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| 8 April 1852 ‘The hills are crowded with tents, among which are stores, butchers’ and blacksmiths’ shops and places where the initiated may obtain spirits at about 1/- per nobbler. When the police discover a sly grog shop they set fire to the tent and burn it with all it contains; for this reason the grog is generally kept in a small tent adjoining the one in which the proprietor resides, who of course knows nothing about the tent with the grog.' |
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