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  • | Threat of another out break
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  • ...the large household from the bank. Mr Scott refused, saying his groom was out, and telling Kelly if he wanted the trap, to harness the horse himself. Thi ...orses in Kelly’s vehicle fell, and a halt was made while the outlaws got out to put the horse on his feet and see to the harness, but without any other
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  • ...by mountains. After riding for some time Aaron Sherritt halted and pointed out a glimmer of firelight through the trees. It was the bushrangers, he said.
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  • ...Curnow’s) brother in law, Dave Mortimer, to the barracks to call Bracken out, since the constable would know his voice and come unsuspectingly into the ...f [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]], and it was nearly an hour later when Kelly came out again with Bracken and the others, leading Bracken’s horse. He order the
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  • ...im had his waggon team, so he harnessed up his horses straight off and set out for Forbes. It was 400 miles away. He got there in six days, and was home a
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  • ...lways the driver put his hands up and kept them there, whilst Power turned out the passengers and made them empty their pockets on to the ground. This don ...r asleep in a rude shelter, with his feet projecting. He was rudely hauled out and handcuffed.
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  • ...y 11 years old, and Dan only 4. The mother was left with a large family to look after. And the family lived in a district that is scarcely less desolate no ...sheep. The result was a sentence of six months in gaol for Byrne. He came out a sworn enemy to the society that had punished him so severely for a crime
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  • ...mpathisers. It is quite possible you will meet the Kellys themselves while out at the back of the run. Whatever your sentiments are, don't think too loud.
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  • ...get out of the coach, and stand on the road, and turn their pockets inside out, letting the contents fall on the ground; Power himself keeping them all at ...man, and knew every gap and hiding-place in the mountains. The police were out after him day and night for eighteen months, and no money nor trouble was s
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  • ...ion hands, with one day's rations, as we expected to be in the vicinity of Power's whereabouts some time next day. We found our guide was a very bad bushman a ...good deal of caution Quinn consented to one of his associates taking L- to Power's hiding-place in the mountains.
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  • ...this time my brother officer and self had our work to do, endeavouring to look after and quiet L—, who did nothing but cry, and try to escape from us. I ...pass there." The clerk put a pair of handcuffs on Power, then went to look after the horse. Power, meanwhile, dressed himself, and told us he had a pr
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  • ...ot; The drayman still remained obdurate, and Power then said to him, "Look here my good man, you see the position I am in; if I allow you to pass with ...the post office, where a large crowd awaited his arrival. He put his head out of the coach window and took off his hat to the people, and then, when the
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  • ...ntinue carrying out his plans. The press throughout the colony was calling out about the disgraceful conduct of the police in not capturing the offenders. ...dependent of all control, and anything you do the Government will bear you out in." I told Mr Ramsay that I felt very much flattered at the confidenc
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  • ...whispered command. When I saw Kelly level his ride, I told my party to get out of the buggy, which they did, and I advanced to my horse's head, for I thou ...t on the road by spies, and that, even if I succeeded, we should be hunted out and shot.
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  • ...ter the apparatus arrived on the ground to get it fairly at work. To carry out the same idea, however, Mr Ramsay telegraphed suggesting that large bonfire
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  • ...Fitzpatrick was not fit to be in the police force and could not be trusted out of sight. and on whose unsupported evidence three innocent persons, Mrs Kel ...with the police at Stringybark Creek, he found meat in a cask and threw it out on the ground floor; but no one was arrested or charged "having meat i
    7 KB (1,244 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...o twelve miles to Benalla for it. But, continued Ned, I did pull Ben Gould out of the bog, and brought him back to you. ...all appeared to be existing in poverty and squalor. She said her sons were out at work, but did not indicate where, and that their relatives seldom came n
    7 KB (1,170 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...fied now that he had beaten the four policemen and the bootmaker, Ned held out his hands to Mr Mclnnes, and invited him to put the handcuffs on him.
    6 KB (951 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...e if the arrangements proposed by the Superintendent were properly carried out. "It has been decided to carry out the plan proposed by me on August 10 last, but which has unavoidably been d
    8 KB (1,318 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...ed in the force by the recommendations of the Commission have been carried out.
    7 KB (1,146 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...ow, measured gait, striking his breast with his pistol, the blows bringing out strange metallic sounds, it is no wonder that those nearest him were startl ...isodes relating to the early history of country towns, and a great deal of out-of-the-way information respecting administration and social life has been h
    8 KB (1,342 words) - 21:05, 20 November 2015
  • ...iners had opened and partially worked a claim, which we afterwards wrought out. After we had begun, another party opened a claim four miles below us, and ..., did not work it, though one of my mates afterwards accompanied the party out who did, and I, unavled? to go myself, gave them every information in my po
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  • ...for prospecting quartz has been formed, and one or two private parties are out for the same purpose. ...opulation is as follows:- Alluvial miners, 700: quartz, 474. Chinese, 560. Out of 21 machines and engines, 10 are idle. On Mead s Reef, the greater number
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  • ..., but it was not until the following year that a written sanction was made out by the commissioner, which was dated, not from the period of the original g ...the water diverted to a particular claim or locality, which, being worker out, the applicant next on the roster held the right under similar conditions.
