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THERE is a fine ballad of Schiller, entitled "The Ring of Polycrates," and founded on an incident recorded by Herodotus, of which the moral is, that an extraordinary influx of prosperity is ever a sure and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I HAVE to report a downward tendency in our gold markets, in consequence of the sudden advance in the rate of insurance from 2 per cent, to 5 per cent., caused by the increased risk, arising from the impending and now almost inevitable European war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRAIDWOOD.—Nothing but rain, rain, and flood upon flood—roads impassable—drays bogged up to the axletrees. Only those who have followed the occupation of a digger can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Braidwood, 25th April. -- Our diggers are now enjoying a happy return of sunshine, from which they have been excluded for some time past, and are as busy as bees; the water still continues too powerful for them in the claims in the bed of the creek. although…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The general appearance of affairs at the various gold-fields, according to the accounts which have been received from different individuals located there, is promising. From. Ballarat we hear of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new diggings alluded to in my last communication, are progressing favourably; From calculations which I made at'the various localities, I should suppose the number of people there to be about 500 or 600, and large numbers are daily arriving from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ROCKY RIVER, April 22nd. — Since I last wrote you several parties up the river have been doing remarkably well, and many in consequence have shifted their tents and moved up. Several of the dry claims are also turning out to advantage,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I fear that I am not the only one who imagines that the Czar has some idea of laying his hand on one or two Australian galleons. He has evidently been acting on a preconcerted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since I last wrote you, several parties up the river have been doing remarkably well, and many in consequence have shifted their tents and moved up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →I have to report a downward tendency in our gold markets, ia consequence of the sudden advance in the rate of insurance from 2 per cent. to 5 per cent., caused by the increased risk, arising from the impending and now almost inevitable European…
Continued on Trove, page 84 →The rain which fell last week, although it was not a heavy fall, and did not continue more than two days, yet it had the effect of driving a great many of those persons mining at the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR some three miles before you reach the township of Castlemaine, Forest Creek presents the reality of a deserted diggings, than which hardly any scene in nature can be more unromantic and desolute. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May 2, 1854.—The last ten days of fine weather have been very beneficial to our diggers, and I have now the pleasure to record most favourably of all who are engaged in searching for auriferous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Much uncertainty still prevails as to the probable future range of prices, affected as they necessarily are, by each succeeding arrival, with reports of the slate of political affairs—although our quotations are abtainable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We take the following from the Argus:— "INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE GOLD FIELDS.—An official communicatiqn received from Beechworth, under date of the 22nd instant, informs us that there were a few departures from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The accounts from the new diggings are of a very indefinite character, so far as they relate to the success of the diggers. The population is daily increasing, and as those who arrive seldom bring, supplies with them, the storekeepers and publicans are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The buying price of gold has fully attained the old figure, and is now quoted the same as before the receipt of the late English news, viz. 79s. 9d. to 80s. Any little additional risk to shippers is considered counter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A considerable amount of business was transacted this week for immediate shipment by the Essex, Mariborough and Golden Age, for all of which purchases were made. This had the effect of maintaining the high rate of 79s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The rain which fell last week, although it was not a heavy fall, and did not continue more than two days, yet it had the effect of driving a great many of those persons mining at the lower end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Mercury, of the 11th March last, we published an estimate of the quantity of gold sent down from the various northern gold fields, from the date of the escort's coasing, 26th…
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