The Gold Duty
We remember to have heard of a philosopher whose conscientious misgivings as to the cruelty of cutting his dog's tail off were at last overcome by the happy idea of compromising the matter…
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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 13
Export of Specie and Gold. From November 1, 1867
Sovereigns. Gold. oz. dwts. Rangatira, for Melbourne...... 10,000 — — Sophie, for South Sea Islands... 400 — —…
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A party of our townsmen, which started yesterday morning from the diggings, arrived last night. Their report is generally out a corroboration of the account given below by a correspondent. A large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What an Able Governor Can Do. (From the Mining Star, September 17.)
The late West India mail has brought from Jamaica a long minute from Governor Sir J. P. Grant explanatory of his financial and general policy since his arrival in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destitution of the Jackson's Bay Miners. (From the West Coast Times, December 6.)
By the Okarita mail which arrived in town yesterday, we have received most distressing intelligence that embodies a tale of suffering, starvation and death endured by the miners of tbe Jackson's Bay district…
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THERE is little to record under this [?] speaking the [?] are doing [?] [?] successes are reported not any very rich discoveries of new [?] country…
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The progress reports from the mining districts are barren of any very extraordinary interest, the miners on alluvial fields being exceedingly short of water. On the Northern gold-fields scarcely any activity…
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We have seen persons who left Nashville yesterday morning. All we can learn from them of importance our correspondent's letter below has furnished. The diggings are in a most flourishing state. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gympie Creek Gold-fields
Through the courtesy of the Minister for Lands, we are permitted to publish the following report from the Gold Commissioner at Gympie. It will be soon that the report is a very favourable one:…
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THERE is little to record under this head. Generally speaking the miners are doing well, althouglno extraordinary successees are reported, nor any ver[?]rich discoveries of new suriferons country…
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