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In addition to the details wired to the "Star" on Saturday there are now later particulars. When the Sydney parcel was shipped the bullion room was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Sunday.--Yesterday afternoon a most daring highway robbery took place on the road loading from Coolgardie to the Burbanks mine. Mr. Jno. Mitchell, the manager of Burbanks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—In connection with the robbery of gold from the P. and O. R.M.S. Oceana (reported on Saturday), it appears that the strong-room was broken into and the money abstracted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday, the chairman of the lodge (Mr. W. Bower) presiding. It was decided to again request the manager to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The departure of the R.M.S. Oceana for London was delayed till last evening in order that the detectives might have time to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the robbery of £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A gold robbery, which created a sensation, was reported on Saturday to the detective force, 5000 sovereigns having been abstracted from the strong room on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GUNNEDAH, Tuesday.—An inquest was held yesterday before the district coroner, Mr. P. Brougham, into the cause of the death of a miner named M'Cosker. From the evidence it was elicited that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was little or no activity in the mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. West Australian stocks showed no material change. Silver stocks were firm, sales being made in Proprietary at 519 and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mountain May Lower Bucca, 73 tons 43oz. Premier G. M Company Coolgardie, 182 tons, 366oz. The Dromedary G. M. Company, N.L., 9½ tons, 10oz. 4dwt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday the Sydney detectives made a search of the steamer Cuzco, which arrived here during the day from Melbourne. This action was taken with a view to thwart any attempt on the part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A return prepared by the Minister for Mines shows the gold yield for 1896, as estimated by the registrars of the principal mining centres of the colony at 742,601oz.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--O'Keele brothers, who, while prospecting 18 months ago, found a rich reef near Dareel, 351b. of gold being obtained from 451b. of stone, lost the shoot after 700oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich coal has been discovered in Khama's territory, Matabeleland, close to the route of the proposed railway to Buluwayo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Mining Exhibition was opened this evening by the Minister for Mines, in the presence of a large number of people. Mr. Foster said the Government were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Regarding the R.M.S. Occana gold robbery, a telegram was received by the police yesterday evening, purporting to be from George Armstrong, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Sunday Night.--Rich coal has been discovered in Khama's country, Matabeleland, close to the route of the railway to Bulawayo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--There is very little fresh in connection with the robbery of gold from the Oceana, and no trace has been found of the gold or the missing steward George Armstrong. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—The R.M.S. Oceana arrived at the Semaphore about 7 o'clock this morning. Detective Segerlind, who boards all vessels arriving at the Semaphore, was amongst the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detective-Sergeant Whitney, Detectives Sexton and Hawkins, assisted by a boat's crew of the Water Police, are searching Port Melbourne pier for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Guinea goldfields are exciting considerable interest, and already there are some indications of a rush to the island. Yesterday Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. received a telegram…
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