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Page 76
... shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of western mining ...
... shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of western mining ...
Page 99
... shares was working capital ; 300,000 fully - paid shares were distributed to old shareholders in the ratio of two new shares for one old share ; 95,000 shares apparently rewarded Crotty , stockbrokers , financial newspapers and new ...
... shares was working capital ; 300,000 fully - paid shares were distributed to old shareholders in the ratio of two new shares for one old share ; 95,000 shares apparently rewarded Crotty , stockbrokers , financial newspapers and new ...
Page 164
... shares ; the British in- vesting public paid £ 25,000 for 5.3 per cent of the shares . For the same money the Australians received twenty shares , the British financial clique three shares , and the British investing public one share ...
... shares ; the British in- vesting public paid £ 25,000 for 5.3 per cent of the shares . For the same money the Australians received twenty shares , the British financial clique three shares , and the British investing public one share ...
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