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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 13
THE mining news for this month is not very copious, but is, on the whole satisfactory. The Emu Creek diggings s[?]ill continues to maintain its character, and the majority of those who have tried their luck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE half-yearly meeting of this company took place on the July, in the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. M. Metcalfe presided. The following report was read and adopted:— Tee directors submit the following report of the operations of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE report laid before the shareholders of this company, at their meeting held on the 31st July, was very brief, and merely to the effect that nothing has occurred during the past half-year to justify the directors in proposing any…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →AT the half yearly meeting of the above company which took place on the 31st July. The following report was read and adopted:— To the Shareholders,—In presenting their second report and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE ninth half-yearly meeting of this Company, was held at their offices, Pitt-street, on the 31st July. Mr. B. Buchanan occupied the chair. The Secretary rend the following report:—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sovereigns. Gold. Sir John Lawrence, for London... —... 62,850 City of Adelaide, for Melbourne... 10,000... — Ziska, for Mauritius...... 10,000 —…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—In your leading article of the 21st instant, you refer to the greater cheapness of Australian coal, as compared with English coal in Eastern ports. But you have fallen short of the whole case. It is amazing how contentedly the shareholders in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →DIGGERS don't get much preaching on a new rush; and between you and me I don't think it would be of much service to 'em just then, if any number of preachers got in amongst 'em. Until they've got…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →AUGUST 15.—I imagine you began to surmise that the people of the Rocky had gone dead, or the little life remaining in them was not worth noticing, if so, your surmise was nearly correct. Within the last few days,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DIGGERS don't get much preaching on a new rush; and between you and me I don't think it would be of much service to 'em just then, if any number of preachers got in amongst 'em. Until they've got…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE mining news for this month is not very copious, but is, on the whole satisfactory. The Emu Creek diggings still continues to maintain its character, and the majority of those who have tried their luck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MAN sees a deal of the hard-up side of life at a diggings, especially when they're going down; but even on a new rush, when everything is right and the gold is being got hand over fist, he'll see a man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bowen Escort returned from the Gape goldfields yesterday, and were enabled to report very satisfactorily of their expedition. They started from Bowen, as most of our readers probably know, on the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—As greet misconceptions exist among the general public, in regard to the size of the lodes and quality of the ore, in the best paying mines in the world, a few words on the subject may not be uninteresting to your readers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHEN I was at the Snowy River I had a mate named Obed Viles. He was a great big fellow, stood about fix foot two in his stockings, and as strong as a hillock; but he was a quiet, easy tempered fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN I was at the Snowy River I had a mate named Obed Viles. He was a great big fellow, stood about six foot two in his stockings, and as strong as a bullock; but he was a quiet, easy tempered fellow,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Permit me to request, that you will allow me to correct the following errata in the paper read by me on the 11th September (not on the 3rd), which you liberally found room for yesterday, viz., in 1st column, 8th paragraph, dele…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Preservation Inlet coal, a sample of which has been brought to Dunedin by the steamer William Miskin, was examined by Dr. Hector, during his trip to the West Coast in the Matilda Hayes, Captain Falconer, now of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following paper on the auriferous and other metalliferous districts of Northern Queensland, including the geology of the "Cape River Gold-fields," was read before the Royal Society of New South Wales, on Wednesday, 4th September,…
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