The Pohangina Reefs.
[Clirsnicle.] ... -,;.;.:: .; ,FrP.m 'inquiries^made we believe : thero must have been some mistake m the telegram published-in-the Chronicle yesterdayi from; Wellington,* referring 5 ' to ! an alleged 1 crush iiig. < pf " half > a *ton -of stone v fj;qin tbfi! Poharigina reef near ■Ashurs't. 7 ; The inf oWnation^iwas sent to AVellihgtPri 1 I lioai "WoO(l\i'lo, anxl-we/£ino'y the! sender ,! must 'hftV-e^exA^gerated the fact that i| soine i: BUialt pieces of stone tested m ii Wanganni recently were f ound, to con- ! tain at the rate of seventy ounces of I silver lo the top, together with traces of Sgold. "We iinderstand ; that some eight .Icwt. of storfetf 50m the reef' in question thus been sent ils Melbourne^ jtq 1 b;l> tested, ;but no answer^ has "been received as. to ;the resul^noriisany^expectecl for some jdays yet. The parties, who air§j,nterested jin the clainj s^-<| fefyTlispefill^good results, but the^- have no wish to create iexpectations that may iiot, be. .warranted; •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 3
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156The Pohangina Reefs. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1471, 3 October 1885, Page 3
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