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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 209, 30 August 1873, Page 2

rFAiTH.in^tbplfdefs pf the Inangahua district should surely be inspired by such i^pe&inftiDS of retorted gold as were rece*ited R in Greymouth from Reefton last evening, and are now .either to be seen or ;-,afis>in |pf6Ce&!of! | rneUin^ at the Bank of New Zealand. They consist of three Ccalces of retorteji f weighing "-lOlOoz., another 521oz.Vand thetnird 2650z. The two first, repreaenting 15310z., are from, the Golden Fleece claim, and are about the best specimens of retorting and of gold that have yet beep. Received. -^ Th,is, . weight of gold is the result of 5 cfushing a" thousand tons of stone, averaging au ounce and a-half to the ton, or £1000 a week for seven weeks' work, that time having been occupied in the crushing. The other cake , is from. the Wealth .of. .Nations claim, an.d_ weighs^ 2650z. With . such results' iirjom. these and other claims, who dare say that the district is done, or that the development of its resources has'been more than merely beg tin? — G. R. Argus. A sense of humor is not an invariable attribute of the Australian uative. That he is not quite without it this will show. A week or two ago a blackfellow called at ope of the Goyerntnent.offices imAdeJaide, begging in thaft pffrhaiad aireeabjeqianner which the son of the soil usually affects. Anxious to be rid of him a dignified civil servant produced from^liis* pocket and bestowed upon his black brother a battered threepenny piece. The recipient examined it critically, and promptly returned it to the generous donor, with this comment: — 11 No good ! that congregation money ! " — -"