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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines, Sydney, 12th Dec., 1881

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 6 January 1882 · page 5

SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 29th ultimo, respecting a road petitioned for by certain residents of Morton’s Creek, I have the honour to inform you that the…

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The Miners’ Strike at Newcastle

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 3 March 1882 · page 5

The strike of the A. A. Company’s Borehole miners began in earnest to-day. The at 10 o’clock, and declined upon several matters calculated to strengthen their hands…

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Mining

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 31 March 1882 · page 3

IT is a commendable action of Dr. Renwick, Minister for Mines, that of gaining personal knowledge of the mining districts of the colony. The drawback to a proper mining…

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines, Sydney, May 2nd 1882

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 12 May 1882 · page 3

Sir, — I have honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo, asking to be informed what decision has been arrived at with respect to a Road from…

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Gold. (By Firefly.)

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 23 June 1882 · page 3

PROVIDENCE helps those who help themselves says the wise old saw. The disposition to wait, like Mr. Micawber, for something to turn up only mars the true spirit of…

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines. Sydney, 8th June, 1882

The Manning and Hastings Advocate · Friday 30 June 1882 · page 2

SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th Instant presenting a letter from the Messrs. Gillogly for the alteration of a road through their…

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Department of Mines, Sydney, October 11th, 1882

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1882 · page 2

Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., requesting that the road from Wingham to Gloucester road via Bungay may be surveyed, and to…

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