The Miners' Strike at Newcastle
Empire · Wednesday 16 April 1856 · page 2
The following extract from the Newcastle Telegraph o Saturday last, will be found confirmatory of the statement published in our columns on Wednesday last relative to the outrages at Burwood on Monday, the 7th…
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Empire · Wednesday 16 April 1856 · page 2
The correspondent of the Melbourne Age, writing from Sandhurst, on the 9th instant, says:—"Thr long fabled richness of the Whipstick appears likely at last to prove a stern reality, much to the satisfaction of those…
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Empire · Friday 18 April 1856 · page 6
We (Alta California) take the following extracts from an article in the February number of Harper's Magazine, written by William V. Wells, Esq., of San Francisco. Mr. Wells has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ii. Gold Discoveries—bullion Trade— the Mint
Empire · Friday 25 April 1856 · page 2
The progress of Australia before the gold discoveries cannot for a moment be doubted, when it is considered that the pastoral interests had become important not only to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Intelligence
Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 2
A TURON NUGGET.—Mr Curtis, watchmaker, purchased a nugget of gold, on Monday, from a storekeeper at the Lower furon, weighing 21bs[?] within 4 dwts. It is rather parallelogrammatic…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 4
THE Western Escort arrived yesterday from the respective gold fields, and delivered at the Colonial Treasury the following quantities of gold dust;- From Bathurst, 500 ounces; Sofala, 443 ounces; Tambaroora,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Gold Circular. Saturday, 19th April, 1856
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1856 · page 5
The price or gold continued firm at 76s. 9d. until the sailing of the Frances Henty, after which it declined. The quantity received by escort this week is the smallest that has been sent down this year—not from want of a sufficient…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1856 · page 8
Also in The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List
THIS case, "Thompson v. Armitage," came before the Master of the Rolls on the 12th of December, upon an application by the present directors of the South Australian Copper Mining Company, in reference to the conduct of the original promoters and…
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Empire · Monday 28 April 1856 · page 2
I wish to use no inflated or boastful verbiage respecting the wondrous gold findings on the Tuena. I content myself with sending you a few plain statements of facts, leaving the public to judge for themselves, and to draw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Trade of Newcastle. To the Editor of the Empire
Empire · Monday 28 April 1856 · page 3
SIR—The manner in which the sale of an article of such extensive consumption as coals is conducted by the mine proprietors being a matter of interest to all, is a legitimate subject for public discussion; it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Banks and the Gold Trade. (From the Geelong Advertiser of April 22.)
Empire · Monday 28 April 1856 · page 3
The proceedings at the Quarterly Meeting of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce, we commend to the careful perusal of our readers. The question of the day is prominently noticed, and…
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Empire · Tuesday 29 April 1856 · page 2
In addition to the particulars furnished by our correspondent, and given in our last issue, we take the following from the Goulburn Herald, of Saturday, in reference to the increasing yield of the Southern Gold…
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Empire · Saturday 3 May 1856 · page 2
The quantity of gold received this day per escort, would indicate that the diggers are at work again, after so many holidays kept by them in consequence of the elections. This is the first of an increased quantity which would no doubt continue if we…
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The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 3 May 1856 · page 4
GOLD AT THE TUENA. -- HIGHLY IMPORTANT. -- Mr. M'Ausland, storekeeper to Mr. Maurice, of the Tuena, arrived in town last Thursday, bringing with him 136 ounces of Tuena gold. It is a very fine sample of coarse and fine intermingled, and the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1856 · page 5
THE Western and Southern Escorts arrived yesterday from the respective gold fields, and delivered at the Colonial Treasury the following quantities of gold dust:- WESTERN.—From Bathurst, 29 ounces 11 dwts; Sofala, 620…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade of Newcastle. To the Editor of the Empire
Empire · Tuesday 6 May 1856 · page 5
SIR—Mr. James Malcolm, in a letter to you, which appeared on the 1st instant, has very needlessly entered the lists as the defender of the Newcastle Coal and Copper Company, and as is usual with such chivalrous and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Trade of Newcastle. To the Editor of the Empire
Empire · Friday 9 May 1856 · page 2
SIR—The subject which heads this letter will, I hope warrant a second communication in addition to that which, already, you have obligingly inserted. It would be vain to hope that an extensive evil in an…
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The Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend · Saturday 10 May 1856 · page 16
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Continued on Trove, page 16 →Commercial. Gold Circular
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1856 · page 4
THE only notice of importance is a small lot of gold dust received from Twofold Bay, which is said to be got somewhere in that neighbourhood. I have assayed it, and it is very rich,—nearly equal to Ovens. If this be true we may expect a very rich field,…
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