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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

12 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Coal O! (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

Sir,—The above heading, and "Colo," will, if certain persons have their way, before long,be synonymous terms. One might, quite pertinently, also use such headings as these: "Coal-gas," or…

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The Colo Electric-collieries

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 4

What we feel sure will prove of very great interest to readers in this district will be a series of articles we have arranged for with reference to…

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The Hawkesbury Herald. Windsor, Friday, Jan. 30, 1903. the Colo Collieries

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 4

Most of our readers have heard a vague something about a big scheme down on the Colo. There have been questions asked about it in the House:…

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The Colo Electric Collieries. No. 1. INTRODUCTORY

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 15

The first thing, to do is to introduce myself. Though I have been a resident of the district and the Lon Hawkesbury for quite a number of…

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That Colliery Scheme. (To the Editor.)

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 9

Sir,—As I have been the greatest offender, if not the only one, m criticising the Colo electric-power-sawmilling-coal-mining scheme, I apply…

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The Colo Electric Collieries. No. 2. POLITICAL

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 15

The necessity of devoting this article to the political aspect of the undertaking will not, perhaps, appear at once. Indeed, there ought not to…

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The Colo Electric Collieries. No 3. INDUSTRIAL

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 15

Since writing my last I have visited the dam site on the Upper Colo, from which I have been absent more than a year…

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The Colo Electric Collieries. No. 4. COMMERCIAL

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 15

The word commercial conveys to our minds an idea that has become attached to it, but does net really belong to the thought it expresses, or…

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The Colo Electric Collieries. No 6. FINANCIAL

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 15

With this is published a plan showing the relative position of the leases held by the Electric Collieries company. a glance will show how…

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Hawkesbury Gold Cup Meeting

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 2

Following are the entries for the meeting on the 5th prox.:- Hurdles, two miles.—Crick, First Water II, Superior, The Same (late…

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Hawkesbury Races Gold Cup Meeting. The Cup Won by Bridegroom. A Good Attendance

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 13

Last Saturday morning broke with poor forebodings for the races. And when, about 10 o'clock, a shower fell, the folk began to cy, "Bad luck!"…

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A Lively Xmas for Sally Klempson. A Find of Gold—A Fight with Bushrangers—and a Wedding

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 13

"No, I'm blowed if I work on Christmas Eve—I never have, and never will!" So said Jack Sheen to his mate…

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