The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-15
Morning STAR IN PORT EDITOR GOES 70 MOND|KE
WILL START \ MINING PAPER IN
DAWSON CITY.
I'm Adventurous Australian Tells of
the Rush to the Gold Fields-Anoth
er Special Steamer Coming.

Another large party of Australian
gold diggers, EN- route for the Klon-
dixie, arrived in town by the II. NJ. 5.
Warrimoo last night, and have taken
possession for today. They bring
word that the S. S. Paroo, a sister
ship of the ). 5. Cape Otway, recently
in port, was advertised to leave Sgd
ney for the gold fields direct. on the
9th inst, and may be expected to ar
rive here i'm about ten days. At last
accounts she had booked 300 passen-
gers, and the prospects were that she
would book more.
There are about $50 Klondikers in
the Warrimoo's party, and they are
for the most part practical West Aus
tralian miners, we'll supplied with
money and prepared to encounter all
kinds of hardships in their quest for
the yellow metal. Among them is \.
Livingstone, editor of the Northern
Mining journal, at Mount Magnet. w.
A., who made a pleasant call at this
office this morning.
Editor Livingstone is on his way to
Dawson City with capital enough to
establish a daily mining paper, which
heisays, will be the first in the Klon-
dixie. and also as the correspondent of
several Australian papers. He has a
printer with him, and they will pur-
chase a newspaper plant in San Fran
cisco. 1t is calculated that plant
will weigh six tons, and that it will
cost e1O0 per ton to get it into Daw-
son City.
"You can rest assured" said Mr.
| Livingstone. that we Australian peo-
| pie are going to prospect the klon-
| dixie pretty thoroughly. The same
| British capitalists who prospected, de-
veloped and speculated in West Aus.
| trala are furnishing the money for
| the Australian diggers who are now
| going in. They stand ready to take
| hold and float on the markets of the
world any properties that are discov
cred. The gold bubble is burst in
West Australia, but the spectators
have not lost by it. Our party is
backed by a syndicate of eleven men
who have sufficient funds to float any
sort of property.
7'It is my intention to remain II
/ the Klondike until next September
and then come out and go home to re
port to our people on the prospects
opment of properties will be commen
ced at once. Nearly all of the practi
cal miners aboard the Warrimoo ar,
backed in the same way. They vii
give the country such a raking owe
as it never has received, and if ther
is gold there, they will find it, an'
get it OUT
Despite the heavy weather whicl
the Warrimoo experienced all tn
way across, the passengers had GOO
time. Among other things they pub
lished paper, printed on the ship
press. "The Warrimoo Times" it
called. and is believed to be the frs
newspaper printed on the Pacific OcC
an. Concerts on deck and dancin
helped TO pass the time in the ever
ing. while tIe towards gave a coupl
of Christy Minstrel entertainment
which were much appreciated, in tn
day. The usual deck games and car
tournaments were indulged in, br
deck sports We're to have been hel
on last Monday were postponed III
til after leaving Honolulu, on accour
| of the had weather