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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Tasmanian Coal Mine Offered to S.A. Government Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 4

The South Australian Government has been offered an option for the purchase of a coal mine in Tasmania for £100,000. As an alternative, the owners are prepared…

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Pearce's Victory Gold Challenge Cup. Philadelphia

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 5

The victory of the Australian, Pear[?]e, over Myers, at ' Amsterdam, carried with it the 'Philadelphia gold challenge cup, emblematic of the amateur seull- ing…

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Idle Britsh Miners for Canadian Harvest Fields. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 5

Over" 25,000-applications for positions during the harvesting. season in Canada were received, and the Ministry for Labor announces that the lists have closed. The…

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British Coal for S.A. Sold Under Market Price? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, has instructed the Customs authorities to inquire whether coal sold in Britain to South Australia was sold under the market…

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Coal From Britain S.A. Premier's Reply to Mr. Bruce. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 5

Regarding the report from Sydney that the Prime Minister had instructed the Comptroller-General of Customs to inquire into the allegations that British coal…

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Coal Inquiry City Council Contracts Cash Bock Missing Were Bribes Paid? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 August 1928 · page 5

Judge Thompson to-day continued the inquiry regarding the City Council coal contracts. Mr. Spro[?]le said the allegations against…

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Failure of Arbitration View of Coal Owners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 6

The chairman of the Employers' Federation and chairman of northern coal owners, Mi. C. M. McDonald, in a statement to-day, on behalf of the employers,…

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Coal Contracts Bramston-Maling Mentioned at Inquiry Allegations of Graft. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1928 · page 5

Giving evidence before the Civic Coal Commission John Williams, a Sydney poultry farmer at Baulkham Hills, deposed that Johnston, who was employed by the…

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Legal Breeze Coal Contracts Inquiry Johnston Has Heart Attack. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 5

The sittings o fthe Civic Goal Commission lasted only three-quarters of an hour to-day. James Johnston, who was the principal…

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Cheaper Coal Result of Conference Cabinet and Owners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 4

It is understood that, following on the daily conferences between representatives of the coal industry and members of the State Cabinet, the owners agreed to make…

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Coal Crisis Mr. Bavin to Confer with Mr. Bruce. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, who is strenuously endeavoring to find a solution of the coal crisis, leaves Sydney on Saturday for Melbourne, where he will confer with Mr…

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Ex-ald. English 'I Refuse to Answer' Coal Tenders Inquiry Maling Mentioned Again

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 5

Further serious allegations were made at the coal contracts inquiry to-day. Maling's name was again…

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Queensland Coal Production. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1928 · page 3

In the period of six months ended June 30 last, 523,110 tons of coal were production in Queensland, being a decline of 63 tons compared with the…

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Coal Contracts Stokes Telephones Woof "I Will, Tell the Truth" Thought Maling Got £400 Out of £1500. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1928 · page 5

When the inquiry concerning the City Council coal contracts was resumed to-day Richard Woof was further examined by Mr. Shand…

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Coal Crisis Conference in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5

A conference is proceeding between the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Bavin), the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), and influential persons connected with the…

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Maitland Coal for W.A. English Tender Turned Down. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5

The Interstate Steamships, Ltd. (Scott, Fell and Go.) announced to-day that they had received a contract for the delivery of 11,000 tons of best screen Maitland…

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Fell Down Mine Two Youths And Girl Thrilling Experience Rope Ladder Broke. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5

Lindsay McGann, 14, Leslie O'Brien, 16, and Eva Findlay, 16, had a thrilling experience yesterday when they fell down an old quartz…

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Woof's Wealth '£2000 From Graft' Civic Coal Tenders "Commissions" and "Considerations." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5

When the inquiry concerning, the civic coal contracts was resumed to-day, Knox Macafee, outside manager for B. Byrnes, Ltd., said in 1920 he saw James Johnston,…

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Coal Mine Idle Miners Celebrate Football Win. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 5

Mr. C. M. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, says in[?]spite of widespread distress due to slackness of trade and in face of protestations…

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Coal Industry the Melbourne Conference Premier Returns. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, returned to Sydney to-day after having conferred with the Prime Minister and the Premiers of Victoria and South Australia,…

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