THE SUD-EST GOLDFIELD.
Tin: Curlew, with ten passengeis, an( 3 the Lucy and Adelaide, with fifteen, arrived ab Cook town last Wednosday from Sud-Est. The continued rain ab ' St. Aignan has caused much fever, and many deaths have resulted. A prospecting party returned from Rossoll ; only colours were obtained. St. Aignan is worked out where available for mining. Sud-Esfc is more healthy. Gold is still being got. On the last trip ot the Curlew, on the 24th May, after tea, James Oliver, who for several days had shown signs of madness, cut the throat of Thomas Hanrahan, a Croydon miner, his mate, inflicting a deep gash 4 inches long, but under the chin and high up. Oliver refused to surrender the knife, jumped overboard and was drowned Tho vessel was under double reefs at the time, and it was impossible bo lower a boat.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 6
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144THE SUD-EST GOLDFIELD. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 6
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