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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1941

38 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Cossamer Gold London Craftsmen Ship Leaf One 290.000th of an Inch Thick

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

In London to-c-ay there are master craft-men making gold-leaf one 290-000th of an inch in thickness. Using an 81b. hammer on a marble…

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Short Serial Story Gold Wedding Ring (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 4

BUT deep in the heart of Preston Dent some dark knowledge had stirred uneasily. This idea of being faithful always. Of course he would…

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Risk of Beached Mines Mr. Hughes’s Warning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 3

The deaths of two naval ratings at Beachport, South Australia, on 14th instant, were not caused by the premature explosion of a demolition…

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Short Serial Story Gold Wedding Ring (Continued)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 4

During Corinne's visit he, Chase Alger, Agnes and Corinne had been a foursome several times at dinner. Heavy domestic affairs, with…

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Short Serial Story Gold Wedding Ring (Continued)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

THE camp that Agnes didn't like stood on a hilltop remote from the village. Nobody ever took the trouble to negotiate the rutted, rocky…

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Short Serial Story Gold Wedding Ring (Continued)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

PRESS took her hands. "You know what I've come for, Corinne?" She smiled."What everybody else comes for, I supposed— to see the baby…

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Dysis Only Favourite to Win Miner’s Cash Wins Sprint

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 2

The Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club resumed racing on Saturday last after a month's recess, which had been made necessary by the limited…

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Iron Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 1

The iron mines are going full blast, and some days as much as four hundred tons of ore is trucked—this means a special train. Just lately a new…

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Two Miners Entombed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 August 1941 · page 3

Nearly 400 rescuers, in relays, are working feverishly at the Renown [?] near [?] Bullen, to extricate Noel [?]ameron and James Young,…

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One Flywheel—40 Tons World Record in Mine Equipment

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 September 1941 · page 4

In two minutes a. load of eight tons can be brought up from a mine 6,000 feet down by an electric winder sent cut from Great Britain to one of the…

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Plight of Mine

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 6

Livelihood of 1500 persons at Captain's Flat is threatened by the holdup to lead exports by cause of lack of shipping states an exchange…

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THREE COURSES—10d. English Miners Living Well in War Time

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 October 1941 · page 2

Three-course meals for tenpence are new being served daily from one o’clock to half-past six at Mansfield collier in Nottinghamshire…

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Peculiar Case Miners' Occupation of Private Lands

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1941 · page 3

The decision of the Mining Warden (Mr. Grugeon) at Tumut recently, when dealing with an application for authority to enter on the private…

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Telegraphic News Miners and Holiday Pay

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1941 · page 7

NEWCASTLE.—There is a possibility of a serious stoppage of work in the northern coalfields unless the question of annual holiday pay for…

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The Coal Strike

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 2

The coal strike on the northern field was extended to-day, when 600 men from Burwood and 400 from the John darling collieries decided not to…

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Mine Damage to Pastures Verdict for Grazier

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 December 1941 · page 3

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, owner of Foxlow Station, obtained a verdict yesterday in Sydney for £840 in a action for damages against Lake George…

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Mine Damage to Pastures Bungendore Grazier Gets Verdict

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 2

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, owner, of Foxlowe Station, in the Bungendore district, obtained a verdict for £840 in an action for damages against…

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"Bbaidwood Goldfields in the 50's AND 60's."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1941 · page 3

Through the courtesy of Mr. Tim Kennedy, of Reidsdale, we have been handed a series of highly interesting articles, "The Braidwood Goldfields…

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