GOLD IN OTAGO
HE idea that there is little or no romance in the history of New Zealand dies hard. The romance of gold-digging is something that belongs to California or Victoria, but New Zealand? Too close to us; romance is a product of distant hills. There are probably people who think in this way. Well, if there are, they will have their eyes opened by listening to the new series of talks by Rosaline Redwood (above) from 4¥YZ-"The Golden Era of Central Otago." Most of us know, in a vague way, the facts about the early Otago goldfields. We know something of the exciting finds, the rushes of men to the fields, and the difficulties of transport. Rosaline Redwood, who is already known to Southern listeners through her talks on the Southern islands and the early history of Southland, will tell of the excitements of actual gold-getting; of conteSts of wits between those who had struck new finds and those who hadn’t; of the hard life on the fields, including the risk of death in swift rivers or from sudden floods; of gold robberies; of social life in that primitive society; and of the days of Cobb’s coaches. The series will begin at 4YZ on Tuesday, March 21.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 247, 17 March 1944, Page 17
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