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... shares in any mine at Broken Hill . B.H.P. shares led the rise , jumping from £ 175 to £ 275 in nineteen days . As the price of each share was beyond the budget of those small buyers who were so prominent in booms , some brokers thought ...
... shares in any mine at Broken Hill . B.H.P. shares led the rise , jumping from £ 175 to £ 275 in nineteen days . As the price of each share was beyond the budget of those small buyers who were so prominent in booms , some brokers thought ...
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... shares themselves . D'Arcy took 358,000 shares , the Halls 283,000 , William Pattison took 125,000 - a lot of shares for a man who had recently worn the butcher's apron in Rockhampton . A local contractor and politician named John ...
... shares themselves . D'Arcy took 358,000 shares , the Halls 283,000 , William Pattison took 125,000 - a lot of shares for a man who had recently worn the butcher's apron in Rockhampton . A local contractor and politician named John ...
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... shares were slipping . By the end of 1903 he had spent some £ 150,000 in drilling for oil in Persia , and had mortgaged tens of thousands of his shares to secure an overdraft from London banks . The falling price of Mount Morgan shares ...
... shares were slipping . By the end of 1903 he had spent some £ 150,000 in drilling for oil in Persia , and had mortgaged tens of thousands of his shares to secure an overdraft from London banks . The falling price of Mount Morgan shares ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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