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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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The Coal Trade. Austinmer

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 2

The miners here were rather surprised yesterday on finding a notice posted to the effect that they would in future be required to fill clean coal at 2s per ton,…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XVIII.—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1895 · page 4

Yolande has several good diamond ornaments in her splendid new velvetlined jewel-case now. In the broad band of velvet around her white throat…

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Mining Matters

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 2

On Thursday the delegates of the Illawarra Miners' Association met at Wollongong, and among other matters discussed the state of affairs at Kembla colliery. It…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xix

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 4

She pauses but for a few seconds, in sheer surprise and bewilderment; but it is long enough. Neither Dallas Glynne nor Joyce Murray will ever forget the…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XIX.—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 4

Sir Gregory Parker, the eminent London physician, has arrived, and the Viscount has left the drawing-room, and has gone to the Earl's chamber…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 2

Matters at Kembla still remain unset led. During the week the various lodges have been balloting on the subject of the proposed reduction at that colliery, but the…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xx

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 4

Dallas and Yolanda—"man and wife together" by the laws of Church and State, but disunited and almost strangers in sad reality—stand now with clasped…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XX.—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 4

"You'll not forsake me then, love?" Captain Glynne asks, plaintively, as they sit side by side opposite to the now blazing fire; and his young wife's…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 2

During the past week the following shipments of coal for Sydney were made from the port of Bellambi:—April 8th, Mount Kembla, 220 tons; April 9th,…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xx

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 4

Yolande shuts the door between her husband and herself, and stands defiant, palpitating, smiling, flushed from her miserable victory, for the space of five…

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The Bywong Gold Field. "Little Wonder" Claim

Illawarra Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 2

Mr. James Lalor, of Mount Keira, is now on a visit to this district, from which he has been absent about a year, prospecting and exploring for gold in other parts of the…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XX.—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 4

"I have caught a bad cold, I think, and don't feel well enough to go down this morning, Pitts," she tells the maid, who acquiesces, with a glance at her…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xxii

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 4

Captain Glynne walks away from the platform without so much as casting a farewell glance at his young wife; but he sends the carriage home without him,…

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The Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 2

The following shipments of coal for Sydney were made at the port of Bollambi last week:—April 15—Captain Cook, 235; Egmont, 655. April 17—Currajong, 568;…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XXIL—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 4

When Dallas departs, Lord Glynne locks his door carefully against intruders, and from behind the screen which is leaning untidily against the wall and…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XXIII—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 April 1895 · page 4

"And you didn't take her notice, of course ?" Mrs. Sarjent questions, with a smile of superiority. "No—oh, no!" poor aunt Keren…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xxiv

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 4

The month of May, with its nipping east winds and its chestnut-blossoms and its bright cold sunshine, has lapsed into June, sweet, plac[?]odorous June with…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter XXTV.—(Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1895 · page 4

Nothing very good happens, however, though the morning hours slip on into noon; and Yolande, after listening to her aunt Keren's complaints, now of the…

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Fairy Gold. Chapter Xxv

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 4

"I received your letter—forwarded to me from Paris, dear," Lady Nora begins smilingly—"just as I was leaving town this morning. I—I—have a good deal…

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Newcastle Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1895 · page 3

The truth of the adage, "No news is good news," was never better exemplified than at present in connection with the coal trade. With the exception of the…

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