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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Miners Demands. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

Another conference of the Coal Tribunal is to be held at an early date to consider the miners' demands, including a minimum weekly wage of £510 and a five day…

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Three Women. Buried by Fall of Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 5

Three women, who were visiting Clark's colliery, at Lithgow, were buried by a fall of coal, but they were quickly extricated by miners. Two received…

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Thirty Missing. Five Killed, 25 Injured Explosion in Mine. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 3

Two hundred miners are missing owing to a terrific explosion at the Dortsfield mine, near Dortmund, where 500 are employed in the pits…

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Forty-one Dead Dortmund Mine Explosion. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 5

The total casualties in the Dorsetfeld (Dortmund) mine disaster are 41 killed and 27 injured. All the bodies have been recovered, and the mine is now clear…

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Legal Tender Gold Currency Resumed. South Africa's Decision Finance Minister's Announcement. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 5

South Africa to-day resumed gold currency. In the Assembly, Mr. Havenga, Finance Minister, stated that at the end of last…

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Drowned in Mine Seventeen Bodies Recovered. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

The bodies of 17 victims of the Scots-wood mine disaster, which occurred on March 29, have been recovered. The men apparently met their death in the swiftly…

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English Miners Warned Against Going to New Zealand. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 5

Mr. D. Kirkwood, a Labor member of the House of Commons, writing in the "Daily Herald" (Labor), asks:— "May I have a corner to warn miners…

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Mine Injuries Prove Fatal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 2

Horace Goodwin, a well-known boxer and footballer, died in Kurri Kurri Hospital as the result of injuries received at the Pelaw Main colliery on May 8…

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More Gold Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 5

Shipments of £500,000 worth of gold reached Australia from London by the steamer Baradine…

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Trouble Ahead Miners' Secretary's Speech. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 4

The miners' secretary, Mr. Cook, in a series of week end speeches, prophesied the greatest industrial struggle Britain has ever seen before the end of the…

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Federal Politics Return to Gold Standard

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 8

The Federal Treasurer (Dr. Page) who to Sydney for the week-end has been very busy at the Commonwealth offices. He attended a meeting of the Board of…

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Coal Export Newcastle's Lost Trade. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 4

Amram Lewis, of the Miners' Federation, stated to-day the export of coal from Newcastle fell from 1,413,000 tons in 1920 to 1,086,000 tons in 1923…

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Gold Bars £800 Worth Stolen. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 5

Thieves entered the premises of Mitchell Bros., gold blowers, in Melbourne, last night and got away with gold bars valued at £800…

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New England Mining

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 4

The total yield of gold from Hillgrove to date is £1,800,000. The estimated total value of the gold found in New England Is £5,500,000. The estimated total value…

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British Workers Miners Proposals Industrial Alliance. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 5

Great interest is attached to the conference on Thursday between the Miners, Railwaymen, Loco. Engineers, Transport Workers and Engineering Unions,…

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Mine Explosion One Killed, Two Injured. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 5

Arthur Beams, 35, was instantly killed and two other men, Joseph Lester and Preston Dixon, injured as the result of an explosion caused through striking an…

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In a Coal Bunker Wanted Man on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 5

Detectives boarded the steamer Kanowna on her arrival from Brisbane, and after a search discovered a man in a coal bunker. His belongings were in the…

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Gold for Export Who Got the Profit? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 2

At a sitting of the commission inquiring into the effect of Federation on West Australia, the West Australian representative, referring to the export of £13,000,000…

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New Gold Find Eight Miles From Drake Most Promising for Many Years

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 2

The miners at Drake are at present very interested and keenly watching the developments of a new gold find near the Rocky River, which was discovered…

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Rocky River Gold Field

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 3

The miners of Drake are at present very interested and keenly watching the developments of a new gold find near the Rocky River, which was…

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