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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1910

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Burglary on a Liner. £10,000 Gold Stolen. Safe Dynamited

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

It was discovered aboard the HamBurg- American liner Prince Joachim, on her arrival at New York recently, that the cracksmen had evaded the…

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Letter to the Editor. [The Editor does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed by correspondents.] the Coal Strike

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

SIR,—Much has been written with re[?] to this deplorable industrial disturbance but an article which appeared in the "Messenger" of December 31st appears to…

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Patents. Farming and Mining Inventions

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

Messrs Griffith & Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 168 King Street, Sydney and 9 Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications for…

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Treasure Trove. Mystery of Pirate's Gold. Is It in Nova Scotia ?

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

Is Captain Kidd's treasure buried in Oak Island, Nova Scotia ? This question has been raised many times during the past century, and large…

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Rich Gold. Excitement at the Boppy Boulder

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

Great excitement prevails at Canbelego over the Boppy Boulder gold mine, which was formed into a small syndicate some weeks ago, On Saturday,…

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How the Burning of Coal Vitiates the Atmosphere

Macleay Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 4

Every ton of coal, it has been found, which is burned uses up 300,000 cubic feet of air and renders it unfit for breathing. Suppose that there were…

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Letter to the Editor. [The Editor does not necessarily endor[?] opinions expressed by correspondents,] the Motive Behind the Newcastle Coal Strike

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 2

SIR,—At this stage it may be worth while to consider the moving force behind the Newcastle strike with a view to helping the public to understand that which has been…

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Coal Strike

Nambucca News · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 5

Competent authorities estimate there are at present 100,000 tons of coal afloat, which will arrive at the various ports in Australia within the…

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Coal Miners Exasperated

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 11

The coal miners on the South Coast are very indignant at the heavy sentence passed on Peter Bowling. There is a strong feeling that the end of the strike…

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The Coal Strike

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 11

The delegates from the principal South Coast collieries decided by a small majority after a heated discussion against the immediate resumption of…

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The Miners' Mines

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

Some time ago it was stated that the Government had paid what they had regarded as a fair sum for the coal taken for railway purposes from…

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The Booral Wharf. Wallarobba's Newly Discovered Gold Mine!!!

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 4

Some people are concerned to know why we do not urge the Wallarobba Shire to lessen the dues on the Booral wharf instead of asking its resumption…

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Patents. Farming and Mining Inventions

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 6

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street Melbourne, report that the following applications for…

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Coal Strike

Nambucca News · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 3

In sentencing Bowling, O'Connor and Butler, Judge Rogers refused to give them the benefit of the First Offenders' Act as the strike was not…

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Coal Strike

Nambucca News · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

According to Mr. Hughes the action of the southern Wages Board in refusing to proceed until the men return to work cannot be justified…

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The Coal Strike

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

A shift of men previously employed at the Hetton Colliery have expressed their willingness to resume work. There is a growing feeling and disposition of…

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News by Wire. Sydney, Thursday. the Coal Strike

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 11

There is little fresh news in regard to the strike. A settlement appears to be as far off as ever. Daniel Rees, one of the thirteen men…

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Terrible Explosion One Hundred and Forty. Nine Miners Entombed. Rescue Hopeless. Seventy Bodies Recovered in a Heap

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 10

An explosion occurred on Tuesday in the Colorado Iron and Goal Company's mine at Primero. 149 miners were entembed, and…

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Patents. Farming and Mining Inventions

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King-street, Sydney, and 9 Queen-street Melbourne, report that the following applications for…

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The Mine Master's Heir (All Rights Reserved.) the Real John Smith. Chapter I. His Only Son

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 7

"I wouldn't ride bim again: he's a brute." said Squire Gelder as be leaned against the stone door pillar and watched his nephew vainly…

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