Mining equipment law suit fails

Mining equipment law suit fails

In 1890, Henry Aldridge faced a Rockhampton Small Debts Court to answer questions over mining equipment that had not been paid for. The proceedings were somewhat unusual and quite amusing as the formidable solicitor and politician Rees Rutland Jones deftly represented...

Henry Aldridge’s memoirs

From Hertfordshire to Australia *Following is a transcript of recollections that Henry Aldridge wrote about his life. In the original handwritten pages, Henry wrote in a very legible script, but due to the poor condition of some pages with tattered and soiled edges...