A MODEST DEMAND.
'. mil ONLY £U 1 7i"i,000. IU'CL'H-cil Jl'uy li, ].» a.m. , Brisbane, Jjtisl N'ight. u A Queenslander, describing himself ns . the discoverer of the lirst payable (.'Old in Queensland, has sent in a bill to Mr. 1 Fisher, Federal Premier, for #11,725,0110. [ He claims £30,000 for nine discoveries ~ of jrold; £288,000 as interest on thai t sum since ISOI, and £11.4:17,000 as his t share of the minerals produced in the ■ iState since 18(50. He asks for a settlement of the claim within 14 days ''to » save further trouble." f —————
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 85, 6 May 1909, Page 2
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91A MODEST DEMAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 85, 6 May 1909, Page 2
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