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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 6 of 20

Cement and Coal Company

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 2

The prospectus has been issued of the Northern Portland Cement and Coal Company, Ltd., Muswellbrook, N.S.W., with a capital of £600,000 in 600,000 shares…

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Coal Leases In Clarence Valley Mr. Baddmey's Comment Should Not Be Bartered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 5

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., ex-Minister for Mines and Deputy-Leader of the Labor party, said today he was astonished to notice a report that the…

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Pooling of Coal Output A.l.p.'s Suggestion Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 5

The A.L.P. Conference carried a resolution in favor of pooling the whole of the coal output of the State to relieve unemployment…

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State Coal Output. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 7

A scheme for pooling the whole coal output of the State, to relieve unemployment, was carried at the A.L.P. Conference last night…

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Million of Gold Transhipped in Channel Midnight Operations. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 5

A story of the transhipment of £1,000,000 worth of gold, in mid-Channel at midnight, reads like an olden time incident of smuggling piracy…

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Surplus Coal Miners Government Alarmed Food Relief for Unemployed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 2

The State Government has been alarmed by the coal mine owners' estimate that there are 6000 surplus miners in the State for whom other work will have to be…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

The Workers' Industrial Union has decided against conferring with the milling companies, on the basis of continuing the present conditions, until the end of…

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Albury Gold Cup Won by Charlot. Albury

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 7

The AIbury Gold Cup, one mile and three furlongs, run to-day, resulted:--Chariot 1, Valamita 2, Mountain Prince 3. Won by a neck. Time, 2.194…

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Star Stranger Wins Awapuni Gold Cup. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 7

The Awapuni Gold Cup (w.f.a.), one mile and a quarter, run to-day, resulted:--Star Stranger 1, Satrap 2, Mask 3. Won by half a length. Time, 2.7 2-5…

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Laid Up Zealandia Fire in Coal Bunkers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 1

A fire broke out early this morning in the coal bunkers of the steamer Zealandia, which was laid up some weeks ago on account of the strike. The flames…

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Plane Crash on New Guinea Goldfieldh. Bulolo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

The Bristol fighter 'plane, in charge of Pilot Daish, crashed at Wau, on Tuesday and was wrecked. Daish was uninjured. This is the fifth machine to be…

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Three Entombed Rescuers Recover Bodies Coal Mine Disaster Terrific' Double Explosion at Redbank Colliery. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 5

At about 7.30 this morning disaster came with staggering suddenness at Redbank, about seven milts from Ips which, when a terrific double explosion…

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Redbank Colliery Disaster. Bodies Recovered. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 3

When three men employed at Redbank colliery, near Ipswich, were brought to the surface, life was found to be extinct. Each had…

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Beach Gold

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

Old residents of the Richmond River district will remember the time when a number of men made a living on the beaches between Yamba and Tweed…

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Mine Robbed Employees Taken Prisoner. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 5

The notorious rebel Sandino is reported to have raided the Lalluz mine in Nicaragua on April 12. He took all the gold, money, merchandise and animals and…

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Old Bellinger Mines. Hopes of Early Days

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Some of the old hands in this district will remember the old Bellinger mines and the hopes there were of them 40 years ago. The "Raleigh…

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Another Explosion in Queensland Colliery Three Men Seriously Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

A message from Emerald states that Matthew Stewart, underground manager, Horace Abbot and William Spiller, miners, were seriously injured as the…

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Explosion in Mine. Electric Wires Blamed. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 3

Gas explosions occurred at Balmoral Colliery, a few miles from Emerald, Queensland. Three miners (Matthew Stewart, underground manager;…

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All Mines Idle Greta's Parlous Position. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 4

Greta Municipal Council is alarmed at the state of affairs existing in the town. All the collieries have closed down, and there is no employment of any…

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Coal Trade Depression Due to Strikes Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

Mr. McDonald, chairman of the Northern Colliers' Association, attributes the present depression in the coal trade to numerous strikes which…

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