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Page 68
... months for £ 22,403 . As tenders for building the remainder of the railway were too high and as the pace of construction was too slow , the company appointed E. Carus Driffield as railway engineer . An energetic South Australian , who ...
... months for £ 22,403 . As tenders for building the remainder of the railway were too high and as the pace of construction was too slow , the company appointed E. Carus Driffield as railway engineer . An energetic South Australian , who ...
Page 155
... months , but was leased by its American neighbours and they regard it as the more valuable of the two properties today . That all came from management . " 99 This incident was strangely prophetic of events to come . Ten years to the month ...
... months , but was leased by its American neighbours and they regard it as the more valuable of the two properties today . That all came from management . " 99 This incident was strangely prophetic of events to come . Ten years to the month ...
Page 203
... months ' contract . All but nine men left Mt. Lyell as soon as their contracts expired . In four months , 358 men were recruited from the mainland , but only a handful stayed more than the allotted term . Many were inefficient and some ...
... months ' contract . All but nine men left Mt. Lyell as soon as their contracts expired . In four months , 358 men were recruited from the mainland , but only a handful stayed more than the allotted term . Many were inefficient and some ...
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