The Southern Cross, 3 Jth ult., says :— The longcoveted auriferous grounds of the Upper Thames are expected, with some certaiaty, to be opened within a month at the outsider. A little alluvial gold has been found in the Ohinemui i, and also some reefs, but nothing as yet to boast of. Most of the natives are very much pleased at the succcssfu I termination of Mr. Mackay's mission. The warm weather is felt very much after the lute cold winls. The therm imeter legistertd 82 "r decrees in the shade at noon. Crops looking well. An American paper states that the lettercarriers in semi-rural districts, such as the upper part of New York Island, are to be supplied with velocipedes, with one of which a man can easily make 12 miles an hour
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Southland Times, Issue 1093, 20 January 1869, Page 3
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