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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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Hibble Coal Tribunal. Adjourns Indefinitely. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 3

At the Hibble Coal Tribunal, the Chairman declared yesterday that he would not sit again until better counsels prevailed. He said the stoppages…

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About Gold

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 July 1921 · page 4

The paralysing effect of the money strangle. due to the grave shortage of gold, is the chief topic of conversation of the business world to-day…

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"Gold From Goldfish."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 2

The credulity of some people who put their faith and their ready cash into crude swindles is thus commented on by an editorial writer in "Chemical…

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Coal From the Sea

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 6

In a village on the coast of Nor[?]mberland (England) the miners' strike is to the inhabitants no more than a matter of passing interest;…

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"Showering Gold." Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

The "Daily Telegraph" points out a Fair Rents Act anomaly, whereby tenants are compelled to pay the whole of the income taxes of big property…

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Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 8

In these days of scarcity of gold it is interesting to know that a now gold field has been discovered in the centre of Australia. It is perhaps…

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Buying Bottled Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 7

Shall we buy our coal in bottle in the near future? There is every possibility of doing so, for liquid coal is the latest…

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Coal-smoke Poison

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 7

It was during the eighteenth century that coal came rapidly into use, not only for domestic heating, but for furnaces of all kinds employed in…

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Gold Mining

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 August 1921 · page 2

"Bowraville Guardian" says: "The time for sensational gold mine rushes has now passed, but when a reasonably good proposition is presented to the…

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Smuggling Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 6

CUSTOMS officers at Sydney last week frustrated an ingenious attempt by a Chinaman to smuggle gold, out of Australia. He was asked how many…

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Gold in Streets. Old Miner's Luck

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 6

SINCE the recent rains two fine nuggets of gold have been unearthed in Temora at the top of the town. George Windsor, an old miner, came…

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Gold at Temora

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 2

News has been received from Temora that an important gold discovery has been made at Gidginbung…

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Treasures of the Goodwins. Many Millions in Gold and Silver

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1921 · page 7

"Millions and millions of treasure are sunk below." The speaker was an old boatman of Deal, and we were standing on the…

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Newcastle Miners' Proposal. Fortnight of Nine Days. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 3

The Newcastle miners' proposal to limit a fortnight to nine days was referred to by the secretary of the colliery proprietors as an example of a…

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Lucky Gold Teeth

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 7

No one is more superstitious than the gambler. The men and women who hunt the tables at Monte Carlo and other Continental casinos attach…

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A Mountain of Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 5

Hero is the story, of a "mountain of gold" waiting In the unexplored bush around the Fish River, the other side ofe the Blue Mountains, for…

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Money - saving Cough and Gold Remedy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1921 · page 3

The cost of cough mixture amounts to a considerable sum with many folk each winter, but since the discovery of Heenzo, the expense has been reduced to a minimum in…

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Gold Find at Middle Creek

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 4

Some local excitement has been created by the reported discovery of 34 ounces of gold near Middle Creek. The assays obtained reveal only 33 points…

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Is It Direct Action? Miners' Decision. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1921 · page 5

The Coal Miners' Federation, Sydney, has decided to limit the working fortnight in coalmines to nine days, instead of seven, which is interpreted by…

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Gold Discovery

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 4

WHAT is said to be a remarkably rich gold-bearing reef has been discovered on Middle Creek, near Greenbank, on the Macleay River, about 58 miles from Armidale, on…

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