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  • ...he other, until the creeks and their immediate banks were gradually worked out. ...been pre-eminently the case: when the original bed of the river was worked out there were no means of working the adjacent banks without bringing the wate
    6 KB (1,081 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
  • ...in the course of working; but many of the claims are only partially worked out, and will probably be again taken up.
    7 KB (1,186 words) - 21:05, 20 November 2015
  • ...le should complain of the scarcity of money, when it is impossible to wash out our only staple production. A heavy fall of rain is a "consummation de
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  • I would take this opportunity of respectfully pointing out the necessity for the completion of a half-inch mining and physical map, an
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  • ...is by mutual forbearance and concession that the machine practically works out the great objects of the constitution .. . It is part of our duty to origin
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  • ...ture to support it, for the land through which it passes has mostly passed out of the control of the Government into private hands. The land in the Benall
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  • ...hout hope of some brilliant future to the place. Seventy reefs were pegged out almost within as many hours, two crushing machines erected, several good cr ...and landed at Bon's paddock instead of Godfrey's Creek, about three miles out of the way. Returning to the other landlord at Merton, we found in him an o
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  • ...t, it is certain that no mining difficulty need, be experienced in working out any of the areas at present tested, and shafts may anywhere be readily sunk
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  • ...removed, a man armed with a double barrelled gun and two revolvers stepped out from the side of the, road, and ordered him to "bail up." The dri ...the Forest, with two ounces of gold in his possession, was ordered to turn out his trousers and vest pockets, but escaped without further scrutiny, his tr
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  • ...l on Tuesday last near; the Devil's River. He took one of the shaft horses out of the coach, and searched the mail bags. Whilst in the act of doing this a
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  • ...able by hydraulic power when required. If the company decline to be bought out of the way, if local patriotism has no weight against pocket, and, "th ...see no real cause for this, except superior smartness and activity. Let us look at the tariffs and duties. The ad valorem duty of New South Wales is five p
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  • ...'s brother. The two then attacked Archdeacon, and nearly killed him. He is out of danger, but has got a frightful scalp wound. The police station has been
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  • ...his clothes gave way, and he bolted. I followed him, and took my revolver out of the case, and told him three times to stand, or I would shoot him. I pre
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  • ...virtue of a writ of habeas. In this case, at all events, when rogues fall out honest people are likely to come by their own. Kelly informs on Power; is h
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  • ...of stones are worked. The construction of this model structure was carried out under the supervision of Mr '''Bowden''', who has now in charge of the mill
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  • .... This completed our morning's work, and in the afternoon buggies were got out, and your correspondent had a seat in Mr James Shackles' buggy, to which we ...essed as if for market. All the sheep are here cut up, and the bones taken out.
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  • ...low the entrance, we found the offices of the city surveyor, and rooms for out-door officers' business, a fine fire-proof monument room, where I presume t
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  • ...Esq. This fine mansion is one of the most elegant structures in the colony out of Sydney, but as the accompanying engraving will give a far better idea of ...on-lookers of the the "truthful James" sort, who profess to keep out of the "row" that these quarrels relieve the monotony that would
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  • ...a warrant was issued for the apprehension of Quinn, but he managed to keep out of the way of the police, in his haunts at the head of the King River, and
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  • ...t of one-half their income. In Benalla Shire, for instance, it was pointed out that a line to Major Plains could be constructed for £2,000 or £2,500 a m
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  • ...in ranges, wear a mellow and aged look, and the streets are carefully laid out and abundantly macadamised. Many a larger place contains fewer banks, for B ...esident of the united shire of Beechworth, Mr Frederick Brown, who pointed out the advantages gained by the union in the district he represented of the tw
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  • ...t Rock. It is half-a-mile in length and 100 yards in width, and just crops out of the surface of the earth. It is entirely bare of herbage, and is as smoo
    6 KB (941 words) - 21:04, 20 November 2015
  • ...cted, by speaking the truth, to losing their improvements and to be thrown out of employment. He had submitted this proposition to Mr Nixon, who agreed wi
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  • ...ss as I expected to find, although there is a large main street, well laid out, with good substantial places of businesses. banks, courthouse, schools, ch ...satisfied with their show. One hotelkeeper in '''Wodonga''' wanted to sell out to me, as he had a business place on the diggings which required all his at
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  • ...imber is of excellent quality ? the proprietor had that patent for turning out ? which is used principally for tallow, ? and butter ? ? the superior workm I was requested by an employer in the trade to have a look a little further down the range commonly called the Blue Mountain, and I wa
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  • ...is of but poor quality for some distance beyond this. If this should turn out a payable coal-field it will be a feather in the cap of the Kilcunda Compan
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