KIMBERLEY UNDER A CLOUD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2361, 31 July 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

KIMBERLEY UNDER A CLOUD.

The. latest news from Kiroberley (says the Sydney. Mail) w by nn means 'reassuring. It is said that the previous accounts of-the prospects there have been ■ greatly exaggerated. Well, there is nothing new in that. Prohab ly there was; never a gold Hold discovered that did not at first raise hopes which it afterwards failed to fulfil. Rome men have the gold fever in its chronic form, and no sooner is a wliisper abroad ■ that gold has been discovered anywhere, than their imaginations run away with them ; they ace everything through gold-tinted spectacles, as it were,, and.each, new Geld is' an El Dorado % 'cftei'r fervid fancies. Thus it' ip'that"liefore any reliable information l)as come to hand to justify I it, hundreds, nay thousands, of men } are crowding from Sydiray, ; frpin NowI castle,'from every part of 'the AustraI lian colonies, even New Zealand, to j Kimbeiiey. Some have barely enough j funds to pay ~thelr- passage by the

steamer -.and fondly hopeto be able to work their way from Derby,'or.whereever else they may disembark, ; to ■ the g'oldfield, -.lJthers, again, are better provided, and cary with them a good Htock-of provisions and horses to transport the name, Of this latter class it

rimy safely' he predicted 1 that the'' great majority; ta'kq'.itXvay \yitji them.uiore wealth' than;they wiilhring. back;. -Of the, formerclass'we.already hear that numbers of.;them;are seeking for work inKimberleyjjandare unable to find m Kmibfit'leyj has proved; a :will-'o'-'tbe-wisp to them, and lured them further afleldj .only to leave. them in the quagmire of .poverty. We have no wish to underrate Kimberley; for all we know to the contrary/it may yet turn'out a very rich' field,-and. may possibly'"jd vo' fortunesjo thousands; but we .warn our readers not to be rash or. over saiignine, Just at present Kimberley is taking a back scat; it is notfultillingexpectations. Apparently, much capital will-have-to be poured into it, in the shape of machinery, labor expended in prospecting, 4c, before any considerable draount of gold is got out of it; so we strongly advise our readers to wait for move encouraging and reliable accounts from it before venturing thither.. There is always a large,element of uncertainty, a very consideiable amount of Bpecolativencss

in all [uatte'rs'relatin'g.'to gold raining, but there is' more..than, the usual amount of uncertainty in connection with Kimberley—therefore be enn tious.