Excitement At Edie Creek

From Our Own Correspondent EDIE CREEK, December 3.

Most of the independent men, and some from the companies’ staffs, have gone from Edie Creek to the Wampit, where it was reported that a new El Dorado has been found. The excitement has been intense, but it has now subsided. Those who are down on the Wampit include Messrs. A.

H. Cresswell, Bob Lyons, W. C. Abbie, W.

Cameron and O. Bieri.

Captain Sir Maxwell H. Maxwell-Ander son, C.8.E., K.C., R.N. (Rtd.), Chief Justice of Fiji, w T ho is at present on furlough in England, has announced that he will re tire from the Colonial Service in Feb ruary.