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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

522 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 27

Mine Manager Stabbed an Italian Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 5

Following an argument at a party at Wonthaggi, Ronald Davis, 40. underground manager of the pit at the State coat mine, was stabbed in the neck. A gash eight…

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Accident at Balmain Mine Miner Rescued by Workmates. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 5

Portion of the main face at the Balmain colliery, nearly 4000 feet under the harbor, collapsed yesterday, partially burying Eric Hailing, aged 47. His…

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Suggested Gold Bounty Conference in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

A conference was held to-day between the, Gold Bonus Delegation and the Victorian Chamber of Mines. It was stated that the Chambers of…

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£80,000 for Miners First Pay for 16 Mouths. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 5

About £80,000 was distributed among miners on the South Maitland field to-day, representing their first pay for sixteen months…

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Oil Bounty Committee Discussion Suggested Bounty on Gold Immense Shale Deposits in N.S.W. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 7

In Committee, the House of Representatives considered the Governor-General's message, seeking an appropriation tor the payment of a bounty on the production…

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Explosoin in Mine One Killed, Two Injured. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 4

Tony Shendo, 43, was killed and two others were badly injured in a blasting accident at the Sons of Gwalia mine at Gwalia…

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Valla Mines. Gold and Arsenic

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

The recovery of gold and arsenic from Valla Mines by the newly-registered company is proceeding steadily and a large number of men are…

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Mining Expedition Held Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 6

The mining expedition which was to have left Mascot to-day in Captain Holden's air liner Canberra for Alice Springs, was not able to get away owing…

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On the Mat Federal Labor Ministers New Guinea Gold Leases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 5

The investigation by the committee appointed by the A.L.P., into the allegations regarding New Guinea gold mining leases, began to-day…

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Coal Mines Owners Seek Reductions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 4

Representatives of the Miners' Federation to-day conferred with Southern, Western, Tasmanian and Victorian owners representatives regarding the new log of…

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Gold Bonus. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 7

The State Cabinet to-day decided it was inadvisable to send representatives to Canberra with the Western Australian delegation, which is seeking a…

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Mine to Close 500 Dismissed at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

The British mine will close on Saturday, and it is expected that about 500 men from the works and from the North mine will be thrown out of employment…

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Coal for Railways Orders Approximately 1,000,000 Tons. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners will place orders for approximately 1,000,000 tons of coal with the northern mine owners next month. The value of the coal will be…

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Struck It Rich Prospectors at Talgco Goldfield. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 7

Two prospectors, Neville Rowe and Bryan Roden, secured 300 ounces of gold within a foot of the surf nee on the Talgoo gold field. One piece of gold weighed…

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Coal Mines Bill House of Lords Insists on Amendments. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 5

The House of Lords to-day insisted, by a large majority, on amendments to the Coal Mines Bill, which the House of Commons rejected…

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Oil From Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 4

An English company gives a very satisfactory report to its shareholders as to the success it has achieved in its efforts to extract oil from coal. The…

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Gold Industry Federal Bonus Wanted Deputation to Prime Minister. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 1

Replying to a deputation which urged the Federal Government to pay a bonus of £1 per ounce on all gold of standard value produced within the Commonwealth…

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New Guinea Goldfields New A.L.P. Ordinances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1930 · page 6

It is learned that the A.L.P. Executive, as a result of its inquiry into the allegations regarding the New Guinea goldfields, has compiled new ordinances, which will…

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Miners' Wage Reductions Big Contract for Railways. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1930 · page 4

Official of the mining unions believe that miners in the southern and western New South Wales districts and in Victoria and Tasmania will accept…

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Ration Work Miners at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1930 · page 1

The British mine will close down for a week to-day, and it is then proposed to ration the work. The men will be required for two weeks out of three…

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