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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Dear Old Town of Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 8

Nestling O so quietly dreaming with its valleys up and down, Stretches Goulburn, smiling gaily— never on its face a frown,…

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Gold at Hill End. Important Development

The Yass Courier · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

Despite the pessimism of alleged experts the further the claim of Messrs Matthews and Davis, at Hill End i[?]devopled the greater are the…

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Miners Gaoled Fines Have no Effect

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

Forty-three miners. employed by the Mount Kemba, Collieries, Ltd., were sentenced to 14 days imprisonment by Judge Rolin the Industrial…

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Shaw's Creek Mine Question of Working

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

At the Warden's Court this morning before Mr. G. R. Williams, Mining Warden, Percy Robert Edwards, of Goulburn, applied for the…

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Doesn't Believe in Doles Miners' President's Views

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 8

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners Association, told the Federal Insurance Commission to-day that he did not believe in any system…

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State Ministers. Hon. J. C. L. FITZPATRICK, M.L.A. Minister for Mines and Local Govt

Taralga Echo · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 2

The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines and Local Government, was born at Moama, N.S.W., on February 15, 1862. He…

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Colliery Disaster Thirty-Eight Entombed LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

In connection with the Scotswood colliery disaster it is officially stated that there are thirty-eight missing, of whom twenty-six are married. Rescue…

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Albury Gold Cup Excellent Entries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 8

Following are the entries for the principal events at the Albury Gold Cup meeting, on April 22 and 23:— Albury Gold Cup, of £1000 and Gold…

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Trapped in Mine Big Loss of Life Feared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

A number of miners were trapped in Montague pit, at Scotswood, near Newcastle (England), owing to an inflow of water, due to holing…

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Demand for Kaolin Interesting Mining Case Warden Recommends Reduction of Lease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 April 1925 · page 3

The adjourned case in which Percy Robert Edwards, of Shaw's Creek, applied for the cancellation of the lease of a kaolin mine at Towrang…

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Prince's Tour On the Gold Coast ACCRA (Gold Coast)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 2

After receiving an address in the Legislative Council the Prince of Wales met the chiefs of the central province, who were assembled on…

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Limestone Works Quarry or Mine?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 6

A question of some interest to miners, quarrymen, and others was before G. C. Addison, who held there was…

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BUNGENDORE Scotsdale Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5

Last week Mr. G. Byrne, acting under instructions from Mr. A. Christie, of Goulburn, pegged out the old leases of the Scotsdale mine at…

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Search for Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 6

Industrious prospecting for gold is going on in Yess district, but the prospectors say they have nothing to report. The belief exists that there…

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BUNGENDORE Veteran Officer Retires Mining Leases Granted BUNGENDORE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. J. J. McJannett, who for the past 38 years has held the position of Registrar for births, deaths and marriages here has resigned owing to…

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Return to Gold What It Will Mean Opinions of Bankers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 8

The probable effects of the return to the gold standard on Australian exchange are arousing considerable interest in banking circles…

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A Mining Bonus

The Yass Courier · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

The Minister for Mines announces that a bonus of £250 will be paid to the finder of a new mineral deposit which yields £2000 worth of values…

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The Nerve Centre Goulburn's Electric Power Question of Coal [?]

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 4

At Thursday night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council the Electrical Engineer, Mr. H. K. Coutts reported that during April 168,026 units of…

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Gold Currency Resumed in South Africa CAPETOWN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 2

An official message states that South Africa has to-day resumed the gold currency. Here the policy differs from that of Britain, in that in…

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Mining Application Refused Land on Recreation Reserve

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

An interesting mining matter is at present pending in the Goulburn district—one that is said to be similar in some respects to the Carlos Gap…

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