THE NEW MINISTRY.
DEPARTMENTAL CHANGES. QUARTZ-REEFS AT WELLINGTON. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWjST CORRESPONDENT.) Wellington, Saturday. Mr William Gisborne, Under Secretary, has been called to the Upper House, and made Resident Minister at Auckland. Mr John Knowles, clerk to the Superintendent of Wellington Province, has been appointed to the Under-Secretaryship. Monday. It is now given forth that Mr Gisborne has been appointed Colonial Secretary. It has been discovered that quartz reefs exist everywhere in and around the city of Wellington. The question is whether they are auriferous to the extent of being payable to work.
Considerable excitement prevails in the city on the subject.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 526, 6 July 1869, Page 2
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105THE NEW MINISTRY. Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 526, 6 July 1869, Page 2
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