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... Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a freckled giant of the Australian outback ; thirty - eight years old , sixteen stone in weight , ginger bearded ...
... Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a freckled giant of the Australian outback ; thirty - eight years old , sixteen stone in weight , ginger bearded ...
Page 65
... Bowes Kelly's wish that Strahan be the port of shipment . This decision was embodied in the Mt. Lyell Tramway Bill and con- firmed by the Tasmanian legislature in December 1892. It satisfied Bowes Kelly's prejudice but it fettered the ...
... Bowes Kelly's wish that Strahan be the port of shipment . This decision was embodied in the Mt. Lyell Tramway Bill and con- firmed by the Tasmanian legislature in December 1892. It satisfied Bowes Kelly's prejudice but it fettered the ...
Page 95
... Bowes Kelly . Rightly or wrongly Crotty was indignant at Kelly's tactics in bartering down the price of the mine from £ 18,750 to £ 5,000 . More than any man Crotty had kept faith in the Iron Blow , and the cheap sale of the mine on ...
... Bowes Kelly . Rightly or wrongly Crotty was indignant at Kelly's tactics in bartering down the price of the mine from £ 18,750 to £ 5,000 . More than any man Crotty had kept faith in the Iron Blow , and the cheap sale of the mine on ...
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