The Pohangina Reefs.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1491, 27 October 1885, Page 4

The Pohangina Reefs.

THE MYSTERY -OF ' THE MEL- '-. BOURNE TEST. ; ; - : : ; ; . : '-: : ' ; [Mondajj's j i"We learri that A the result of the Ballarat crushing of the -Pohangina stone arrived ; on Saturday afternoon, Mr Babbage/ irianager of the Bank of Australasia re- ! ceiving the cable m cipher; What the | result has been tlie promoters are not J willing to make public, but we may rest assured that itrwill leak out m a* day or two. This • morning we waited on Mr Liffitoh, but he : declined, to inform us whether- the test had been satisfactory 01? otherwise. Knowing that the other, shareholders m the affair were m the j secret, we at giice wired to Palmerstoh North, the result being an answer trovd the Press agent, to the effect that the cable was rather indefinite, but it mentioned the return as one ounce of gold. to tlie ton. No other metal was stated. Ase have since seen Mr Liititon, but he states that the result as given by the v Palmerston agent is not correct. A meeting of the shareholders m the claim was being held as we went to press, at wjhich it was decided to hold over all information till a -letter . giving full particulars was received. We reference to Mr Field's report,, we Jeara that Mr Reid . the practical miner of the party does 1 not agree with it. The latter thinks that the country is very likely looking reefing ground, 1 and he. is quite.,prepared^to^-be-lifcve m the. results said to have been^ob- ; twined. He is to-day watching a test tbVat is beings.: made' ■•on.il'spme stone brought m by Mr Brennan from the Pphanginaj m order to settle all- doubts on the matter of the fairness of ,the tests applied. • "We heard^ on Saturday • that a letter had been received m town from Mrv 'A." A. Sheriff; to the effect thaton the way to Wellington, he waSjSliqwn spme spscimens from tins reef, which carried three distinct veins of gold. .■ -„