New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
AUSTRALIA'S GOLD QUEEN.
THE ROMANTIC CAREER OF ALICE CORN
WE'LL

THE ROMANTIC CAREEk OE ALANH 49,
WELL
From Tho otago New-Zealand Times.
One of the most remarkable women OF the PISSse,s
d.H 10 MS Alice CornweIi. Born IN England, sne ~
the aga OF nine over with nsr iaane ssventesn
to Now-Goa4snd where usa nsepafaS herself scho
iastIcaily at ladies' school In Duhetn yvbIch
Manor Lodge SCHOOL, ioE e W9Td She was as
school considered very brilliant gli' sTsnnal a.
she II those S Say She gained for herself G 81
friendship and warmes esteem o. 6sr Sys WITH good
whose minds Aice was sS cornwsii remained in
Dunedin until sho was seventeen. anu S nsrsnts 10
goodby to Newzeaand TO accompany ss Which
to-day roman unshaken ana unadSer9tu anner aueht
does not Sess'e or Of
one who knew not Of hor fame Wouio ~ three
from szte ~ Million Sterling She is polite and
agreeable in manner to paper a. 40 sttepaon to
she is ready to give neE uN ~ anv one. be be
ever SO humble In cFcumstanc anu M nrorIse
have merits and DO practSsSoti, Te and she win too
HE subject of this notice married in Victoria an I,u
man. Member Of Parliament by name Sneysr to have
been slnSalsr happy one from the se Ss Isst ten
that the par have been V Ossa 70 set her away from
sSrroandnSs which must necessarily have SSs1 1 IN
and bsrs ;Sp to Ss she
assduosy TO the study Of music ana Sr' sS"Ss But
subsequently she published mp psG Sr in music and
Gaining bonors in literature, her academic career SS
suddenly brought o to ~ Mr. un coSWo i csbeam
nouncnE the death Of her mother Mno'SS er maiden
Junction vas that a, Asoo that she would return 70
cie anu Her father was in Baarat at this time ana
become heay n,Snds IN an esato he from
Sir Wlsm clarke, and had had no reS!rnI don Of
this a% m M sst c6 RS edH ds displayed hePss,yss
and 10 some extent Swallowed forth the snon TO
ere wake Hs q gReso events
misfortunes would appear 70 nave OlVus dsnshter's
abnormsy phsnomssnasr rom as dreamy. sentimental
Young woman, whose interest was woman
studies sho suddenly became mS,ton imagination and
ener She had tho interests Of her family nroiscts
devoted her S,r TSSo ,So R' fallen Il
that the only way BY which she SoGa r %ors 70
g.; would e %b SS e SG @i money aS5
ot1rn &c. having postsd, herself and pP having after
gooISrGnad GS SATISFIED herself that gold did exist IN
its Vicinity she formulated scheme ~ VIZ" wss hor
could carr shaft SUNK and within . foot Of the
no,rt che had Indicated the course OF inc ,nInS
struck THIS was the stGruhs pU,S' connscted with
career. .hsr mining companies In New-South " aes'
MT IN no instance where she had not PersoR1Sny ~
tnd and improved the claim. The idea OF rc'lSis
E Iondon in the interests Of gold mning was sus
9ssted 70 her by the late Lady brassey nT hs The
tour Gi aSa advantages she would meet with in the
geat metropolis for floating mines OF sucn sn 70
Is the Midas The lady also pN DSon Home accord.
InSiy She went and Mdas-subseribed toE nvs r
oated by her Tor SSo mounds net This
enterprise It was, Of course, that mace MISS
50 pGDSy c,Irned TO Australia in April OF last
cbjsay for the purpose Of TO use her own worusl
sssisng The management In handing over the leases AZ
onieKly 70 tho new company Having done ms -
% ioy,rnsy.d through Queensland for the purpose Oh
obtaining information for her popular LonI Sa wang
a Tbe sunday Illness During this TIP INC myoSn
49, thoP
Tas nnrchased by hor for 252 600 pouh9S, lno 80
covers an area Of 1900 acres railway I'v vvaive
throngh f. There is q frontage TO laKe OF tmh 49,
miles, apd frontage to a river Of fourteen miles
In some parts of tho estate thore Is Icn Ss an
ohnndsnes OF tho knest timber in Now:sOuth Wses
cedar mahogany, etc. From seCSSca re ~ gSs coal
estimated that there arc 9sooooOOo Ioe n TorSed
is further estnAted in ., roS aas railway
POuqlS SSn,Af On already surveyed Mss
cornwen contemplates raising IOoOSSCSX svsIopng
in london for the purpose Of EoT tRa ress 70 see on
Il In 1 work four sawmls and ioEs c Soser tsst VIII
s Is as sSs 81 0S and Working this property
mat abe has decided To retain for nerSpu ,o aoat
tho sn1 sr q Is S Of Which and other
things will be subioined In another arnSd attention
Gus Sner CornaII AZ the present moment but with
them VIC have neither space nor uno =" D.rtners in
may be mentioned .So%rn and Hdsadc wen
A private Offices in each Of these places
COrnweH Is At thirty. II not -
woman. AZ least not unhsndsome Her face ana 70
tsStnres somewhat irregular and underlined rs ~
true barmoniEe we'll with her symmetricai anu NeI
dsAnnd dcure which Is inclined rather 10 DO e"'oon
noint than slender Her principal charms ne, POI
ksns In the trleness Of her eve and her grsrOrs'
0eil.bred manner. Those qualities IL was, NO uO4Ds
that assisted her materially in London IN noanm s
. mdsss No ono could lock into eyes like hers ana
doubt the truth OF her utteranceS But sho mas oni
charms still she has soft, womsng NuSe,
which oven q blind man would assoclae WIN
character sngtIarly earnest and sincere. hlgh m
tellect,al attainnents, peTcepnve faculues OF bRl
order strong and humane feelings, ana Andnness oI
SiSnoStlon 20 10 mako up a character harmoniously
combining qualities that are unforunatey raeS Eyer
nct with In a single Individual SUCH IS AAoe
CornwelI At thirty such Is her career mus lar -,
Much interest IL attracted Just now In the iateSt OF
Miss Cornwe's pluoby commercial ventnreSs,-S, new
sneiter invented By two Germans from frelDurG
named Iete and Grosberud, who arc Mss Cornwels
practical partners In tho concern ono smeuer rus
been erected In the New South Wales Court OF tne TN,
bibion and one by tho courtesy OF the drectors on
the Rroken Hal South Mns az Broken Hill That az
the Exhibition will be ready for ie public tra on inc
9th Inst The cricble Is built in With friedrich I'm;
nnrteS nom Frelburg The body OF rho smelter OF
rsat bechh and IL fed from both sideSthe doors BE-
Ing At height OF fifteen feet above the crucioe inc
bnlou and the Stag leave The crlclnle 10 VIC
ordinary way, but there Is an aperture nom wnrh
avery drop OF lead can be run ont without shutting
down the furnace Shonid the trials prove success
Field and very likely create big str IN saver stogBs
should Miss Cornwells smelter revive Broken Hill
many an aching heart will have reason to thank mo
great spfrIt OF fearless enterprise which charteres
fhIs LADY, who. with all her speculative nature mas
method shrowd foresight, and much common sonSe ~
her calculations.
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