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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 17 of 27

Aberdare Miners Resume Work. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 8

The three Aberdare mines, which have been idle for the past two days owing to a dispute concerning the Aberdare Central, resumed work to-day…

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More, Miners Paid Off. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 3

Work at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, ceased yesterday, when the remaining wages men were paid off…

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Death Roll 152 German Mine Explosion. Belrin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 5

The death roll as the result of yesterday's mine explosiion at Hausdorf now numbers 152. The cause was not fire damp, as originally…

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Women Gold Seekers

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 4

In the days when seekers for gold in Victoria did not ask for a bounty to encourage them in their search, two women were concerned in one of the…

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Promising Gold Reef Discovered Rear Nowra. Nowra

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 3

A promising gold reef, crushing from which are said to have yielded 30 owners to the ton, has been found at Birrier,…

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Newcastle Export Trade Loss Through Coal Dispute. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 3

Figures released by the sub collector of Customs. Mr. Gibson disclose the enormous loss sustained in the export trade from Newcastle for the first six months…

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Nymboida Coal Deposits

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Weaver, writing to Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., in reply to a communication presented by him from the secretary of the Grafton…

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Better Railway Outlook More Wool, Coal and Merchandise. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 8

Addressing a meeting of unemployed at Redfern, the State Treasurer, Mr Stevens, expressed the opinion that in the next 12 months the railways would…

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Gold Worth £300 Found in a Hollow Log. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 8

Three ingots of gold, weighing 75¾ ounces, and worth about £300, have been found in a hollow- log in a woodheap at Perth…

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Prospecting for Gold Good Many Men Employed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

When the Minister for Mines and Forests launched a gold prospecting scheme recently, he did so with a view of providing immediate relief for…

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Southern Mines Application for Wages Reduction Judge Beeby Suggests a Scheme. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 5

Application was made to the Federal Arbitration Court, before Judge Beeby, to-day, on behalf of the collieries of Southern and Western New South Wales,…

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Recent Coal Strike Cost to Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 5

The coal trouble in New South Wales cost Victoria over £1,000,000, The total value of coal brought to the State, from overseas during the strike was valued at…

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Surplus Miners 3000 in Newcastle District. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 5

According to returns in the possession of the northern branch of the Miners' Federation, there are 3000 men permanently out of work in the mining industry…

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Surplus Miners Federal Repatriation Plan. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 4

The Prime Minister and Mr. Gepp, former chairman of the Development and Migration Commission, consulted to-day regarding a scheme to repatriate surplus…

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Coal Dump Burning Sydney Council's Loss. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 4

Spontaneous combustion, which was responsible for an outbreak of fire in the City Council coal dump at Pyrmont powerhouse, has caused several thousand pounds…

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Coal Supplies Position of Northern Mines. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 5

Although it was anticipated that the northern associated mines would be kept going continuously for several months to enable supplies of coal to be…

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Ayrfield Mines Danger of Flooding. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 5

Fearing that a huge volume of water in the Glen Ayr. mine may at any moment break through into the Ayrfield and other mines, menacing the lives of miners, a…

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Barrier Mines Termination of Agreements. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 5

Six of the largest mining companies have issued notices of the termination of their existing agreements with the various anions of employees…

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Novel Suggestion Investment of Gold Reserve in British Four Per Cent. Bonds Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 4

An interesting plan to put Australia's gold reserve to work and make it earn interest has been suggested to the Prime Minister by Mr. C. de Bernales, leader…

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Fell Into a Well Fate of Colliery Fireman. Kueei Kurri, 'Thursday

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 6

Leslie Ernest Fielding, 44, a fireman, was drowned in a well at the Stanford Merthyr colliery. The power-house attendant noticed the…

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