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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

110 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 6

The Darg. Northern Miners Introduce It. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

The Northern miners have introduced the Darg in a number of collieries with the object of reducing the output by 25 to 35 per cent. This action has…

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Miners Looking for Support. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

The coalminers, who declare they have been promised support from various Australian unions, are also requesting support from oversea unions should…

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Telegrams. Miners Restive. Fear of General Upheaval. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 5

Reports from various northern collieries indicate the position to be more serious. Some union officials fear the dispute will develop into a general…

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New Gold Find. at Aaron's Pass

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 3

TWO prospectors, residing at Kandos, have discovered gold at Aaron's Pass, in the Rylstone district. A reef of great width and continuity has been…

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Coal Strike Ordered. Union Gives 14 Days' Notice. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 4

Mr. Willis, secretary of the Coalminers' Union, said on Thursday afternoon:— "The action of the employers in…

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Will Gold Become Worthless. Striking Facts About the Precious Metal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 7

Can you imagine people refusing to give more than a shilling apiece for genuine sovereigns from the Bank? It sounds incredible, yet it is a…

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The Brass-bound Indian Casket. a Romance of the Bendigo Gold Fields. Editor's Proem

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 2

Nathanial Walter Swan was born in 1843, at Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland, and was [?]ucated at the Glasgow University. Leaving there at an…

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Telegrams. Miners' Trouble. Southern Collieries to Cease. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1922 · page 3

All the collieries under the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association will close to-day owing to the dispute with the miners. About 5000 men will be…

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Telegrams. Coal Trouble. Miners Want Electric Light. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 5

Nothing definite has been stated officially but there is reason to believe the coal position is brighter. Everything hinges on the southern men's…

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Pirate Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 7

An enormous amount of hidden treasure has lately been discovered near Cuxhaven, in Germany. It is valued at 20,000,000 marks…

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The Brass-bound Indian Casket. a Romance of the Bendigo Gold Fields. Chapter I (Continued)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 October 1922 · page 2

The journey was weary and difficult, and not unattended with danger; bill as I got into a higher region I began to feel the return of my lost buoyancy…

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New Gold Reef. Northern Territory Find. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 October 1922 · page 3

A new gold reef has been discovered near the Margaret River, Northern Territory. Stone from the reef assayed five ounces three pennyweights…

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Gold Miners' Luck. Rich Ore in Old Mine. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 5

A Toowoomba message states it is reported from the Leyburn district, south-west of the Darling Downs, that a miner named Humpheys and his two…

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Animal Gold-miners

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 7

The account published recently of a Syrian goose, in the gizzard of which was found flakes of pure gold, calls to mind a similar case which…

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Gold Yield. Substantial Decrease

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 5

THE gold yield in September showed a substantial decrease on the corresponding period of last year. The decrease for the first nine months of…

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The Brass-bound Indian Casket. a Romance of the Bendigo Gold Fields

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 October 1922 · page 2

I feel it would be weak and wrong of me to ask you to forsake, the prospects you last de[?]eribed, and come home to me, but the early parting…

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The Brass-bound Indian Casket. a Romance of the Bendigo Gold Fields. Chapter Iii (Continued)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 2

"If a man will not upend a little time on assisting one who has so often assisted him when he was sick and helpless he deserves no consideration…

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Rich Gold Find

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 October 1922 · page 2

A gold find, which is considered by the finder to be the best for many years, has been made at Lionsville, says a Grafton message. A charge of…

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The Brass-bound Indian Casket. a Romance of the Bendigo Gold Fields. Chapter Iii (Continued)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 2

"That's how my male puts it. He used to spout at political meetings, and was a patriot once, my mate was; and"—with his hands in the lace-ups and…

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Coal Tribunal. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 November 1922 · page 5

Before the Coal Tribunal, yesterday, tho owners' case for a 33 1-3 per cent, wage reduction was further proceeded with. Mr. Willis, for the miners, said…

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