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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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English Coal Miners on the Way to Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

Forty coal miners were included among the passengers of the, Orama, which arrived from London to-day. They are all going to Newcastle coalfields, where they…

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Tweed Coal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 4

The Chief Electrical Engineer, and officers of the Mines Department are to make a general inspection of coal properties in the Tweed district early next…

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Fire in Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 6

A fire broke out yesterday in the bottom level of the old Aberdare colliery at Bopentolf, Blackstone. Fire has caused trouble at the mine previously, but this…

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Next Week Cook Talks To Miners "Message of Revolt" Commons Debate Expected. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

There is no tangible development in the coal situation. The House of Commons is meeting on Monday to renew the emergency…

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Six Days in Old Mining Shaft Man's Awful Predicament. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

William Forth, 54, a member of a road repairing gang at O'Halloran Hill, yesterday week went for a walk and came across an old shaft a hundred feet deep…

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Treffene's Story the Goldfields Murder Allegations Against Clarke. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 5

Continuing his evidence to-day Phillip Treffene, one of the men accused in connection with the Goldfields murder, said after the tragedy Clarke said he would go…

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Charlton to Miners. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 4

Speaking at a meeting at East Maitland Mr. Charlton, M.H.R., said: "As leader of the party I took every possible step a leader could have taken. I…

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Petrol From Coal What England Could Do. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 5

Addressing the Millions Club to-day Dr. N. V. S. Knibbs said if all the coal used in its raw state in England were created by low temperature carbonisation it would…

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The Seamen a Mystery Letter Johnson Provides Sensation Appeal for British Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 5

A sensation was caused at the monthly meeting of the Seamen's Union to-day, when Jacob Johnson produced a letter alleged to have been forwarded from a New…

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DEADLOCK May End Soon Miners Expected to Move Commons Renews Emergency Bill. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 5

In the House of Commons and the House of Lords, motions were adopted, renewing the emergency regulations for another month…

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Diocese of Grafton Fifth Synod, Third Session Presidential Address Unsettled State Of World's Affairs the Church and the Coal Strike

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 6

The third session of the fifth Synod of the Diocese of Grafton was opened at Lismore yesterday, the Bishop, Right Rev. J. W. Ashton, D. D., presiding. There was…

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Coal Crisis Macdonald Attacks Cabinet "Loyal Committee for Owners" Debate in House of Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 September 1926 · page 5

The coal debate in the House of Commons, preceded the rejection by 285 to 100 votes of a, motion by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald in favor of the…

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The Miners Fateful Conference Peace Dove Not in Sight. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 5

Nobody is at present, able to predict the course of the miners' delegate conference to-morrow. Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and other…

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The Coal Miners All Day Discussions. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

Front all day general and sectional discussions the Miners' Executive emerged late this afternoon with an important majority decision to recommend the…

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Tweed Coal Seams

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. H. G. Carter, Chief Electrical Engineer, Department of Public Works, will arrive at Murwillumbah on September 7, for the purpose of investigating the…

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Radio From Mine. Curious Phenomenon

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 12

A curious phenomenon was manifest on the occasion of the broadcasting by station 2FC from Balmain coal mine on Sunday, August 29. As the cage descended…

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Mining Trouble Coke Workers May Cease Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

A message from Bulli states that the Southern District Miners' Delegate Board has instructed the South Coast coke workers to give fourteen days' notice of their…

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Goldfields Murder Coulter And Treffene in Fremantle Gaol the Tragedy Discussed. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

When the Goldfields murder trial was resumed to-day Mr. A. Haynes, K.C., on behalf of the accused Treffene and Coulter asked that the jury should visit the…

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Coal Crisis Conference To-day Miners at Last Give Ground "Reduction in Labor Costs." London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 5

After a conference lasting all day long, in which Mr. Ramsay Macdonald participated, Mr. Cook, the miners' secretary, sent a letter to Mr. Churchill,…

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Goldfields Murder Death of Coulter's Father. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 5

News has been received in Sydney of the death in New Zealand of William Coulter, father of one of the men accused in connection with the Kalgoorlie…

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