Show off for the gold fields victoria B 0 july 20 this city ie fall of miners waiting for seameda se amera to take them north in eho the gold fever has struck the town and scores of men are tb rowine up good positions in order to seek the fortune in the klondyke gold fields john pierce a wholesale merchant has made a somewhat novel afoa to the dominion government he has offered to pay annum for a i briod ot five or ten years for the privilege of collecting duty on goods going into the canadian section of the yukon country to his telegram to this effect the federal authorities have as yet not vouchsafed an answer but it is believed that customs will hi sent up there to collect duty on me goods which are being taken inac the country immediately |