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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1233, 18 November 1882, Page 2

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i', uvi fr 1 " *a ft,r a to '. v ABREW|RY~BUM|/ DUNEDW,NoV. 17. t Burke's brewery, opened by Dulgetty and Co,,' was' Uurined' IHis"- mbr'Siiijf."' "'lt' tyas Mured for' £6OO in the following offioi a: —Hamburgh, .Madgburg, Scottish Imperial,' Australian 'Aliiancer'Sonili Britiah, New Zealand Colonial and United. The plaoe was leased by Richard ; Whitingham,, ; Malster, whose BtobV was losses are estimated at about £4OO. The uigm of tho, fire, is unknown, but possibly may. have been 'oocasloned by sparkV ir6ii : a : passing train.

FIELD- IN ■' ;; -CANTERBURY. * v»> Cubistohnbuh, November 17. To-night'>,,Telegr t aph,.«ayr concerning the rumored diamond field in Canterbury: —"iMvill be. wjtbin the some of our readers that, some two 'or three years ago Mr J. 8. M, Jacobsen announced that he had discovered a Sell in Canterbury i where crystals,, .wbich ho behoved to be diamonds, were plentiful. He has now brought the matter before the Industrial Association, by urging that body to request the Government to offer a bonus.for the discovery of such a field. The' association, though by no means satisfied that the|specimens held by Mr Jacobsen, aro diamonds', yet to some extent concur with hit proposal. Several of the members have a large experience of the colony and think it quite possible that diamonds may be found, if not in'Cantorbury at least in other places, and a committee has been allotted to confer with Mr Jacobsen on the' subject. Mr Reese stated at last night's meeting that a man with' whom :: he was acquainted found a large crystal in a claim on the West Coißt some 'years ago, ; Whether it was a diamond or not,Mr Reese could not

say, but the; roan who found it prized it so highly that lie sent it home and had it cut and mouutu I in void, MrJsoubaen lias, it appears, been very unfortunate in his endeavors' to havoi the crystals teated, Shortly after lie found the field he sent aomo specimens home to a firm of experts, for their opinions on them, but the only > answer that he got 1 was a' request that be' would'send soma more. This hardly suited Mr Jacobson's idea, and he waited until a home, anil then sent his l/eif and largest' specimens with him, That was two years aso, and he has heard nothing of it airic'e, iiMrrJjtqobse'n ;de; dares that he will not discover the field until a bonus is offered by the Government. : 'Hi> reason is that part of the field Win private properly, andi parti in the hands of the Government, and of course, without a special permit he could work neither,' He 'showed ! Bdme of his specimens to.Mr, Kellar,; of the Royal Illusionists, and that gentlemen, who is an old diamond digger, said that they were undoubtedly ? diamonds, but soft, At the association's meeting lastievening Mr Sandstein said he had had some thirty-five years' experience of jewels, and though be had frequently Bean diamonds' broken in the settings,' he had never heard of such a thing as a soft diamond, As every one knew, extreme hardness was one of the priuoipal features of this stone. He, however, wo.uld not like to say that these specimens were not diamonds; but if Mr-Jacobaeii liked he would send the specimens homo to his agontß in London, or! his brother, and have them thoroughly tested; and, if not, Mr Jacobien might send either to Dr Hector or Professor Yon Haast, Probably either of these gentlemen could determine the nature of the crystals,