QUEENSLAND.
Brisbane, Aug. 28. The • lastest official news from the Palmer states that the gold-field is prosperous, and that it is fast extending in the direction of the Mitchell River. The Chinese are arriving in large numbers. Provisions are both scarce and deaf. The blacks are very troublesome. They have speared several horses, and are driving in prospectors. Carriers from Cooktown to Palmer demand LIOO a ton, which the • merchants decline to give, and offer L 75.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1898, 5 September 1874, Page 3
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