THE KING COUNTRY GOLD PROSPECTING. [BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday.
Thi? Native Minister has decided not to prosecute the gold prospectors, Barry and McDonnell, who were arres>ted by natives and sent to Alexandra. It seems they were not aware they were breaking the law, though they really lendered themselves liable to be fined £30 each for prospecting on native land the title to which had not been determined. Wanganui, Tuesday. Letters from the piospecting party at present up the Wanganui River state that they have reached Taimaranui, but as yet the Qounti j gone through is not of a goldbearing chai actor. They are now in the territory in which the gold is supposed to exist, and they had heard £ood news when wilting. It is rumoured that Barry, a private prospector, has sent erold specimens in a bottle to the Hon Mr Bryce. The letters state that he has been taken prisoner and &ent to Alexandra.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1847, 8 May 1884, Page 2
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158THE KING COUNTRY GOLD PROSPECTING. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1847, 8 May 1884, Page 2
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