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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Redhead Disaster Government Action Money for Relief Minister to Visit Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Murray asked the Minister for Mines whether he would take steps to have a sum of money set aside to relieve the…

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Mine Disaster Two More Victims Die. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

Norman Berriman, 25, died at Newcastle Hospital last night as the result of severe burns received in the explosion at Redhead colliery…

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Gold Passes Not on Federal Railways. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 5

It was officially stated by the Commonwealth Railways Office that if the Legislative Council is abolished, the gold passes of ex-members will not be…

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Fire Damp. in Redhead Colliery. Newcastle

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

It is staled that during the course of an inspection of the Redhead colliery yesterday a great quantity of fire damp of a highly inflammable gas was…

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Mining at Drake

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

Gradually the interest in mining at Drake is growing, and at the present time a number of speculators and promoters are making careful investigations…

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Fire Damp and Gas in Redhead Colliery. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 4

It is stated that during the course of the inspection of the Redhead colliery yesterday a great quantity of fire damp and highly inflammable gas was found…

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Trouble at Mine. Strike Threatened. Melbourne

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

An extension of the dispute at the Sunbeam mine is threatened. A member of the Engine Drivers' Union was dismissed yesterday and…

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Shares in Mine Not for Unionists Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

Forty employees at the Korumburra coal mine were withdrawn from the mine because the management offered them shares in the concern…

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NO T.B. Employees at Mines. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 3

The Minister for Mines states that the W.A, Cabinet approved the immediate issue of notices prohibiting the employment on or about mines of persons…

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Gold and Tin Production Declining. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

According to Sir Lennon Raws, the outlook for Australian metal producers is far from satisfactory. Zinc was statistically in a strong position, but unfortunately…

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Naked Lights Evidence Before Coal Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

William Humble, formerly Chief Inspector of Coal Mines, told the Coal Commission, presided over by Justice Edmunds, that there should be no exemption…

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Gold Up First Big Orders-from Russia. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

One million worth of gold bullion has arrived from Leningrad, to be deposited as security for considerable orders to British firms in connection with textile…

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Dairy Produce Display Gold Medal for Australia. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

The Minister for Markets and Migration, Senator Wilson stated that he had just received the gold medal presented to the Commonwealth by the British Farmers…

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Three Months Strike Miners Object to Safety Lamps. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

The employees of Stanford Merthyr No. 2 colliery at Paxton, in the Cessnock district, have been on strike for three months, during which it is estimated they have…

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News of the World English Mining. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

The newspapers are giving prominence to Lord Londonderry's suggestion that the Mining Association should be dissolved and the employers and the again…

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Gold Watch for Lang From the 1917 Railway Strikers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

The 1917 railway strikers who had their seniority restored at the expense of the loyalists during the great upheaval have decided to express their…

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Smoke Clouds Result Of Coal Strike 'Blanket' Over New York Skyscraper Tops Invisible. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

New York City, famous for its clearness, of atmosphere, is now undergoing a radical change, due to the coal strike. Householders, office buildings, and…

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Gold in N.T. Promising Finds "One of the Biggest. Things in Australia." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 4

There have been several promising finds of gold in the Northern Territory especially in the field known as the Shack at Grovehill, said the Federal member for…

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Coal Mining Subsidy. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 3

The British Mines Department states that to January 30, £12,184 was paid in respect of the coal mining subsidy…

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Many Killed Explosions in Mines. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 3

A message from. Benton (Illinois), says a fire is reported to be raging in a coal mine at West Frankfort, where an explosion occurred to-day, trapping…

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