Banking Under Difficulties
George Ogilvy Preshaw
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An account of life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand by a Bank Official.
At the present time—1888—it may appear almost impossible to many that a bank agency should have been in a tent; that bankers should have, often on foot, gone long distances to purchase gold from small storekeepers, the said gold often being carried by them on their backs, till the security (?) of some rough bush shanty had been reached; that instead of cedar counters, massive ledgers, impregnable strong-rooms, and all the appliances of modern banking, a gin case to write on, a note-book or piece of wrapping paper, and a saddle-bag should then have been considered quite the correct thing; yet that such was often the case is a fact. - Summary taken from the book by George Ogilvy Preshaw (8 hr 8 min)
Chapters
Preface | 3:17 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Victoria. Chapter 1 | 17:39 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 2 | 14:37 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 3 | 13:16 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 4 | 19:24 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 5 | 7:18 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 6 | 25:20 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 7 | 14:37 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 8 | 16:13 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
New South Wales. Chapter 9 | 14:58 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 10 | 19:18 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 11 | 15:58 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 12 | 11:07 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 13 | 10:04 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 14 | 27:46 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 15 | 18:09 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 16 | 15:54 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
New Zealand. Chapter 17 | 26:58 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 18 | 30:02 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 19 | 13:39 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 20 | 18:07 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 21 | 19:15 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 22 | 15:04 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 23 | 16:55 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 24 | 15:42 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 25 | 21:00 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 26 | 17:56 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 27 | 13:37 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |
Chapter 28 | 15:19 | Read by Beeswaxcandle |