Mr H. P. Lance, brother ot Mr J. D. Lance, M.H.R. for Christchuroh. and a gentleman well-known m sporting ciroies is dead. The Bryce demonstration m Wans;anui last evening was a complete success, the utmost enthusiasm aud cordiality prevailing. The favourable news received by cable .respecting the Kimberley goldfield* has caused no little oommotion throughout this as wull as adjoining colonies. In Wellington many inquiries have been made as to the distance, cljmate, and the best means of getting there. There are several expeditions being formed iv Melbourne to go to the field, aud at present negotiations are proceeding In Auckland with a like latter place itia pro. pdsed tb Hespatcb Northern • :'Com-' pany's s.s. Wellington (formerly a. trader to this portj about the 25th of the current montb,«hould sufficient induce-' ment offer. The proposed destination is Cambridge Gull, jnto which the Ord, along which the alluvial ilepovits bare been traces, empties itself. Derhy is the oapital town of the Kimberley district, on the north <west coast. It is built at the mouth of the Fitiroy Hirer, m Kins Sound, a magnificent bay,-* Wellington paper.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1713, 20 May 1886, Page 2
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