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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Miner Killed Crushed Under Fall of Coal. Stan-well Park

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 5

George Stewart, miner, was killed when he was buried under a fall of about two tons of coal, after a shot had been fired to-day. This is the third fatal accident…

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Coal Industry Premier's Apptal to Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, issued an appeal to miners and others employed in the coal industry not to reject hastily the Government's proposals for…

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Coal on Fire 30,000 Ton Dump Doomed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 5

A huge dump of brown coal, containing about 30,000 tons, which is held as a reserve at the power house at Yallourn, caught fire through spontaneous…

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Mining Operations at Drake

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 4

Mining at Drake is reviving on an enthusiastic scale. says the "R.R. Express." Several promising deposits are receiving Government aid and it is possible that at…

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Buried Under Fall of Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 4

John Farrow, 29, was burled by a fall of coal at the old Bulli colliery yesterday. When dug out he was dead. His neck was broken and lie was injured…

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Grafton Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 4

Telling the Lismore Chamber of Commerce of the mineral wealth of the North Coast and the land immediately west of it Capt. F. Davis spoke of gold brought…

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Wages of Colliery Employees. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1928 · page 7

Addressing the Wallsend miners, Mr. D. Bees, general president of the Miners Federation. asked his hearers not to make up their minds as to their answer to Mr…

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Coal Industry Premier's Appeal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 September 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, has made an appeal to the miners to consider the Government's proposals for the stablisation of the coal industry before passing…

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COAL Government's Proposals Rejected by Unions Will Fight Against Lowering Standard of Living. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 5

The Government's proposals for the rehabilitation of the coal industry were unanimously rejected by a meeting of combined unions engaged…

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Gold Bearing Reef at Sheep Station Creek Big Development by Argosy Gold Mining Syndicate

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 6

For some months past, the Argosy Gold Mining Syndicate has been consistently developing the Argosy and Remarkable reefs in four positions at various…

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Coal Owners Accept Government's Proposals

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. The northern colliery proprietors at a meeting to-day unanimously decided to accept the Government's proposals for the…

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East Greta Mine Danger of Flooding References in Parliament. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. O'Hearn (Lab., Maitland)moved the adjournment of the House to discuss a mater of urgent public importance, namely,…

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Brown Coal Deposits In Victoria Richest in World Speeches at Power Conference. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 5

Professor Ramzin, Professor or Geology at Moscow, speaking at the World Power Fuel Conference, said the Russian and Victorian brown coal problems were…

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East Greta Colliery Closed Down Yesterday. Maitland

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 4

Owing to the danger of flooding from an adjoining mine, the East Greta colliery to-day closed down. Over 200 men are thrown idle…

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Beach Mining Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 4

Mr. A. B. Livingstone, representing the Queensland Underwriting and Finance Coy, was in Murwillumbah, on Tuesday, in connection with the flotation of Beach…

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Lead Zinc Mine Sold. Zeehan (Tas.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 5

The bailiff's sale of the whole of the assets of the Comet Lead Zinc Mine, Situated in the Dundas and Comstock districts, was conducted yesterday. The…

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Coal Prices S.A. Premier's Attitude. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 5

Speaking in the South Australian Parliament the Premier, Mr. Butler, said that unless New South Wales coal could be reduced by 56 to 59 a ton his…

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Coal by Products Oil and Motor Spirit. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 7

Mr. B. Todhunter, director of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited which includes Nobels, Australia who arrived at Frenamtle yesterday, said arrangements…

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REJECTED Mr. Bavin's Proposal Miners Oppose Wage Reduction Conference with Premier on Thursday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Bavin, received from the Goal Employees' Federation to-day a letter giving the reasons why the federation rejected the Government's…

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Coal Contracts Railway Department's Needs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 5

The Railway Department announced to-day that contracts for the supply of coal costing £1,159,000 had been let by the Department. A total of 1,321,000 tons…

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