Kimberley Goldfields
V Tlie follf-wing in reference to the "Kitnhoi'ley Gi>M fields is publishd in the SiH-n-v Morning Herald of the 9th instant, b ing lele.raphed from Adelaide: The Linda Weber has arrived at Port Darwin, four days out from Wyadhaui, with 75 passengers from Kimberley. Some of the passengers have been to the goldfield, and are returning disappointed Others, meeting returning diggers, turned back, and some never left Wyndham. The population at the diggings is esti mated at 3000 to 4000. Numbers are re- j turning disastisnVd. At Wyndham the, wages dropped from half-a«crown an hour to working for " tucker." The Government pay 12s per day for labour' bat having employed the necessary complement of men, now only offer the rest work for "tucker" and several have accepted it. The Wyndham water supply is carted three miles. Mr Welden has crossed the Leopold "Ranges to Cam* bridge Gulf. Horses sold by auction at £7, t« £10, to £15. and previously £40 was refused for some of them. The blaokn are becoming troublesome ; half-a-doten men art missing along the Derby track,
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 31, 24 August 1886, Page 4
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181Kimberley Goldfields Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 31, 24 August 1886, Page 4
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