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The Eureka Stockade

Chapter 9 No.9

Word Count: 1478    |    Released on: 29/11/2017

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od demand; but the 'Geelong Advertiser' had the swayn on the goldfields. Geelong had a rattling correspondent on Ballaarat, who helped to hasten the movement fast enough. As I did not

by the sweat of his brow. Therefore, in the battle of life, every man mus

, inasmuch as man does not live on bread alone, for a fried sole is a nice thing for breakfast, so also it must be confessed that the loaves and fishes do not condescend to jump into one's mouth all dressed as they ought to be. Therefore-and this is the zenith of the 'Geelong Advertiser's' practical co

f of course, and good luck to him. Is there not plenty of Victoria land for every white man or black man that intends to grow his potatoes? Oh! leave the greens-growing to the well-dis

old-digger, there is a solid barte

and went fast to leeward. Experience having instructed me at my own costs, that there cannot possibly exist much sympathy between

Queen's, and the inhe

ach the golden-lace

ce, even manners die, But

tly if possible, of course, but make money; or else the 'vaga

e are millions of tons of gold dug out already, as much anyhow, as anyone can carry to Old England, and l

tances will admit; they have plenty of money for getti

me southern Tacitus, let him bewail the perfidious mendacity of our times, whose characteristic is SLANDE

kery-hill, for the purpose of taking the sense of their fellow miners, respecting the admittance or nonadmittance of the

dressed the meeting in their us

first was easily disposed of-have I, as I promised, done my duty as member of the Local Court to your satisfaction? (Yes, and cheers.) Very well, the second matter concerns myself-personally he was under no obligations to the lawyers-the services he received at the trial was done to him as a state prisoner, and not to Carboni Raffaello individually; when individual

uch time would be lost in useless litigation. As he had no wish through any personal obligation to see the lawyers in the Local C

nor,' or to get clear of an ugly wife, and now that you are here are you to allow the Ballaarat lawyers to fleece you of your hard earnings? Not being fond of yabber-yabber he would simply

oes. Some five hundred diggers were present. Now for the perversi

his remarks being, that while incarcerated in the Melbourne gaol [was it for common felony, or high treason?] he was not supplied with snuff, though he had entreated his learned counsel, Mr. J. H. Dunn

by asses in this colony! The fun

t through the whole face of the earth, and for the sake of a pair of Yankee boots, lower themselves to the level of a scribbler, thus affording to be au

ation stand good, I

n courage in the cause of the diggers, and jumped the claims both of The Herald and 'The Argus'; and though the 'own correspondent,' un

ent of the diggings. Soon enough the reporter, aye, th

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