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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines
107 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 6
SIR, — One who subscribes herself "An Injured Wife" although she should rather have called herself an "angry one," inserted in your paper of the 7th, of July a most exaggerated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir, — The fact that there is a great deal of jumble in the administration of the laws relating to 'Squatting' matted, is as you state in your leading article of Saturday last, undisputed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Then has been very little demand for gold dust this week, and the depressed state of the market, and fall in price in the sister colony' of Victoria, must necessarily have a great effet in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—It has frequently occurred to me to ask you how it is that the spirit of go-a-headism (as the Yankees term it) is not more firmly seated in the people of Bathurst. The town is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of the Government having taken off the escort from Mudgee, the storekeepers and others are compelled to take their gold to the Meroo diggings, for transmission to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Sunday owning about half-past eight, a conflagration took place on the flat near to tho Wesleyan Chapel, by which the premises formerly occupied by a man named Streatham were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—It could hardly have been a considering the Composition of the House "Assessment upon Stock Bill" would pass and uninterrupetedly through the council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Why is the "Honeymoon" like the Marriage Ceremony of the Church of England ? -Because it begins with "Dearly beloved." and ends with "amazement."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—If the following verses be not too crude, [?], or transcendental, they may perhaps be thought worthy of a corner in the columns of your newspaper, but that they should occupy the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,-Having been informed that a large blazing light was constantly appearing at night in a large paddock belonging to Messrs Costello, Flood and Cullen, at King's Plains, I was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As we may reasonably expect very shortly to be called upon to tend a representative into the House of Assembly under the New Constitution, will it not be following the dictates of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—On returning from ray station on evening of the 3rd inst, I was informed the old servant of mine named Burns, (one of quietest and most inoffensive men I ever…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—As yon have done me, tho honor to devote the leading article of your issue of the 17th inst., to the discussion of my fitness to represent the Electors of the County of Bathurst, drawn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is Impossible to gave a correct return of the quantity of, gold received in Sydney from our geld fields, as the must re[?]te and richest of them has no Government escort consequently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR.—Is it possible that in the, present important crisis of colonial, politics the electors of that Western Boroughs intend to yield to their uu[?]apathy, and folding their, arms in calm, indifference…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The same apathy prevails in the gold market. The present rates of Exchange will, as a matter of course, prevent any extensive operations,—the demand is therefore very limited. The prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Gold digging is truly a lottery, for the greater the number of players, the greater that chance of gain ; and the greater, the number of diggers, the greater the chance of success. Thing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—At my name appeared in your publication of Saturday, 1st inst., in connection with report for an assault on a girl about the age [?]twelve, for which I was found guilty by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dear Sir,—In a paragraph in your last issue headed as above, I perceive you give Mr. Howard the credit of the discovery. Mr. Howarth would appear to have discovered a mare's nest, for I can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walk, Quite in the verge of heaver."—YOUNG. Sir,—A few reflections upon a late melancholy…
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