GREAT DISTRESS AMONGST DIGGERS. THE SYDNEY.
We he.ro received horn the "Colonial Secretaiy u copy of the following telegram, with a request to publish it for the information of goldiuiners :—: —
Brisbane, April 22nd. From tlie Chief Secretary, Brisbane, 'to Colonial Secretaiy, New Zealand :—: — Reliable information has just been received from Cooktown, that Mulligan's rush is a total failure. Eight hnndred men are on their way back to Cooktown. Great dissatisfaction and distress prevail amongst them. Will you kindly cause notice to be given in the papers, or by placard, warning people of the folly of joining in the rush, and the distress that awaits them.
A. Macamster. April 24th. Further official reports state that 'the rush to Uodkinson river is a total failure. | The diggers are looking for Mulligan to J lynch him. The threat to burn down the Cooktown " Herald" office was not unexpected atthe Palmer.
Stdney, April 2£nd. The Australian Jockey Club Plate. — Kobin Hood, 1 j Richmond, 2 j and Kingsborough 3. This was a splendid race. All-Aged stakes.— Briseis, ;l ; Kings- ,
borough, 2 ; Valetta, 3 ; Melbourne, 4. Sales af New Zealand wheai at 5s Id. The sa Alhambra has to bej docked, having a hole in one of her plates. There will be no steamer leaving till Monday.
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Waikato Times, Issue 613, 25 April 1876, Page 2
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212GREAT DISTRESS AMONGST DIGGERS. THE SYDNEY. Waikato Times, Issue 613, 25 April 1876, Page 2
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