 3
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206IMPORTANT NEWS, Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 153, 5 June 1886, Page 3
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