_______________ : A Blenheim telegram of Saturday says :— there are now about 60 diggers at wnrk on the newly discovered goMfieWs at Upper Wairau, and the creek has almost as many men as it can carry. The owners of the grouud contemplate taking proceedings on the ground of trespass, in which case the Government will have to take immfdiite steps to proclaim the district a goldfield, A party of men obtained 6| ozs. in two weeks, j and seem favorably impressed with their prospects. Bain is the great thing the diggers have to fear, as the slight rain during the week interfered *adlj with the neit day's i work. Two or three Blenheim storekeepers have already opened branches on the ground
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 31 March 1880, Page 2
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