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Mining & the mines, 1931

8 stories in Central Coast's papers

Coal and Printers' Ink

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 15

Mr. Gordon Selfridge was the guest of the Coal Trade Luncheon Club in London, when he addressed the members on "National Advertising as…

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Tourists Could Be Gold Mines

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones, in an address before members of the Institute of Incorporated Secretaries, pointed out that Australia was the last country…

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'Twixt Lake and Sea Gold-finder's Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 17

The surf beats heavily on Wybung, one of the wildest headlands on the coast. Guarded to landward by miles of wind-swept bush, rich banks of wild…

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Nugget of Gold in Goose

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1931 · page 4

A nugget of gold about twice the size of an ordinary pea was found inside a young goose which was killed for a recent Sunday's dinner by Mr…

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After Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 13

Mr. Barney Hattley, of Young's Road, expected to leave Ourimbah this week for the Dorrigo district in search of the precious yellow metal. Mr…

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No Gold Yet

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 13

Mr. Barney Hattley left Ourimbah on Friday last for the Dorrigo district in search of gold, but no word has yet been received of any metal being…

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In the Home: Of Interest to Women Home Cooking--Domestic Science--Household Hints--Social Servie Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 13

[?]is for all who seek, [?] of the Western sky, [?]ry of sun-kissed countryside; [?] in a deep blue sky…

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Fishing for Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 10

If the story told by Mr. R. Baglin, of Wellington Street, Bondi, is correct, he certainly performed an unusual feat while fishing at Woy Woy on Monday…

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