THE BULLER.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 167, 7 February 1867, Page 3

THE BULLER.

y (Froni the Westpok Times, Feb.* 2.) ~ , This week has been (maracteri^dby %. r considerable excitement on the Bullkt^ in :; consequence of^ areport having got abroad that fresh ground had beenopenedneTx the «: Mo'ciliinuithat would;give a pennyweight ': : to the dish. Attached to this tliere is a ■:. somewhat lengthy tale } w hich we give as i fully as we have been able to gather it. seems: >that on Tuesday a Norwegian, we. do not know, came iii and i *old a few acquaintances. Messrs White, i- Henderson, Corcoran, 'and' Nieholls, amongst others, that he and his mates were doing well about a mile this side the Mokihiimi; and a. mile inland. The news aoonspready and. when he was ready to go backj a large party had assembled to ac- : company him. After beins; thus communicativej however, he thought better of J ' < , atj on Wednesday morning attempted * -to give a party bf five, including some of , those .; named, and who were his special friends, the slip, by getting up early on " Wednesday inprning and going out by himself.^ On reaching the Orawaite, how--4 over, the tide|was too high for him, and he x c<nUd not getii canoe, so these few caught him. Shortly after tliis the number was - strongly augmented, and they went on to . the fir3t^nvCT;:.this side the Mokihinui, \ about e^ghteeh^iniles up the beach, and stopped By this time some sixtypmenJhadLassembled. His tale was still to his special ac- - quaintancesj andybn Thursday morning lie slipped out;: followed by some fifteen or sixteen others; %. the remainder lying asleep. They went a little distance when he led them into a; track in the bush, but after turning about- a little he pretended that he had lbsthis way. Up to this time the majority ■offhe party had believed in the truth of his statements, which were, when iiv Westpbrt,;that he had. struck a patch enough^ for a dozen parties, of four feet sinking, that would pay a pennyweight to the dish; It was then, hi>\vever, clear that for some'strange reasolfhe had deceived them, and it was determined to bring liim.;-baqk arid give him into custody, a few of the calmer spirits with difficulty preventing him from receiving severe chastisement. ■ Tlie party returued to the beach, and ajt a/ little distance met with I the body of .men they had left, and the whole returned to- the shanty they had been at tlie previous night. By this time the whole of • -them were tired and exhausted, and the " prospector" managed by some means to give them the slip. He told the owner of the place, however, that it was still right, and the only reason he had for refusing to show the place was that he did not intend lo lay such a number on as that. He also asked two friends - to stay, : assuring them that this was the case. v : The bulk of the people stopped, but six .came ia yesterday morning by whom the above particulars were furnished. We omitted W state that his mates were camped very near to where ho took the party, but ihey denie I in toto that they had struck gold as alleged. When the crowd came^ -however, they packed ., Tip their swags and mada themselves scarce. Tliere are many; who still believe in there being truth in sipme portion of his state- : ment, but';,tliat;vis merely a matter of opinion, and people jnust judge for them- ■ -selves.- . „ -".: : £u^ ;, Npthing r frt}s)i ; has come down from : Little Wahganui,' but it is unquestionable : that many of • tlie first there are making good wages at all events. On the nprthern beaolies soveral parties ■ are earning pucker at least, and some Cali- "■ pumps^re going up, this day, to , parties who 'have been at work some little : time, a satisfactory proof that their labors have not been unrewarded up to the present. "■'-■'. > . Nothing later has cqme to hand from the Karamea, good, bad, or indifferent, Jind the same nvay be said of the di»ging3 lip the Buller, and the Jnangahua.