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NEW ZEALAND GOLD FIELDS REPORTS AND CRIME TALES
Later news from Gabriel's Gully and Waitahune reports 18520 ounces of escort gold with Weatherston's rush growing and miners claiming four ounces washed from a deep dish. A Perkins hoax leads to a local judge and jury punishment with lashes and custody under the Vagrant Act. Forgery cases loom in Melbourne with Fowler facing trials over forged signatures and a mortgage scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel
Waitahune
Weatherston’s
Blus Mountain
Perkins
Per
Dalgleish
Derosirs
Ros Banx
Bank of New South Wales
Victoria
Melbourne
Otago Daily Times
Ballaarat
Green Hills
Davies
Messra Williams and Little
Ballaarat and
Geelong
Lady Barkly
Ballarat
Eaid
Bendigo
Rangers
Candler
Brighton
James Adama
Castlemaine
Whittenborough
Mackay