A GOLDFIELDS PAPER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4890, 30 November 1894, Page 3

A GOLDFIELDS PAPER.

Wo have been, favoured with h ! copy of tho Western Australian Goldliclds Courier, a -journal published at Coolgardio, and from it wo can fsnys t-ho Wairarapii Standard gather some idea of the astonishing phenomenon presented by tho sud- j don growth of a city wore but a'fow months ago was simply a torrid 1 wilderness. Tho magic of gold has transformed a desert plain into a busy mart of men where all tho usual doings of old established, communities are going on as regularly and in asmatter of facta mannerns in a place a hundred years old. Wo notice tlioy have ii municipal Coinicil, and thcncwspapcriscomplainiiigtlintthe Government is not treating' the Council with sufficient liberality in the matter of securing a water supply for the town and mines. A private syndicate however, is en-deavouring-to secure water rights and to bring -in 100,000 gallons a day from Lako Lefroy, about 40 miles away from Coolgardio. Coolgardio does not appear to be overflow ing with boundless wealth as tho ! cabin news might lead ono to suppose. Tho paper seems very much afraid that the Government may be put oif helping the corporation to secure a wafer supply, .and that capital will bo madeof .tlio fact by those anxious to prevent the rise anil progress of Coolgardio, Nothing could retard the progress of Coolgardio if the gold is there in quantity, and nothing can save it from literally frizzling out if it is not. The tone of tho Courier would lead one to form the idea that al though there have been big finds of gold at Coolgardio, there is not much faith in tho general and permanent wealth of the field, We notice that Coolgnrdic has all the adjunctsof advanced civilisation, down to race meetings and turf commission agents. Their first race meeting was to take place on 9th November, and the principal event was tho Coolgardio Handicap, two miles, HOsovs, nomination 10s, acceptance 20s—not a very high toned affair for a place supposed to be getting gold by tho ton. There is a camel race of a mile for ssovs, a donkey nice of four furlongs for n sovs, bicycle races of 1 and 3 miles for £8 and £5 respectively. Bookkeepers wero charged a licenso fee of £2.