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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxv. Bella's Forlorn Hope

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4

THE document which Fenella had found amongst the accumulation of papers in the cupboards at Cragstone Edge, was actually and truly what she took it to be—the rough…

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Railway Collision on the Illawarra Line. Ballast and Coal Trains Collide

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused in town on Thursday when it became known that the contractors' engine, "Gladstone," and the Mount Pleasant Coal Company's engine, "Illawarra No…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXV.—(Continued.) Bella's Forlorn Hope

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 4

Mr. Malsham was not indisposed to throw himself into the scale of the ousted nephew if there should be anything of a lawsuit between the cousins. It was probable, however, that…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXV.—(Continued.) Bella's Forlorn Hope

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4

"Oh, I dont know why I have taken the trouble to come and warn you," she said; "one doesen't get much thanks certainly; only I had enough interest in you to think I should be…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXVI.—(Continued.) the Deaf and Dumb Gentleman

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 4

But should Val deny the existence of the papers which Mr. Malsham had given him after his uncles death; should he declare it to have been unimportant, and that he had in…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxvii. a Love Scene

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1887 · page 4

"CANNOT you take 'No' for an answer?" "Oh, Letty! don't—don't say that cruel word over and over again! I can't give you up like this—tell me I may hope at least…

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Victorian Coal

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 2

Sixteen tons of Gippsland coal were brought to town by rail, direct from the mine, on Tuesday week, and it is stated that coal can be delivered in Melbourne from this locality at a profit at 15s…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXVII.—(Continued.) a Love Scene

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 4

"Oh, why did I not get angry—why did I not say it was false—a horrid scandal, a wicked-invention! "she cried alond. But by-and-by there came calmer and more…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXVIII.—(Continued.) a Nocturnal Procestion

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 4

There was also, in front of Fenella, a clean sheet of paper upon which she had written two words a great many times over, und although he read them topsy-turvy, Mr. White was…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxix. Jim Wright's Disclosures

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1887 · page 4

VALENTINE EYRE came springing up the stairs at Curzon Street three steps at a time. He whistled gaily us he came, and burst into his rooms like a schoolboy—and there he found…

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Wollongong to Coal-cliff

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 4

During the late interval of fine weather some friends and myself made a trip by the 20 minutes to 2 afternoon train, from Wollongong to Clifton, and we considered the route by rail…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXIX.—(Continued.) Jim Wright's Disclosures

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 July 1887 · page 4

For why, said a voice which seemed in very truth to speak sober reason and sense to him, why impoverish himself for the sake of a man who had thus repaid his kindness and…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXX.—(Contimmd.) Wedding Preparations

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 4

"And no great trouble either to a fine-looking girl like our Bella! "replied the fond mother with pride;" there are plenty of men who'd jump at a chance of her—she sha'n't fret any…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxxi. Persecution

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 4

LETTY ORMOND was not amongst the select few who were to remain in London until the 1st of August, in order to see the great match of the season brought to a successful issue in…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxxii. How the Test Failed

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 4

"MADELINE," do you love met?" The question came from his very soul. His eyes sought hers with a devouring eagerness as though he would fain see into her inmost…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxxiii. Foxhall Court

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 4

Somewhere in the Midland counties— neither quito in Leicestershire nor yet in Warwickshire, not even in Bedforshire—but somewhere betwixt the three, in some vague…

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Original Correspondence. Our Coal Trade Out-look. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 2

SIR,—In the course of an address relative to Protection, which I recently delivered in the Town Hull, at Wollongong, I referred to the instability which affects the coal mining industry…

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Pure Gold! Chapter Xxxiii. Foxhall Court

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1887 · page 4

"Then you ought never to have married him." "Good gracious!" said her ladyship once more, and helped herself to pate de foic gras in…

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The Great Northern Coal Co's Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 2

Lake Macpuarie is not only famed for its extensive timber trade, its fishing industry, its beauty of scenery and invigorating climate, but, it would appear, is also destined to occupy an important…

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Pure Gold! Chapter XXXIV.—[Continued.) the City of Refuge

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 4

Over and over again this dream or vision, whichever it might be, presented itself with frightful pertinacity to his disordered imagination, until it began to seem to him at last…

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