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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 715, 6 September 1869, Page 3

ETCHER ON " THE GOLD DISCOVERY IN HAWKE'S BAY." fflU "inimitable" Thatcher has > tin d a feitile subject for his wit j humor in a telegram vhich 0 time ago went the entire round | the New Zealand press —that jd had been found in the jjzard of a duck on a sheep-station j {his province. At the Thames gently he amused the public by a fon the subject, introducing an 3ii<rinary prospectus, from which the following :—-

J 0 GOLD DISCOVERY IN HAWKE'S BAY. j Air—Gee-wo Dobbin. Itlie papers I notice that down in Hawke's Bay Jjfiind gold discovery was made t'other day, fin a duck's gizzard they opened down there jipecimen of gold was discovered, I swear. I Qaack ! quack ! says ducky, Come along ducky, it's open your gizzard, come here and be killed. Leheard of the goose who the golden eggs laid, lis bu.t a fiction, I'm really afraid, [jjliere is a fact now, lor gold has been struck, jjin Napier they've got an auriferous duck. flicks have been bought up in Hawke's Bay like -ijthe publicans down there secure every one [fun ■open tlieir gizzards, and if down there you stay j get giblet-pie or roast duck every day. ,'jlltlie ducks down there quite, short work they lb cruelty really is worthy of Draco, [make, O, j every one now wants to turn out a wizard, jithe oracle that they consult is a gizzard. ifarmers of Hawke's Bay are now all alive, ;y expect every day to hit on a Long Drive, iill every duck they have got each prepares, il neglects his own crop now to look into theirs, 'jpeople have got up a company there, is a most laughable funny affair—tpruspectus I've got, aud I'll read it to you, iou'll listen to me for a minute ov two.

3SFECTUS OF THE TAME DUCK GOLD-MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. I,(he undersigned, Mr Abel Drake, hereby make plication to register the Tame Duck Gold-Mining apany, and do solemnly and sincerely declare lithe following statement is, to the best of my :ef and knowledge, true in every particular, aely: Ist. That the name and style of the Company is [Tame Duck Gold-Mining Company (Regis-

red). .'nil. That the place of operations is at Waddler's itpk, in the Province of Hawke's Bay. 3rd. That the nominal capital of the Company i!2O, in 200 Shares of Two Shillings each. Ith. The amount already paid up is £l3. Ith. That the name of the Manager is Abel iske.

A piece of gold having extracted lately from the sird of a duck, on the station of Goosey Gander, jj., at Waddler's Creek, the Directors have pureed thirty-five ducks, which will be sent out isspecting every morning on the ground adjacent H'addler's Creek,accompanied by an intelligent sat a weekly salary of 5s 6d, who will carefully amine the locality they most frequent. At the Hot'the week the ducks are to be killed, and the iwrds examined for traces of gold. The defunct ;tls will be distributed amongst the shareholders, k will be appropriately designated Provisional Sectors, so that, unlike all other new Compaes, there will be an immediate return for mouey nested. * * * The Treasurer will be A. ishnjr, Esq., who will receive the mouey and a'ffi ducks and drakes of it. A call of One Penny »Share will be made every week, to replace the scks made away with. * * * The feathers il be made into pillows, which will be sold to liiier up the concern. * * * The health of -filueks will be under the care of an experienced hack Doctor. Dated this 11th day of August, 1869. (Signed) Abel Drake, Witness to signature, Manger. Johjm Duckworth, A Justice of the Peaee.