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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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"You Shall Be Mine." Countess's Trial for Her Life. "My Unfortunate Beauty."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 4

"My unfortunate beauty may have excited him." The speaker was Countess Tiepoie, who was recently acquitted of the murder of her husband's orderly at San Rome. Did she…

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An Echo of the Coal Strike

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

It was the first week of the coal strike, and the miners were discussing their various ways of economising during this time of limited means. After…

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Robertson Coal Measures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 2

A grand ball under the auspices of the Robertson Coal Measures Committee will be held in the agricultural hall, Robertson, on…

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Coal Measures Ball

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

A grand ball under the suspices of the Robertson Coal Measures Committee will be held in the Agriculture Hal1, Robertson Showground,…

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The Missing Gold. Holidaymaker's Experience

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 4

A Glasgow man's adventure in the Isle of Man Was related before the Douglas stipendiary, when Margaret Williams, chambermaid in the Brookwood Boardinghouse, Douglas,…

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Big Gold Hoards. War Chests of Fighting Nations

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 3

The world's best-known war chest is that which Germany has maintained in the Julis Tower at Spandau for over forty years. Although officially dubbed a "ariegscbatz"…

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Copper-miners' Find. Arizona Wonder Cave

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 3

One of the world's most remarkable natural caverns was casually uncovered the other day by miners in the employ of a company in Shattuck, Arizona. Its domed interior…

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What War Costs in Men and Gold. War at £33,000,000 a Week

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 3

Since the far-away day when man first slew his fellow - man it is estimated that a least a thousand million soldiers have fallen on the…

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