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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Oil versus Coal

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 6

The growing popularity of oil as against coal fuel on steamers is a question of interest to shipowners at present. The first steamship company…

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The Gold Bath

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 4

If you do not feel warm after a cold bath yon had better not take it, for it is doing you no good. We do not take cold baths for the sake of…

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The Gold Fever

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 3

Few who have heard or read of the time when the gold fever raced in Victoria, and infected the rest of the world, realise the amount of wealth it has been…

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Colliery Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 6

An appalling colliery disaster has occurred at Seagbenydd, Cardiff, and hundreds of lives have been lost. A terrific explosion at the Universal…

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Robertson Coal Measures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

The residents of Robertson are becoming greatly interested in the local coal measures. Over £20 has been subscribed to advance matters…

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Robertson Coal Measures

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

The residents of Robertson are becoming greatly interested in the local coal measures Over £20 has been subscribed to advance matters and…

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Apology by Gladstone. Message to Rand Mine Owners. Mistake in Official Despatch

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 3

Lord Gladstone, the Governor-General of South Africa, has taken an unprecedented step in withdrawing a, statement made by him in an official despatch to Mr…

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Robertson Coal Measures

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic public meeting held in the Robertson School of Arts on Tuesday night last for the purpose of devising a scheme to put a prospecting drive…

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Robertson Coal Measures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic public meeting was held in the Robertson School of Arts on Tuesday (night last for the purpose of devising a…

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Robertson Coal Measures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 2

Mr. T. E. Scott, of the Criterion hotel, Robertson, and a party of other gentlemen (Messrs. P. Quirk, Poole, Swan, Bell, and Fairbairn)…

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"Oildag." Remarkable Inventor. "Lubricating the World." Saving of Oil, Coal, and Power

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 3

There is now residing in London one of those great natural scientific geniuses who are born and not made—Dr. Edward G. Acheson. He is of the type of Edison, and…

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Visit to T[?] Coal Fields

Robertson Advocate · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 2

On Sunday last Messrs. A. Poole, Swan, J. Fairbairn, T. Bell, T. E. Scott, and P. A. Quirk (secretary of the Robertson coal measures) journeyed to Mr. Brownslee's…

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Robertson Coal Measures

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the executive committee in connection with the above measures was held in the local School of Arts [?]nd Tuesday last. There were present[?] Messrs. E. A…

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Burled in Coal

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

Lithgow, Wednesday.—A miner named William Murray, employed at Invincible Colliery (Cullen Bullen) narrowly, escaped losing his life by a…

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The Cost of Coal. Facts About Mine Disaster. Heroes in the Pit

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 4

So long as we omit one precaution against coal mine explosions, no one, says the "Manchester Guardian," can look into his domestic are with a clear conscience…

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