Merimbula’s Gold Day (Contributed.)
With 97 points of rain registered at Bombala and 77 at Bega on Saturday last, many anxious eyes were turned skywards early on Sunday…
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Mining & the mines, 1940
15 stories in South Coast's papers
End the Mine Menace Detector Invented
An English inventor claims to have produced a device which will end the Nazi mine menace, and enable ships to sail through a mine field in safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beach Outfit Worn by Judith Burrett [?] Gold[?]
Bandana handkerchiefs inspired this novel heat h bag and shoe combination worn by Judith Barrett, Paramount player in âDisputed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alterations to Train Service Effects of Coal Strike
The curtailment of the train services of the State, the effect of the present-coal strike, has been extended to the South Coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Magnetic Mines. How Secrets Were Revealed
This story has been told. But there are points that wi[?] bear retelling. Before dismantling part of the first magnetic mine found in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Settled! The Coal Strike
The best news of the day was heard on the wireless this morning, when the announcer said: âThe coal strike has been settledâ…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain’s Biggest Colliery
A new colliers is about to be opened at Co[?]rie, in Fifeshire, England, to meet the overseas demand for British coal. Borings were begun by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Laid off Australia. Incidents of Last War. (From the “Sunday Telegraph.”)
When the mall steamer Cumberland was sunk by a mine off Gabo Island in the last war, nearly three months passed before the Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Ornaments
Gold being more plentiful in the early days, it followed that there was plenty of scope for the enterprising and versatile jeweller. These made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australianities. the Tambaroora Gold Rush
Tambaroora! Bather a pretty roll in that old name, isn’t there? I wonder Whence it was derived Where is Tambaroora and what Is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Captain’s Flat. Rich Mining Field
Captain’s flat, a small township in the rugged fastnesses of the southern tablelands, about 26 miles from Bungendore, has been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Railway Revenue Mr. Hartigan’s Annual Report Coal Strike Causes Deficit
Tabled in Parliament during this session, this annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) for the financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Realistic Exercises for A.I.F. Wooden Bullets and Smoke Mines(From Kenneth Slessor, Official Correspondent with the A.l.F. in England)
The divisional manoeuvres of the A.l.F. a few days ago ware not only the most comprehensive exercise which the Australians have so far…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Traansvaal Mining Records
For the sixth time in eight months the Traansvaal mining industry has set up new records. Figures issued by the Chamber of Mines during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines in Bass Strait of Enemy Origin
The Minister for the Navy, Mr Hughes, revealed that five mines had been swept up in Bass Strait since two vessels/were sunk by mines last…
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