Laracy's Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved)
Martha sang folk songs and ballads, assisted by her parents and accompanied on the lute. Laracy invented tales of his past us a drover…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
234 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 12
From the Capital Federal Committee's Views on Recent Tests of Charcoal As Fuel Substantial Order Placed By Commonwealth Cheaper Fuel—coal or Charcoal
Recent car tests between Melbourne and Canberra and between Melbourne and Sydney have drawn attention to the saving that may be made by the use of charcoal as fuel. The cost of converting the car or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laracy's P[?]t of Gold (All Rights Reserved)
Such a possibility had never entered his mind, and he had never treated the girl otherwise than as a child friend, his sister, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Unions Committee Advocates Strike Sydney
A meeting of the Combined Mining Unions Committee met in Sydney to-day to consider proposals to ignore the Federal Arbitration Court, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Dispute. Sydney
The combined Mining unions committee, representing 20,000 coal miners last night sent a demand to the proprietors for a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price of Gold. Sydney
The Commonwealth Bank announced the price of gold in Australia at £10/13/3 per fine ounce, which is an all time record high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Industry Prime Minister's Outspoken Comments On Threatened Strike Issue Stated Clearly Sydney, Friday night
The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) was outspoken to-day in his comments on the threatened strike in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Gold Shipment Everyday Transaction Washington
The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) said to-day that a shipment of gold valued at £1,750,000 from Russia to the United States was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Laracys Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved)
It was but six months since they had started mining and already they estimated they had taken eight thousand pounds worth of gold from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Mine £20,000 DAMAGE Sydney
Damage estimated at nearly £20,000, was caused by a fire at the pithead of the Glebe colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chinese Vessel Destroyed by Mine Shanghai
Seven Chinese survivors struggled to Foochow and revealed that a 100-ton coaster struck a mine at the mouth of the Min river on January 26, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Dispute Judgement Given Application Of Owners Granted Mr. Hughes Willing to Consider Position Sydney
In his reserved judgment, given in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, the Chief Judge (Sir…
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"Hadn't we better hide those before they come up?" he asked, with a note of anxiety. Laracy considered, coolly for a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Owners' Reply To Mining Unions Sydney
The Mining Unions Central Committee today received a letter conveying the reply of the Northern, Western and Southern Coalowners'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Mining Dispute. Sydney
The coal owners announced that they would meet the Mining Unions in conference only after abandonment of the present…
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He saw the start of surprise at the mention of four instead of one, and caught a side glance of warning from the leader to the others…
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"How long you been workin' this creek?" "Sure a matter of six months, now, by them marks cut on the log…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Miners Sceptical of Strike Success Fear Effect on Unionism Sydney
The opinion was expressed last night that if the proposal for a general coal strike were submitted to aggregate meetings of mine workers it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Trouble
The combined mining unions are satisfied that a general stoppage could not be averted, said the General Secretary of the Miners…
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"You think they were bushrangers?" queried the doctor, in whose eyes, there was a smile of admiration at the way in which Laracy…
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