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Rather a strong stream of diggers is now coming down the country from the Northern Gold Fields, principally because of the continued occurrence of heavy showers and wet days at the Hanging Rock, damping again and again the hopes of claim…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The accounts this week from the Northern diggings are meagre; At the Hanging Rock it is said heavy rain had again fallen, and the creeks and River Peel were so high that many more diggers had left in despair. At Tamworth, on the 22nd, the Peel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A considerable activity has prevailed in the gold market during the past week, chilfly owing to the large amount of new capital which has been rendered available for the purchase of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OF all the absurd enactments which have emanated from the government relative to the gold digging, since its discovery, none are so utterly contemptible as the last proposal which has emanated out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CHS A. FITZ ROY, Governor-General. Message No. 45. The Governor-General transmits to the Legislative Council the Draft, of an Additional Gold Regulation which it was intended to promulgate with a view to meet the applications of Persons and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather in this locality has been fine during the last fortnight; its effects can be seen in the countenances of every miner; alt are big with prospects of their respective claims in the coming summer. A great number of diggers on this Point are doing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rev. W. B. Clarke went up from Maitland at the beginning of last week, his travelling equipage—a covered light waggon, with prospecting tools, &c.—having preceded him two or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As per agreement, I send you the result of my gleanings since my arrival, which I shall continue to do weekly, it possible. I started from Goulburn last Monday week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas it is deemed proper that a revenue should be raised for the public service of New South Wales, upon the export of gold therefrom, and for that purpose to grant to her Majesty a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fortune-making days of Bendigo have indubitably passed away, and the yield is not estimated as formerly by pounds but by ounces. This was only what might be expected from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Between the Turon and the Pyramul a high dividing range extends almost from the junction of the Crudine with the former river, to within a few miles of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The market this week has been rather brisk; there has been a considerable demand with a fair supply, the price began with 68s. per ounce; the quotation at this date is 68s. 6d. to 68s. 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The gold market has been rather dull since the close of purchases for the Chowringhee and the Three Bells. It opened at 68s. 6d, and left off at 68s. 9d., sellers unwilling to give way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. JOHN FAIRFAN, editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, who is now upon a visit to this country, delivered a lecture on the Australian gold fields, to a numerous audience, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE next, and the only other settled gold field in the northern district, is Bingara, and from the numerous and conflicting reports respecting it, I approached it with considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The consignments of gold received at the Colonial Treasury by yesterday's armed Escort from the Southern Diggings are as follow:- BRAIDWOOD…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From our Special Reporter.) [?] October 25, 1852. When about leaving the Tambaroura for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From a conversation we have had with a gentleman who left Bingera on Saturday last we gather that there were then upwards of 200 persons on the gold field. There had been 96 digging license…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHAT is to be the value of gold? This is a question which necessarily commands attention at this time, both in Britain and in the Australian Colonies. Many are of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the ship Bloomer, Captain Simonds, which sailed yesterday, for Liverpool, about 10,700 ounces of Australian gold were shipped. The agent, Mr. Crawley, has declined to furnish the list of consignors usually given…
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