IMPORTANT NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 69, 8 September 1880, Page 2

IMPORTANT NEWS.

ALLEGED DisCpyERY OF V ■ .■;. . ; ■ GOLD.,,'; -i "'-

It may be. remembered thai ** lomei few' months ago ia- party of - men,- who had been prospecting amongst the Ranges' in Fitzherbert, came into town, and gave l such good reliable prospects of gold being that district, that afew< of I'ihe townsmen guaranteed; provisions, to the extent of £10, so that they might further prosecute their search. The miseries and priratipns; encountered had the effec't^oj damping the ardor of the party and with, the/exception of one man, they threw up the sponge,' and about a month. ago cleared -.out. He, however, determined to persevere, and since then he has been alone. YasterjJayTmorning' he came into town m" great, spirits bringing with Mm two or three' piecesjof quartz m which gold could be distinctly '< traced with the naked eye. When it is remembered '-that.the, party >;to ; which he. belongs.spentalmost ;6100' of their own money,' that sofar all the assistance they have received has ■ been proyisions to the ext enfc- of £10, ' andthfltt.he miner who now claims to haw discovered the gold merely asks that two practical .miners' will return with him^jjo the ■pob,'*r«ri!ned with proß9P*, applicarices to : thovouglily test the 'genuineness of :the reef, the balance of .credence is m the man's favor. Yesterday a subscription was made TTifeU *TWlir Qf f Qndin| : (xjr& M carrj

out the wish of the prospector, and pay the expenses of two residents of the v town to accompany him to the reef, and it is more than possible that they will start today. At this early stage, lengthened comment would be somewhat premature, still we cannot help alluding to the incalculable good which such a discovery,- did ib- prove true, would exercise on the district??, t;