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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

8 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Old Gold and Silver War Fund. An Interesting Fund

Camden News · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 4

This patriotic fund which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with Hon. Sir W. P. Cullen, C.J., K.C.M.G., as President, and Mr. J. Russell French, general…

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Conditions on Goldfields

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 3

"Total prohibition is logical in theory, but in practice is a failure. To my mind, the aim of temperance advocates, among whom I rank myself,…

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Science Notes & News Gold You Can See Through

The Picton Post · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 7

Gold is an extremely interesting substance in many ways. It can be beaten so thin that a quarter of a million leaves of it piled…

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Carrying Gold at Sea

The Picton Post · Wednesday 21 June 1916 · page 7

The specie locker of an ocean, steamer is a carefully constructed vault, and is located in the stern, immediately over the crew. It has…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund

Camden News · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 1

Can we do enough for those men who are doing all[?] can for user—they are giving their lives for the [?] The very least that we can do is to help those who are [?]ually fighting, and one way in which you can usefully "help…

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The Coal Crisis

Camden News · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 3

The Gas Board of Control appointed under the recent Emergency Act has issued a proclamation restricting the use of gas and power. The use and consumption of gas for…

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Power and Uses of Coal

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 7

The energy contained in coal is enormous. A pound of coal—that is to say, a piece about as big as a man's list—in combining with oxygen [?]…

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The Coal Crisis

Camden News · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 4

The parties to the Coal Conference in Melbourne were enable to agree. Mr. Baddeley submitted an offer which, in effect, was that the miners would resume…

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