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Manawatu Herald, 5 November 1898, Page 3

Rich Gold Find. ♦_ ■ TWENTY-THREE OUNCES TO THE TON. There is great excitement at Bathurst over a rich gold find in Cham bers Creek. The gold exposed on the reef is two feet wide and re aembles a jeweller's ebop. The stone is literally hanging together with gold. It is said to be on the same line of the reef where Holterman's famous £20,000 nugget was found. The assays show 28oz. to the ton. Wool Sales. » At the first wool sale of the season held at Christchurch on Thursday morning there was a good attendance of buyers, but only 970 bales were offered, and of this 523 were sold. Most of the wool was dirty, owing to the high winds in the spring. Greasy half-bred made s£d to 7^d ; crossbred, 4^d to 6sd ; merino, sd to 6£d ; slipe merino, 3d ; scoured half-bred, 8d to n£d ; half-bred pieces, Bd. YOU CAN'T Have a cake and eat it too, but you can have your meat and keep it in the warmes of weather ty using " Salsalihb," the great food preservative;