THE quantity of gold received by escort from the Lachlan still continues very much in excess of that received from other quarters; and public attention has consequently been turned more towards this than ...
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Article : 953 wordsWE have been favoured from the Department of Lands with the following official statement, showing the extent to which the free-selection provisions of the Crown Lands' Alienation Act have been availed of. ...
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Family Notices : 4,836 wordsThe population of the Lambing Flat is gradually decreasing, owing to the large number of miners who have latterly migrated to the Lachlon. There have, however, been several new rushes, all of which have ...
Article : 497 wordsON the three lines of road scarcely any works have been carried out during the past month, excepting those necessary to keep the roads in repair. The new commissioner, Mr. E. O. Moriarty, has put a stop, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 337 wordsMatters at the Lachlan have been so fully dealt with in the letter we have quoted that there is nothing left for us to add in respect to these diggings. There has been a great deal of trafficking in claims ...
Article : 280 wordsAt the Peel alluvial digging has been languishing during the past month, owing to the want of water. The crushing machines are also falling into arrears with their work, from the same cause. They cannot ...
Article : 239 wordsWE reported in our last monthly Summary that contracts had been taken for all the telegraphic extensions authorised by Parliament last session. The lines have all been commenced, and upon some of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 19 Apr 1862, Page 7
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