The Golden Kiond

Manawatu Herald, 3 January 1899, Page 2

The Golden Kiond

Uufavourable reports fl^^| Klondyke have been receiv^^^H from so many New Zeala^^^^J Australians thai it is fl|^H (remarks the Otago Daiiy^^^^fl learn that at leas!; one vH^H| has been successful in AI^^BBH Waldie, wife of Mr Jarnd^^H| who left here about the PC H^BH last and succeeded in arrij^^^^H Eloudyke in June, ba^^^Hfl letters from her husband, he speak 9 in glowing termwßH prospects. Mr Waldie was j^Hßj ful in getting into a claim & t«H9 miles out of Dawson City, andlHH he and his mates have done R(flH that they anticipate realising M al thousands each when they^^B up in summer. Mr Waldie me|H| that while he himself a9 - x^^H the best of health, _ he^ coJHB Klondyke a very noheii ■■HH especially Dawson City, i niners are £2 per dt^bu )f provisions is in pioport^^^Hj )eing £16 per too in a^^^^H upar Is 3d per Ib, butter ,nd eggs 6s per do^en. Jj^^^H iso very dear, rangiog J^^^H

Ito £60 per thousand feet, and a< h i- wheelbarrow costs £10. Though ; the place is very cold in winter and yery hot in Bummer, many women ; are able to bear the climate, and odp • of Mr Waldie'B mates had his wife ' with them ; she was doing their j washing and cooking. A woman who oan wash and cook seems to be < I appreciated on the goldfields, for she I can command a wage of £20 per month. The Post states that Mr ' Carl Cedebur, who left Auckland for i '. Klondyke in March last, and return* d ' i by the last trip of the Aorangi, was -J one of the few successful New ■ t Zealander3 from the field. After , waiting for three month 3, he grew ■ Bick of failure, and made up his ! m mind to return to civilisation ; but ] m when three days out from Dawson, ■ he secured a claim on Gold Hill, and < I left the field in September last with , ■,80,000 dollars' worth of gold in his ■ hand-bag. But, although fairly K successful himself, Mr Ledebar ■strongly cautions colonials against ■venturing to Klondyke. He. points Hto his own general experience there ■in regard to his failure to obtain a . P payable claim in the stampedes' and rushes, although he was a " champion hastier." His final good fortune be declares to have been a most exceptional case*