Michael Terry signs his contract as leader of the Endeavour
prospecting party to the Petermanns, Musgraves and
thereabouts for six months, seven quid a week plus shares,
not a bad wage considering the straightened economic times.
And his mining speculations
were bound to catch up with him, Ted Theodore forced to resign from the Scullin
Cabinet over the Mungana affair, supposed to have defrauded the Queensland
Government of £30,000 when a Minister of the State, that will upset his
mate, Idriess.
Sydney Morning Herald reports the formation of the CAGE Company
today, meaning now a Company and no longer a Syndicate, and the
expedition in the search for Lasseter's reef will leave
Sydney on Thursday next, considering the haphazard
management of the Company that may or may not happen.
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