(NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.) An Interesting Account of a Journey to the Gulf Country with a Member of Parliament. By “SALTBUSH.” PRICE ... ONE SHILLING. Sydney: “CAXTON” PRINTING WORKS, 247 GEORGE STREET. 1889. ——— By “Saltbush.” H AVING received letters and telegrams from an old mate of mine who has been on the Croydon goldfield for some considerable time—in all of which communications he strongly advised me to pay a visit to the field in order that I might judge for myself as to its richness and per

——— Many others came, amongst them being Captain Anderson, an old sheller in the waters of Torres Straits, and the owner of a complete plant and station on Friday Island. He has in his possession a splendid collection of pearls obtained by him in the pursuit of his avocation during the last ten weeks, their value being about £300, one of them weighing 8¼ carats, an egg-shaped pearl of remarkable beauty and lustre, and without a flaw, being valued by him at £150; and as he also collected three to