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... government asked Clarke , who was resting in the midland village of Green Ponds , to report on the auriferous districts of the island . Clarke was in poor health and refused . Two years later he declined an invitation to become Government ...
... government asked Clarke , who was resting in the midland village of Green Ponds , to report on the auriferous districts of the island . Clarke was in poor health and refused . Two years later he declined an invitation to become Government ...
Page 108
... government , after paying all expenses , had raised £ 106,000 in revenue from the west in the previous year . The government , possibly playing for time in the hope that the overland railways might begin , promised to engage Napier Bell ...
... government , after paying all expenses , had raised £ 106,000 in revenue from the west in the previous year . The government , possibly playing for time in the hope that the overland railways might begin , promised to engage Napier Bell ...
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... government railway . He even suggested that the Government should build a railway from Devonport to Rosebery and perhaps a branch line to Mt. Lyell . His memoranda were duly tabled , shelved and dusted , and no government railway ...
... government railway . He even suggested that the Government should build a railway from Devonport to Rosebery and perhaps a branch line to Mt. Lyell . His memoranda were duly tabled , shelved and dusted , and no government railway ...
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