(BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Melbourne, June 4.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 3

(BY TELEGRAPH-OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Melbourne, June 4.

Messrs Moobb, Morrison, and Headley have arrived at Sydney with2Boozs., partly from B'ockman Creek; and partly from the head waters of the Mary River, ft tributary of the Margaret, mu,oh nearer Derby than former ■ < finds. They will return in a few days to prospect Leopold Ranges turther north. They are not satisfied that the quantities of gold they have found in the localities mentioned would support a rush. All those who have arrived at Yeoda station having been fairly successful. Several of the party were sick while at the diggings, while others were occupied in looking after horses, and they' could only average two men at actual work, Slatterly brings down a lump weighing 280z<3, part of which, however, is quartz.

Two Men Missing. Two men, McKenzie and O'Donoghue, »eft the field at the end of February, and have not since been heard of. It is supposed that they have been murdered by the native?.

Price of Provisions, Flour at Derby is £20 per ton, horses £25 each, and very scarce. Medical men are much wanted.

Another Steamer Sailed. The Thuraday'e "Argua" saya that the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Albury, 1,000 tone, left on Wednesday for Derby, King Sound.with a large number of passengers for Kimberley Goldfields. She will call at Adelaide, where a number of additional passengers will embark, She took a large quantity of cargo, and about 50 passengers, most of whom were booked for Western Australia, andappearedto be well equipped. The cargo comprised a large quantity of building material, provisions, and tools for the new settlements at Kimberley and its ports. Speaking of the rush to Kimberley, the " Argus " Baye :—" Miners know more than we do about rushes, and it would be like carrying coal to Newcastle to offer advice to them. They know quite well how lushes are created. A runholder seta it going. He finds a nugget, or says he tinds ©ne, and wires the lie to Brisbane, to Sydney, and to Melbourne. The nearest storekeeper backs up the lie. The smell of alluvial is enough for the wandering digger. He is off, and there is no holding him back. There may be a good goldfield at Kimberley, but there are no proofs yet such as would satisfy a prudent man. Let the unemployed who have been making such a noise lately in Adelaide and Sydney try their luck there. Let the Salvation Army tramp go on a howl to Australia, but for men getting good wagestothrow up their billets to go on a wild goose chase is little short of madness."