NELSON.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 262, 8 May 1865, Page 3

NELSON.

LATER FROM THE HOKITIKA DIGGINGS. ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO WITH FULLY ' 10,000 OUNCES OF GOLD. (From the Colonist) ' u Yesterday afternoon tho large screw steamer Omeo,,Captain Edwards, arrived.from Hokitika. She brings 225 passengers, and ounces of gold on freight. It is understood that there are 800 or 400 ounces more in the hands of the passengers, which will make the arrival exceed 10,00 ounces. We have been informed that there:; is a large quantity of gold still to come up; indeed

it is said that an amount nearly equal to that brought by the Omeo will be shipped by next steamers. „ . ;, - ~ ■ J The Omeo spoke the Gothenburg,-from Dunedin, for the Hokitika, wilh 70 passengers,and sighted a large number of sailing vessels, making their way towards Hokitika. . . ’ *--■■■ -■■■' . ' The eaptain’of the Omeo reports that he made land near the Wanganui is, by.the. map 40 miles to the south of Hokitika, and all along the coast he observed tents, .pitched at various places, arid-the smoke of diggers’encampments; showing that prospecting parties have reached that distance southward". Good coarse gold lias been obtained On the Grey River, some ' 25 miles up. ; April. 28. , The Wallabyferpiyed yesterday afternoon from the Hokitika. She brings 15 passengers, nearly all storekeepers, and no gold, Behaving to call at Bulhr, it was decided by the bankers that the gold should be sent by the Maid of the Yarra, which left at the same time as the Wallaby, The. Maid has on board 2,000 ounces for the Union Bank of Australia. This, with the gold .which, arrived by the Omeo, on Monday last; will mnk& ' 12.000 received in Nelson from Hokitika this week, value, £44,000, r . ” ■’"■? c The Wanganui River, which is 40 miles* south of the Hokitika, and was • mentioned in our last issue ns having attracted attention, is now drawing large numbers to its banks. We learn that; some schooners were chartering, and about to start for thatriver. We can learn nothing of the Maid’ of Yafra, which left Hokitika at the sametime ns the Wallaby, and about twenty-four hours before the Storm Bird.