THE ALLEGED GOLD DISCOVERY IN NEW GUINEA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 3

THE ALLEGED GOLD DISCOVERY IN NEW GUINEA.

TO THK KMITOH. Sib,— ln yo\n ihmic of Thursday, tlicre is published a Melbourne telegram, stating that Kerry, of the Age New liumea h\Kdition, is identical withtho person named >rd, who purchased several quait/. specimens in liannceston in February last, % that the Htory of his discovering aunteious country in New Guinea, is discredited, and that the expedition about to start, ha*, been abandoned. ( >" the leturn of 1. C. Keiry froi.i the Lite expedition in July 1884, he bi ought to Auckland sever.*! good quait/. specimens of gold which ho showed tome in the DiesencGoflm nmthci at Reinnei.i, about the middle of August, 1884. He aKo described the leef, the formation of the comitiy, and the distance from the Mai K.i-i uver, where he made the discovery, and <>n Wing picked up on the coast, he had them tied in a piece of his shirt round his neck. Many gentlemen in Auckhnd saw the same specimens about that time. Is it at all probable if he was in Launceston in February la^t, w hich I can safely say he was not, that lie would purchaae specimens to exhibit foi the purpose of forming a syndicate to prospect and having the above in hu j)(«session?— l am, tic. KUJKNS A. C. KfcHKV. Hamilton, July Kith, IhBs.