It was ,utterjy. impossible that the editor of the Hawaiian Gazette ..could have traVelled on the " Nelson and !Foxhill'f railway two months agoV and yet he then wrote ,as .follows :—-", The 'passengers:by -aiN.eK Zealand railroad train were obliged to get out and: push it up an incline before they coul4 proceed on thejir journey.' ' Jt j's said that travelling in • this fash ion js popular in l^Te w Zea= land. ?> ■. ..;•*]-. .'••;,' :;. M .-".. ' .'.",. '.' ' ./; ■''"Th&'MarlbofoUgh' Express' of Wed* n^sciay i last,sp,ys;-^]^ews arrived in' f town on-Monda^y frprntlie alleged 'new, rushY We may premise that the scene is in a gully not -very far irom the Top House, , and upwards.of sixty miles from Blenheim.' , ; with J a 'request :-: ■•:./::*•? 'l'as^'jjweek^ ' here receiveu. - --* with stores, of various despatclieda clraj' • "<' I i i^^ne'box. On kinds', iricludin'g-a'ldtig; SiuJ> ; '>:■■•:*- 1 -}icti the arrival of the messenger the .. ! was put together,, and^ the, party. {commenced, sluicing.' .'"iFro'm'e^ly m'orn'till late at nighfc^ they , iabored' bar^,' and the result of all this trouble was — one . color of gold! l
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 81, 22 March 1876, Page 2
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167Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 81, 22 March 1876, Page 2
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