CLAIMS PEGGED OUT.
. GOLD FOUND IN MELBOURNE
SUBURB. (ll CABtß—pais9 48«0CIiTI0If—COPTKIOHT) (jkVBIBALUS AHD *.Z. OLMJB ABSOCIATIOH.) MELBOURNE, November 11. As a result of .the: discovery of a few -flakes of , gold during excavation work in Nicholson street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, property-owners have caught the goldfever and claims have been pegged out in the street: opposite the, Exhibition Buildings. ■ The news of the discovery spread widely, and at a' late hour last night crowds were examining the mining pegs by.matchlight. The pegs have been inscribed and leases applied for. A property-owner in the vicinity was offered three times the amount previously offered for his property, but refused to do business.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18228, 12 November 1924, Page 14
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108CLAIMS PEGGED OUT. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18228, 12 November 1924, Page 14
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