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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 20

Sydney Council Coal Contracts Judge Thomson to Conduct Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 5

It was announced last night that his Honor Judge Thomson has been chosen to inquire into the City Council coal contracts. The Chief Civic Commissioner…

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Coal Supplies Lower Quotations. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 5

Quotations for the supply of coal to the Railway Commissioners indicate that a split has developed in the ranks of the Coal Owners' Association…

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Killed by Fall of Coal. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 7

John Southwood, 50, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal at the Greta Main colliery to-day. His spine and thigh were fractured…

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Reported Gold Discovery Private Property at Muswellbrook. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 5

It is reported that a gold reef has been discovered on the property of Mr. H. C. McDonald at Muswellbrook. The warden's clerk is besieged with applications…

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Gold Cup Meeting Opens To-day Great Racing Promised Many Visiting Horses Engaged Review of Form and Selections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 4

The Grafton Gold Cup meeting will commence to-day, and at time of writing the indications are that the Clarence River Jockey Club will be…

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COAL Supplies From England Views of Association Chairman Why Companies Cut Prices Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 5

Referring to Mr. Baddeley's suggestion of a conference representing the Commonwealth, the State Government the coal owners, and the miners, with a…

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A.C.T.U. CONGRESS Australian Made Goods Dumping of English Coal "To Hell with Bruce." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 5

The debate on the Arbitration Bill at the Congress of the All-Australian Trades Union was un[?]shed last night. During the debate Garden said: "To hell with…

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Chinese Shot on New Zealand Diggings Miners Much Worried Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

A Chinese named Joe Chem, was shot in his hut at the Kyeburn gold diggings, Central Otago, New Zealand, yesterday, and died later. It is reported that a man…

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Lively, Scrap Fight On The Stairs Miners' President Takes a Hand Leaves the Chair to Clear the Gallery. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

Amazing scenes were witnessed at the conference, of the Miners' Federation at the Llandudno Town Hall, Carnarvonshire, Wales, to-day, when…

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British Coal Miners Condemn Communist Tactics London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 5

A private session of the miners' conference at Llandudno carried a resolution on a card vote by 620,000 against 20,000 endorsing the executive's…

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Help for Miners What Commonwealth Offers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 8

"The variety of ways in which the Bruce-Page Government is helping in the development of the Commonwealth is not sufficiently appreciated by those who…

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The Coal Vend Reported Breakaway. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 5

It was stated to-day that one of the largest colliery owners in New South Wales had broken away from the coal vend and reduced the price of coal by…

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Coal Contracts Sydney Council Supplies the Inquiry Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 4

The terms of reference of the Commission empowering Judge Thomson to investigate the City Council's coal contracts were announced by the Chief Civic…

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Price of Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 4

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, said to-day that the allegation that some members of the Association had reduced the…

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Eucharistic Congress Gold Chalice From the Pope Rome

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 5

The Pope has presented St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, with a gold chalice, as a souvenir for the Eucharistic Congress…

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Coal Mining Government Will Assist Must Be Temporary Sacrifices Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, in the course of an appeal to the colliery owners and miners to co-operate in an endeavor to place the mining industry on a better…

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Killed by Coal Gas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

Lindsay Wyman, 37, was found in his room at a Darlinghurst residential with the door locked and the room full of gas. The jet was turned full on. He died a…

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Starving Miners Meeting at Cessnock Suggested Pooling of Work. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

A conference of representatives of mining organisations was held at Cessnock yesterday with the object of bringing about an equal distribution of work at…

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Roma Field Prospects. Oil May Replace Gold in State's Wealth

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

It caunot be denied that many valuable. Queensland industries have languished during recent years for want of capital. Whether this can be…

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COAL Product Too Dear Need for Readjustment More Offers of English Cargoes Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 3

Mr. C. McDonald, northern colliery proprietor, says the coal owners know too well that the price of coal is beyond the point where it is commercially…

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