F. W. Cuthbert On The

Job Again

jyjß. F. W. CUTHBERT, of Misima fame, has had a,remarkable career as a miner and, although he is now 80 years old, he is seeking another success.

He was in Queensland in September, try ing to interest the Queensland Govern ment in a scheme to develop reefs in the auriferous country that gave him his first big start.

Mr. Cuthbert had changed his last sovereign when he struck a rich claim near Croydon (North Queensland) in 1898. The mine developed into the Golden Gate —producer of £423,000 in gold—and made him a rich man. Twenty-seven years later a chance meeting with an old friend led him to buy the Misima gold mine in Eastern Papua, from which he made his second fortune.

Now he. -*is back at Croydon, where he has purchased a 50-acre lease.