THE KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS.
(Rueler* Telegram.—Copyright.) PoHT Darwin, August I. Reports from Cambridge Gulf and King George's Sound state that no gold ha* been received from the Kimberley digging* for about two months. About three thousand men are now in the Kimberley district. Cartage to the digging* i. eighteenpence ja r lb from Derby or Wyndh.au. The prospect* of the Holds are not considered (Bell as to warrant the pie .nt rush, and the country promises better for reefing than for alluvial mining. A jatrlv of three men, prosja-ct-mg in a gt Uy. were attacked by native*. One was sja-ared through the heart, and another in the ferehead ; the former died instantly. the TRIUMPH ARRIVED. Mklbocrnb, Augusts. Rejwrt* from Port l»erby announce the arrival there of the steamship Triumph from Wellington. GOLD. RUT WATER SCAR( E. The police at Derby rejsirt that minen at Kmdierley are grttmg gold but thal water i* short.
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Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 17, 6 August 1886, Page 4
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152THE KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS. Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 17, 6 August 1886, Page 4
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