IMPORTANT GOLD NEWS FROM THE THAMES.
the Evening News.)
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Tbe schooner Eclajr has just arrived liom Ihe Thames, bringiog wilii her Messrs. Hogan, C. O. Davis, J. Wliite, and Ihe cliief Taipari. 1 he aliove genllemen proceeded lo
Taiji.fri's land nl Kanaeranna . pa-.i f. uUl Iw.o Maoris digging on Kar . Creck. ' Tliey were sitiking lo a depfh of four or five fee!, tinJ wero clearing otif Ihe bed oi' an old creek, and sltiir'o > Ihe slnCf laken from i(. The gohl fou-rid is pf a s.caly and nuggelty descripuon, aiid specituMis of il have heen brought up by Mr. Rogan. The. diggings can hardly be said lo be altuvial. i he Maoris are Iryitig lo (urn Ihe waler from l h ; main crcck. Tliere is plenly of quarfz, and (he counlry aljonl nppears !o be go!d bearilig.
he nalives fonnd gold on Ihe surfac ■ in oi her | r rls, A lyce specimen of gold in quarlz, found a! Oniuemurt, (hirly mihvs beyond Kauaeranga a (prohihiled di - lr!cl)» has heen givcn (o Mr. Rogan. (Oliirteniiiri is helween l!ie hames and Kali Kali, ;rnd a!mos! in Ihe disIricl of Tauranga. Ed. Rec.) faipai i says he will have no ohjecliou lo liis land heing'woi ked o.n an oxlensivc scale, if valnahle; hui (he diggers mtisl nol come lifl he has rnade an'angemetilsWilh Govei nmenl. ' Ite diggers who" wenf down from here have heen requested loleave, as Ihey wenl lo a prohihiled dislricl. '1 !ic specimens iirouglil up are very proniising,
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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 4, 27 July 1867, Page 3
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249IMPORTANT GOLD NEWS FROM THE THAMES. Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 4, 27 July 1867, Page 3
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