Sydney "Telegraph," May 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 4

Sydney "Telegraph," May 27.

" A rush " is an apt term to describe the outcome of a rich gold discovery, and that a rush has set in foy the Kimbeiley goldtieldt, is everywhere made evident. Cleans of getting there are being advertise "l in various f ornis ; offers to go, willmgcie^ to "rough it*' there and in getting there aie innumerable. But the cle ire^t demonstration of the extent of the ''rush "' \\ as given on Satuiday afternoon, when one crowded steamer lett one wharf bound for the nearest pore to the fields, and another put off into the stream to leave 'on the follou ing morning. The opening up of a new gold- field la truly a rush in every possible sense ot the void. Within the shortest possible time thousands of people have prepared themselves to go, and in the shortest possible time steamers have been got ready to carry them. A vast number of miners have satisfied themselves — and too of tea they aie too easily satisfied — that there is lots of gold at Kimberley ; and believing that the sooner there the better, they have gone. Hundreds ot others are almost ready to go, and thousands will go as soon as they have obtained what they Vdssider reliable information of the richness »f the field. They ore undismayed by distance, climate or expense, w hile the inconveniences of travelling there receive only passing consideiation The fortunes mude in the " good old times '' on Bcnnigo, Ballai-at and other goldfields are \ ividly pictured and remembered, while the fortunes lost are conveniently forgotten. A rush is often regarded as the practical miner's only chance ot amassing wealth, and a ni&h having set in at Kimberley, those who have money enough to land them there are prepared to take their chance by seeing for themselves. They stand not upon the order of their going, and so the promptness of their dispatch out-paces that of the Soudan expedition.

Departures from Sydney. The steamship Garnbier left Sydney on the 22nd with nearly 200 passengers, and the Khandalla left on the following day with nearly 150. On each steamer there were nearly as many horses as passengers. The Khandalla, in addition, carried a large number of sheep, to be used for the Kimberley district tor stocking purposes in the interests of a pastoral company. Fully 1000 persons assembled on the wharf to see the Gambier off. Within a few minutes of casting away, a flock of 100 sheep were { driven on board to provide mutton for passengers on the voyage. Eveiy description of miners' implements was on board, and by far the greater portion of them were new. It was apparent that beyond the horses, insufficient provison has been made to convey passengers on to the field. We believe it will be found that the number geing who are equipped as miners only is quite out of proportion to intended tradesmen. This, though usual, is to be regretted, inasmuch as prices of goods will ] not only be regulated by supply, but the being so remote from centres of commeice , an altogether insufficient supply may cause great hardships. The steamship Afghan sailed on the 25th ult. from Sydney for King's Sound. She has on board 92 passengers and 11 horses. At Brisbane 18 passengers and 10 horses are booked by her ; at Townsvllle, 27 passengers and 41 horses; at Cairns, 40 passengers and 40 horses ; and at Thursday Island 39 passengers and 19 horses, giving, a total of 216 passengers and 181 horses. These are all for the Kimberley 'goldfields. The steamer Victoria has also saved. The steamer Airlie is announced to leave on June 1, while the Catthertun and the Simla, all the three being very large and fact steamships, are placed on the berth, to j follow. . i 'A party of sixteen miners, each having a capital of £100 in cash, have left Greenfell for Kimberley. The barquentine May ITlower, of Port Macquarie, will leave in a few days. She takes fifty passengers and horses for the Kimberley goldfields. She also takes stores and timber. A telegramjin the Melbourne Argus, referring to the Kimberley goldfield, says : — "Water is scarce, and the wells are brackish. The previous reports with regard ' to the field have been rather exaggerated. There are only 50 or 60 men on the field, mostly from Port Darwin. The route via Cambridge Gulf is reported to be the shortest, and there is a practicable road to the diggings. About' s^o miners have visited Derby. , " " THE ItATKST. 4 >' < " i Sydney, May 29th. —The s. 5 s. Victoria' sailed for Kimberley to-day. , She had on - board 17 saloon passengers and , 120 in ,the, steerage, besides ,114 horses. . Thelwants.o^ i shY diggers on, arrival . were, not /.neglected , - i :*or,she carries 600 tons pf .cargo, including;; , V,e arejwformed, a. .large shipment made; by. V the chartererg.. " 'Besidesjihe horses, she has; An board about one^fapenjdxqyß, ; and her cargo includes & quantity of

'wheels and fitffings, U 'well aSHlmbW' ftw J the largest* and perhaps \ne best equipped party thairhar v yet started, and we may Jbar^hegLj^BpinemdeQnit© land reliable information concerning the new Ei£omdo,, r)1 tit wa diW =; Y;;

< < The Excitement in Melbourne. ' nj, 1 Melbouhne, .May 26.—Althbt^gh'iio yery great excitement se*emB to have manifested^ itselt amongst the Victbrian ?mihe'rB' Svith reference to the'KimbeVley gbldn'elds'jpaeseh-' 1 gers are Rooked leyery day" by "'the" various steamers,which have already beetfarinbVnced to leave varibusWtfe'in the h'ext few days for Cambridge Gulf, 'eiil'q^t^to'tHe'Kimberley'goldfields. Aboiit'2s passengers'>vith Horses, etc., left M.elbpurn£,"on s tho 22nd route for Sydney, , where"'they 'will eh^bark board the s.s. Victoria. ' The steamer Albany, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship' Company, leaves here on 'Wednesday via Fremantle, for the diggings. "\ V,